Add foreign computers to a site

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To add foreign computers to a site

1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.

2. On the View menu, click Show Services Node.

3. In the console tree, right-click MsmqServices.

4. Click New Foreign Computer to open the New Object – Foreign Computer dialog box.

5. In the Computer name text box, type the name of the foreign computer.

6. In the Foreign site list box, select the name of the foreign site to which the computer will be added from the list of available foreign sites.

Notes

• To open Active Directory Sites and Services, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Sites and Services.

• This procedure creates two objects in Active Directory for the foreign computer. One is a computer object in the Computers container. This object is similar to an ordinary computer object. The other is an msmq (MSMQ Configuration) object, which is created under the computer object and contains a pointer to the foreign site in the MSMQ-Sites attribute.

• You must create a foreign site before you can add a foreign computer to the site. For information on how to create a foreign site, see Related Topics.

• Typing the name of a foreign computer in the New Foreign Computer dialog box does not guarantee that messages can be sent to it.

• A routing link defines the route for connectivity between two sites. A site gate is a Message Queuing routing server or one of several such servers through which the message traffic between two sites is configured to pass. For more information on routing links, site gates, and how they are used to route messages, see Related Topics.

• A Message Queuing routing server that is running a connector application and has been configured as a site gate for a routing link between its site and the foreign site must also be added to the foreign site. To do this, perform the following task:

  1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

  2. On the View menu, click Users, Groups, and Computers as containers, and then click Advanced Features.

  3. In the console tree, right-click msmq (console tree location is: Active Directory Users and Computers/YourDomain/Domain Controllers/ApplicableServer/msmq).

  4. Click Properties.

  5. On the Sites page, select the foreign site under All sites, and then click Add to add this site to the list of sites where this server resides and to add it to the foreign site.

• For Windows 2000 computers running a connector application, after adding the foreign site to the list of sites, the foreign site will not appear in the list until you restart the Message Queuing service on the domain controller of the domain to which the Message Queuing server running the connector application belongs.

• Messages cannot be sent over HTTP transport to foreign computers.

Information about functional differences

• Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.

See Also

Concepts

Configuring cross-platform messaging
Configuring routing links
Routing with Message Queuing servers
Foreign computers and sites
Intersite routing
Set permissions for routing link objects
Working with MMC console files