Configure Transport Rules Transport rules are configured by using a wizard, similar to the wizard that Outlook uses for mailbox rules. When you configure transport rules, you should define the following elements: Conditions. Transport rule conditions indicate which email message attributes,…
Foreign Connectors Sometimes you have to deliver email messages to a system that does not support SMTP as a transport mechanism. One such example is a fax-gateway server. In this scenario, you can use a foreign connector, which uses the…
Managed Availability Components Probes The first component is called a Probe. Probes are responsible for taking measurements on the server and collecting data. There are three primary categories of probes: recurrent probes, notifications, and checks. Recurrent probes are synthetic transactions performed…
DAG Quorum and the File Share Witness Quorum is the voting process that the cluster uses to determine whether the DAG should remain online or go offline. If the DAG goes offline all of the databases in the DAG are…
Exchange File mode replication vs Block mode replication Database replication occurs between DAG members using two methods: (1). File mode replication (2). Block mode replication (1). File mode replication: During file mode replication, each transaction log files generated by the…
Database Availability Group (DAG) Concepts DAG Members The Mailbox servers that are members of the DAG and can host database copies within the DAG. A DAG can have up to 16 members and a File Share Witness. Quorum The process…