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Exchange Server 2003 Administration: Hands-On

Course: 578   Type: Hands-On   Duration: 5 Days
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You Will Learn How To

  • Build an Exchange Server 2003 e-mail network hosted on a Windows Server 2003 domain
  • Create mailbox and mail-enabled Users along with Contacts, Distribution Groups and Query Groups
  • Manage Exchange servers through the System Manager MMC
  • Back up and restore Exchange databases and mailboxes
  • Connect multiple clients to Exchange Server 2003 including Outlook Web Access
  • Monitor Exchange services and SMTP traffic using advanced built-in tools

Course Benefits
Exchange Server 2003 offers advances in system performance and user productivity, including mail security, Outlook Web access and multiple databases. In this course, you gain the skills to install and configure an Exchange Server 2003 e-mail network in a Windows Server 2003 domain. You learn through intensive hands-on exercises to build an Exchange Server 2003 infrastructure.

Who Should Attend
Those evaluating or implementing Exchange Server 2003. Course 595, "Windows Server 2003 Comprehensive Introduction", is assumed. Familiarity with e-mail systems, and the concepts of enterprise messaging, are helpful.

Hands-on Training
Exercises provide you with experience installing and managing an Exchange Server 2003 environment and include:
  • Installing Exchange 2003
  • Creating and managing mail-enabled objects
  • Connecting with Outlook and OWA
  • Backing up and restoring a database
  • Navigating the Exchange System Manager
  • Creating storage groups and databases
  • Monitoring Exchange activity using Server Monitor and Notifications

Course Content
Introduction and Overview
  • Enhancements to the feature set
  • How Exchange compares to competitors
  • Integration with Windows Server 2003
  • Active Directory (AD) fundamentals
Installing Exchange Server 2003
Running the ExDeploy Wizard
  • Modifying the AD schema
  • Loading Exchange 2003 SP2
  • Adding the SMTP and NNTP service
Installing the System Manager MMC
  • Setting Exchange permissions
  • Navigating the Exchange hierarchy
Managing Mail-Enabled Objects
Mail-enabling AD objects
  • Working with User Object properties
  • Running the Exchange Tasks Wizard
Properties of Contacts
  • Creating mail-enabled Contacts
  • Examining Contact object attributes
Group Objects and Exchange
  • Differentiating between Group types
  • Enabling Distribution Query Groups
Clients for Exchange
Outlook
  • RPC and RPC over HTTPS
  • Defining mailbox profiles
  • Testing the Outlook advanced feature set
Outlook Web Access (OWA)
  • Running Web-based clients for Exchange
  • OWA feature sets
  • Connecting via a front-end server
Managing Exchange Servers
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
  • Installing management tools onto Windows XP
  • Assessing User Exchange properties
Placing policies
  • Defining System Policies
  • Managing mailbox limits
  • Setting parameters for addressing policies
Backup and restore functionality
  • Initialising the Recovery Storage Group
  • Executing a mailbox Restore
Mail Routing Across the Enterprise
Routing Groups defined
  • Creating new Routing Groups
  • Examining the Link State table
Routing Group connectors for Exchange
  • The Default SMTP Virtual Server
  • Configuring Routing Group connectors
Deploying Exchange Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Solutions
Preventing SPAM e-mail
  • Implementing the Intelligent Message Filter
  • Enabling SPAM prevention in Outlook
Protecting mail data from infections
  • Install a commercial anti-virus solution
  • Determining the scope of virus scanners
Connecting to the Internet
Outbound SMTP mails
  • Creating an SMTP connector
  • Analysing SMTP virtual server queues
Receiving Internet e-mail
  • Firewall roles and Exchange
  • Defining front-end and back-end services
Building Public Folders
Setting up public folders
  • Creating the public folder tree
  • Adding public folder content
Replicating public folders
  • Configuring the replication topology
  • Switching on public folder referrals
Monitoring Exchange
IIS and Exchange
  • Logging SMTP Virtual Server traffic
  • Analysing message flow
Server monitoring
  • Setting up threshold limits
  • Configuring notifications
Exchange repair tools
  • Running the Exchange Best Practice Analyser
  • Offline defragmentation and repair

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Exchange Server 2003 Administration
Course Schedule
22 - 26 Sep, 2008
London
24 - 28 Nov, 2008
London
9 - 13 Feb, 2009
London
20 - 24 Apr, 2009
London

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