Applies to: Exchange Server 2013

Topic Last Modified: 2012-09-13

Use the Get-FrontEndTransportService cmdlet to view the transport configuration information for the Front End Transport service on Client Access servers.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.

Syntax

Get-FrontendTransportService [-Identity <FrontendTransportServerIdParameter>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>]

Examples

Example 1

This example displays a list of all Client Access servers in your organization.

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Get-FrontEndTransportService

Example 2

This example retrieves the detailed configuration information for the Front End Transport service on the Client Access server named CAS01.

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Get-FrontEndTransportService CAS01 | Format-List

Detailed Description

The Front End Transport service runs on all Client Access servers and acts as a stateless proxy for all inbound and outbound external SMTP traffic for the Exchange organization. The Front End Transport service only communicates with the Transport service on a Mailbox server, and doesn't queue any messages locally.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Front End Transport service" entries in the Mail Flow Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

DomainController

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.

Identity

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.FrontendTransportServerIdParameter

The Identity parameter specifies the server that you want to view.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.