Exchange Server Flashcards
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In Exchange 2010, which Receive Connector permission group should be selected to allow an unauthenticated application server to relay email through Exchange?
Answer: AnonymousUsers
The AnonymousUsers permission group allows unauthenticated SMTP connections, suitable for applications or devices that cannot perform authentication.
What happens to messages in the Exchange 2010 transport queue when the 'Safety Net' timeout period expires without acknowledgment?
Answer: Messages are resubmitted from the Safety Net store
If a shadow copy of a message is not acknowledged as delivered within the Safety Net timeout, the shadow server resubmits the message to ensure delivery.
An organization uses a third-party antispam appliance in front of Exchange. Which Exchange 2010 feature should be disabled to prevent double spam scoring?
Answer: Content Filter agent on Hub Transport
When a perimeter appliance already performs content-based spam filtering, the Content Filter agent on Hub Transport should be disabled to avoid conflicting spam scores.
Which Exchange 2010 component is responsible for generating the Offline Address Book (OAB) and making it available for download?
Answer: Mailbox server hosting the OAB generation mailbox
The OAB is generated by the Mailbox server that hosts the OAB generation mailbox, then distributed to Client Access servers for client download.
A DAG administrator wants to prevent automatic failover during a planned maintenance window. Which cmdlet should be used?
Answer: Set-MailboxServer -DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy Blocked
Setting DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy to Blocked on a Mailbox server prevents the system from automatically activating any database copies on that server.
In Exchange 2010, which protocol is used by mobile devices with Exchange ActiveSync to perform initial synchronization?
Answer: HTTP/HTTPS with XML payloads
Exchange ActiveSync uses HTTP/HTTPS with XML-encoded request and response payloads, leveraging HTTP long-polling (Direct Push) for real-time delivery.
What is the maximum number of database copies (including the active copy) allowed per database in Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise Edition?
Answer: 16
Exchange 2010 Enterprise Edition supports up to 16 copies of a single mailbox database within a DAG, including the one active copy.