This section lists recent major changes to this connector.
Two Modes for Connecting to Exchange: Agentless and Agent
In previous releases, the Active Directory connector required an agent on every Exchange endpoint.
Now, you can connect to Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 endpoints without using an agent. We recommend that you use agentless mode for new connections to these endpoints.
However, agentless mode does not work with Exchange 2003. To connect to Exchange 2003 endpoints, you must use the remote agent.
The following table lists the supported versions of Exchange for agentless and agent modes:
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Endpoint Versions |
Agentless |
Agent |
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Exchange 2003 |
No |
Yes |
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Exchange 2007 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 |
No |
Yes |
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Exchange 2010 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 |
Yes |
Yes |
In agentless mode, the connector uses Exchange Management Shell to manage the Exchange servers. The Exchange Management PowerShell cmdlets are run on the connector server computer. The connector server uses Active Directory to find the Exchange servers. The PowerShell host is loaded directly into the CCS process.
Support for Exchange Data Access Groups (DAG)
Exchange 2010 supports Data Access Groups (DAGs) for high availability. You can use the connector to manage Exchange with DAG.
Support for Automatic Mailbox Distribution in Exchange 2010
The connector can now handle automatic mailbox distribution.
When you create or move a mailbox, or mail-enable an existing user, the mailbox must be stored in a mailbox database. With versions earlier than Exchange 2010, you must specify the mailbox database when you perform one of those operations. With Exchange Server 2010, you have the option of letting Exchange choose the database for you using automatic mailbox distribution.
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