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I recently had the pleasure of configuring (playing with) an iPad for a client. The iPad itself is a beautiful device and I'm sure there are many useful things you can do with it. For one, the ActiveSync for email works great with Exchange server. Configuring the 3G service was a bit of a pain, but that was due to poor instructions from Rogers. The real problem with the iPad is that it can't run many business applications, even Web-based ones. The iPad does not support Flash or Silverlight content. These are used for many Web-based applications. You don't realize how many applications until you don't have them. This client is using the iPad as a remote access device for Terminal Services. They have a Windows application installed on the terminal server that can now be used by sales people on the road. So, the irony is, that iPad is a great remote access device for Windows, but not all that useful by itself. I installed the iTap Terminal Services/RDP client for the iPad

First let me say, that I'm not convinced that most organizations require an Edge Transport server for Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010. An Edge Transport server is an SMTP relay that sits between your Exchange Server organization and the Internet. The purpose of an Edge server is to isolate Exchange from the Internet and perform anti-spam and anti-virus filtering. Most organizations have another device or service that is already performing this task. However, if you choose to implement and Edge server, you need to understand that it uses certificates to secure communication between the Edge server and Hub transport server on the internal network. Normally you want certificates to come from a external certification authority so that they are trusted by all computers in the communication process. However, for SMTP between Exchange servers, you can and should use internally generated certificates. This is the default configuration. However, the default certificates expire