Hi Al, thanks for the feedback! > FE/BE is designed for scalability. Doesn't sound like you really need > scalability. You *could* do it with one server. FE servers also offer some > advantages if you need to provide some services on the internet such as OWA, > OMA, AS, etc that you can't get with just a standalone server. I did not know you needed to have fe/be to do OWA, OMA etc. I have a standalone Exchange 2003 server (actually two) that do OWA/OMA no problem. best regards Mike