Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 : Creating and Managing Remote Domains (part 2) - Creating Remote Domains

Creating Remote Domains

You can create remote domains for your organization by completing the following steps:

1. In the Exchange Management Console, expand the Organization Configuration node, and select the Hub Transport node.

2. On the Remote Domains tab, right-click an open area of the details pane, and then select New Remote Domain. This starts the New Remote Domain Wizard, as shown in Figure 2.

   

   Figure 2. Create a new remote domain.

3. On the New Remote Domain page, use the Name text box to identify the remote domain. You can use a descriptive name that identifies the purpose of the remote domain or simply enter the actual SMTP domain name.

4. In the Domain Name text box, type the SMTP domain name for which you want to manage connections. If you want to manage connections for the specified domain and its child domains, select the Include All Subdomains check box.

5. Click New to create the remote domain.

6. On the Completion page, click Finish.

In the Exchange Management Shell, you can use the New-RemoteDomain cmdlet to create remote domains. Example 2 provides the syntax and usage. The way you set the –DomainName parameter determines whether the remote domain includes subdomains. You insert an asterisk and a period before the domain name to include child domains.

Example 2. New-RemoteDomain cmdlet syntax and usage

Syntax

New-RemoteDomain -Name Name -DomainName DomainName
[-DomainController DCName] [-Organization OrgId]


Usage for parent domain only

New-RemoteDomain -Name "Cohowinery Managed Connection"
 -DomainName "cohowinery.com"


Usage for parent domain and child domains

New-RemoteDomain -Name "Cohowinery Managed Connection"
 -DomainName "*.cohowinery.com"