Exchange 2010 CAS management tasks

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We will be looking at some of the common management tasks performed on newly created Exchange 2010 Client Access Server Role.
I will try to put together methods used via Exchange Management Console (EMC) and Exchange Management Shell (EMS).

Services required for a CAS to run properly are as follows:
W3SVC – World wide web publishing service.
MSExchangeADTopology – Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
POP3Svc – Microsoft Exchange POP3.
IMAP4Svc – Microsoft Exchange IMAP4.
IISAdmin – Internet Information Services Admin service.
MSExchangeServiceHost – Microsoft Exchange Service host.
MSExchangeFDS – Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Service.

1. Lets open the EMC and drill down to Server Configuration/Client Access and select the server in mid-top pane, which will display the related tabs in mid-bottom pane.
   By selection the “Outlook web App” tab we will see our OWA virtual directory which is also present in IIS. To manage OWA virtual directory we do not use IIS, its managed using EMC, right from the place we are at present as we can see in the image below.
    
   Lets check the properties of OWA (Default Web Site) virtual directory (Image below).
   
   The 2 important things to not in the General tab is “Internal Url” and “External Url”
   Internal URL, is used to access OWA from within the network, which not really a common practice as far as I have seen, but lets imagine a site location where there is no Internet connectivity and users want to use OWA besides their Outlook client, they will have to use the Internal URL to reach the CAS.
   External URL, should be populated if the CAS is internet facing as it will be accessed over the internet. In case the CAS is not internet facing it should be left blank.