some questions about domain.

[ITlover]

I have a question about domain, I am making a personal domain in my home network.
I am making a domain of WinServer 2003 called "Perfect.com" with a Domain Controller which is also going to be a DHCP and DNS Server.

I will add 3 WinXP Computers in that domain to make a complete small domain environment.
And also I want to add a Microsoft Exchange Server in that domain named "TCMail".


My question is that how can I access the TCMail in my Perfect.com domain from my Internet Explorer browser?

Do I simply have to type the following address in the address bar of web browsers(Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox):

"//TCMail.Perfect.com/exchange


My other question is that can I make a domain with .com in my local area network or I have to seperately register my domain name in the .com domain on internet?

If I make a domain "perfect.abz" in my local network ,than can I access the TCMail in that domain from the web browsers by entering the address:

//TCMail.Perfect.abz/exchange"

?


I hope my question is clear

[ITlover]

looking for a prompt response for above question and also please let me know that should I have
SMTP and +Net service enabled in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

[mairving]

Originally Posted by ITlover looking for a prompt response for above question and also please let me know that should I have SMTP and +Net service enabled in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

Dude, 20 minutes between posts is not necessary.

To access from another computer you should use OWA, http://perfect.com/owa . The only problem is that unless you own perfect.com then it will go out to whoever does own the Internet. Most of the time the way around this is to use perfect.local for your local domain.

[ITlover]

Originally Posted by mairving Dude, 20 minutes between posts is not necessary. To access from another computer you should use OWA, http://perfect.com/owa . The only problem is that unless you own perfect.com then it will go out to whoever does own the Internet. Most of the time the way around this is to use perfect.local for your local domain.

What does OWA stands for?

Don't I have to type this address TCMail.perfect.com/exchange in the address bar of the browser window?

[EzyStvy]

Do you really own http://www.perfect.com/home/index.html ?


OWA -> Outlook Web Access

[mairving]

Originally Posted by ITlover What does OWA stands for? Don't I have to type this address TCMail.perfect.com/exchange in the address bar of the browser window?

Oops, it is /exchange. /owa is for 2007.

It still doesn't matter because you don't own the perfect.com domain. You can setup your domain as perfect.local or something like that.

From Microsoft:
The Domain Name System name recommendations for Small Business Server 2000 and Windows Small Business Server 2003

Three practical methods to name the DNS domain are: • Make the name a private domain name that is used for name resolution on the internal Small Business Server network. This name is usually configured with the first-level domain of .local. At the present time, the .local domain name is not registered on the Internet. • Make the name a sub-domain of a publicly registered domain name. For example, if the publicly registered domain name is Contoso.com, a sub-domain of Corp.contoso.com can be used. • Make the name the same as a publicly registered domain name.

You don't own the perfect.com domain so you can't use either the 2nd or 3rd suggestions.

[ITlover]

Originally Posted by mairving Oops, it is /exchange. /owa is for 2007. It still doesn't matter because you don't own the perfect.com domain. You can setup your domain as perfect.local or something like that. From Microsoft: The Domain Name System name recommendations for Small Business Server 2000 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 You don't own the perfect.com domain so you can't use either the 2nd or 3rd suggestions.

But what about the Companies that are Gold Partners of Microsoft, cant they even buy a share of .com domain and use there own name for the sub-domain and make it a part of .com domain?

Actually I am asking this is because we have a backup server named "backup1" in our local domain and our local domain "alternate.prv".

But when we try to access our backup server from a web browser(Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox),
we enter the following address in the address bar of the web browser:

//backup1.alternate.com

Now my question is that are we trying to access our backup Server named "backup1" locally by using this address in the web browser or this same backup Server is registered on .com domain and we are accessing it on internet?

What actually confuses me is that if we have a local domain by the name

"alternate.prv", then why do we have to enter the address //backup1.alternate.com in the address bar of the web browser to access the backup server? Why not are we able to access the backup server by using this address:
//backup1.alternate.prv?

I hope my question is clear.