Frequently Asked Questions

What is this course about? Microsoft Exchange 2007 offers a comprehensive and scalable e-mail solution that addresses the security issues and problems commonly experienced by administrators. Surmounting these challenges requires a depth of understanding and technical knowledge of Exchange. In this course, you learn to implement security to protect against both internal and external attacks. You also gain knowledge on topics such as certificates, Edge Transport servers, RMS and Microsoft Forefront technologies. In addition, you learn where to locate the information and tools you need to assist your organisation in compliance. Who will benefit from this course? This course is valuable for the security-minded Exchange professional who wants to deepen their understanding and technical knowledge of Exchange. Typical participants include e-mail administrators who are seeking to better secure their Exchange infrastructure and security officers and network administrators who need to better understand e-mail security issues. What background do I need? Course 980, Exchange Server 2007 Administration: Hands-On, or equivalent knowledge is assumed. Experience with the Active Directory is helpful. Specifically, you should have a basic understanding of Exchange and server administration. I currently use Exchange 2003. Will I benefit from this course? There are similar concepts learned that would apply to both Exchange 2003 and 2007. If you are migrating to Exchange 2007 within the next six months, you should definitely take this course. I am looking into implementing a Rights Management Server; how much detail does this course provide on this topic? You learn a great deal on how to implement a RMS in this course. You learn how to set it up, how to configure policies and participate in a practical implementation of RMS. Does this course cover PKI? Yes, this course covers PKI specifically for an Exchange implementation. This is based upon using a Microsoft Certification Authority (CA) infrastructure. How much of this course focuses on Windows security? There is minimal coverage of Windows security in this course except where it relates to Exchange. Further details on Windows security can be found in Course 599, Securing Windows Server® 2003: Hands-On. Does this course include Service Pack 1 (SP1)? Yes, there are many improvements that SP1 has introduced to Exchange in areas of deployment, disaster recovery, client access, and management. Not only will you learn about them in the classroom discussions, you will experience them as part of the hand on exercises. What kinds of hands-on exercises does this course include? Approximately 40% of class time is devoted to hands-on exercises which provide you with practical experience securing your Exchange environment. Exercises include: Analysing security threats to an Exchange infrastructure Auditing administrators in their daily tasks Exposing mixed environment security issues Defending against SMTP attacks Protecting Exchange with an ISA server Implementing a message hygiene appliance Integrating the use of RMS with Exchange Encrypting and signing e-mail with Outlook and OWA Utilising transport rules to organise messages Configuring e-mail journaling Fine-tuning managed folders Performing a cross mailbox search How much time is spent on each topic? Content Hours Introduction to security and compliance 2.0 Hardening your internal server configuration 4.0 Safeguarding servers from external threats 3.5 Maximising e-mail security 4.0 Simplifying e-mail compliance 3.5 Times, including the workshops, are estimates; exact times may vary according to the needs of each class. Why should I take this course instead of one offered by Microsoft? Learning Tree is dedicated to accelerating the careers of our clients by providing them with world-class technology and management training. Our independence from Microsoft (and any other vendor) allows us to give an unbiased view of what works and what does not. This course is objective in its approach, having been developed independently from Microsoft by industry experts who bring their real-world experience to the classroom. How does this course relate to other Learning Tree courses? The following Learning Tree courses might also be of interest to those who have taken this course: 539, Deploying Clusters on Windows Server® 2003: Hands-On  559, Windows Server® 2003 AD Troubleshooting: Hands-On  538, SharePoint® Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction  954, Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007: Hands-On  558, Automating Windows® Administration with VBScript  289, Disaster Recovery Planning: Ensuring Business Continuity  296, Project Management: Skills for Success