thanks for that link, looks like I'm gonna have to tell them that 160+ people need active directory _and_ exchange ...
I knew it was bad news in any case, but I'd have spent a long time looking for that data, which would have been wasted effort. Cheers again. Jon On 28 September 2015 at 12:12, Christopher Chan < [email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, September 28, 2015 06:53 PM, Jonathan Adams wrote: > > Hi, > > A board meeting was taken last week, where no one with any IT experience > was sitting, in which it was "decided" that we would be moving our email to > Microsoft exchange ... we were bought out beginning of last year and they > don't understand our existing system. > > The IT Director is currently trying to work out why or how this was > decided with no technical merit, but I need to look into the options as > quick as I can so that I can work out a possible solution. > > I hate the idea of taking our nice Dovecot/procmail system and replacing > it with an Exchange server, but if it is deemed from "above" that this is > how we have to proceed we will have to install one. We have a system of > "internal" mail servers and "external" mail servers, so we would look into > keeping all the existing "external" stuff, and just swapping in for the > internal servers. > > To run Exchange I am aware that I need an Active Directory. I currently > run an OpenLDAP NS, talking via Samba 3 to our windows systems. I am aware > that Samba 4 is supposed to be an almost drop in replacement for Active > Directory (although I have no experience) > > Correct. Almost is the key word. Depending on what you need, Samba 4 may > or may not fit the bill. I am currently running one Samba 4 Active > Directory DC. > > > the question(s) (after my long ramble): > > Can Samba 4 work as an Active Directory replacement for Exchange? Can > Samba 4 work as an Active Directory replacement on Illumos? > > Depends on the version of Exchange. > http://wiki.univention.com/index.php?title=Software_working_out_of_the_Box_with_SAMBA_4#Microsoft_Exchange > > But frankly speaking, if you are going install Exchange, you are going to > install some edition of Windows Server which comes with Active Directory... > > Yes, I have one in a multi DC environment with one Samba 4 instance acting > as one of the DC. > > > Ta. > > Jon > > > *illumos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/23508059-3f15f76a> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
