What is EdgeSync?

EdgeSync is a collection of processes run on an Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019 Mailbox server to establish one-way replication of recipient and configuration information from Active Directory to the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) instance on the Edge Transport server.

How do I create an edge subscription in Exchange 2013?

Edge Subscription process

1. Install the Edge Transport server role.
2. Verify that the Mailbox servers and the Edge Transport server can locate one another using DNS name resolution.
3. On the Mailbox Server, configure the objects and settings to be replicated to the Edge Transport server.

Do I need an edge transport server?

A: No. Edge Transport is an optional role, which has been the case for all versions of Exchange that have had an Edge role available. The Edge Transport server role is designed to sit in a perimeter network, providing secure mail flow in and out of your organization.

How does Edge server work?

An edge server provides compute and other resources that applications need to run. The “edge” just means that they fulfill this purpose as close to the application and its data – and the people or machines using those applications – as possible.

Does Exchange Server 2019 require an Edge transport server?

Do you need to remove Edge subscription from exchange?

You will need to remove the Edge Subscription from both the Edge Transport server and from the Exchange organization. An Edge Transport server is being decommissioned. In this scenario, you only need to remove the Edge Subscription from the Exchange organization.

Do you need to resubscribe the edge Transport server?

If the license key is applied on the Edge Transport server after you perform the Edge Subscription process, licensing information will not be updated in the Exchange organization, and you will need to resubscribe the Edge Transport server.

Do you need to resubscribe edge mailbox to Active Directory?

To enable a newly deployed Mailbox server to participate in EdgeSync synchronization, you need to resubscribe each Edge Transport server to the Active Directory site.

What does the name of the Edge subscription mean?

The name of the Edge Subscription is the same as the name of the subscribed Edge Transport server. If more than one Edge Transport server is subscribed to the same Active Directory site, no additional Send connectors to the Internet are created. Instead, all Edge Subscriptions are added to the same Send connector as the source server.