Remote Desktop and Exchange Ports

[jhauser]

I just installed exchange on a SBS server 2003. I have a linksys router and I'm looking to setup the Remote Web Workplace and Exchange over the net. Which ports do I need to forward.

 

[spyordie007]

As I mentioned before I dont deal much with SBS; however I'm going to assume that all you would need for remote web workplace is 443 (HTTP over SSL) and 3389 (Remote Desktop).

For Exchange it depends on what services you'll need from the outside; if all you need is SMTP than just port 25.

 

[jhauser]

So if i forward port 443 - do i really need a SSL Certificate? and where does the port lead too in the OS? will it automatically authenticate me as a user and they kick me where i need to be?

 

[spyordie007]

So if i forward port 443 - do i really need a SSL Certificate?

Well you do need a certificate; I believe it comes with a self-signed cert out of the box.

and where does the port lead too in the OS?

IIS

will it automatically authenticate me as a user and they kick me where i need to be?

It give you an initial menu with options you can do remotly. If you try and do just about anything it will prompt you for authentication; it's going to need credentials that have privilages to make the appropreate changes (i.e. Admin).

 

[spyordie007]

FYI if you want certificate that is going to be trusted by most godaddy.com has them for under $20 (Turbo SSL):
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?se=%2B&ci=271

If you plan having your userbase use IIS for anything (i.e. web based email) switching over to a trusted cert would be worth your while. If it's just you using it for administration than there is no need.