Hello everyone:
First I would like to thank everyone to any assistance that they provide, I am very grateful.
The setup: 1 hyper-v server that is running server 2012 standard, and has exchange server 2013 standard installed and licensed successfully. We have 1 static IP that I PATing out to the network, and I am dedicating the ports that exchange will be using to be directly associated with the server at the firewall. We already own a .com domain through godaddy, and I will be setting up with them the subdomains for the mail server's smtp and external owa connectors to route to our static IP.
The issue that I am having is I used the install wizard on a .local server domain, and the emails that my dad's company will be using a .com mail domain. Also when I attempt a test email with the admin account the emails sit in the drafts folder.
I have already moved the database that holds the email accounts and mailboxes to a dedicated virtual hard drive that is currently 350 GB in size, and will dynamicly expand it as needed. I also already have a NIC on the hyper-v 2012 r2 server dedicated to the exchange server vm, and it is set on a static IP and the internal DNS entry is already entered.
Lastly I have already followed the guide for the install and post install via the TechNet article, and cross referenced with guides made by Lydia Bronze at blog.cloudshare.com and Phoummala Schmitt at www.petri.co.il.
Once I get the issues of the primary email domain switched from .local to .com, and I get a successful test email sent outside the domain, I can handle the rest. Again any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.