Installing, Administering and Optimizing Exchange Server

E-mail has become a critical tool for most companies. Even a short amount of downtime from a poorly performing or always crashing system can be extremely costly. As the system administrator or IT professional responsible for supporting your organization's e-mail system, this workshop is must-have training. It concentrates on the real-world situations and challenges you face … like how to manage all-important security issues and virtually eliminate internal and external threats … getting peak performance out of your less-than-top-of-the-line equipment … what it takes to install Exchange Server correctly (the prerequisites for a successful install)—this session alone could save hours or even days of frustration! These are just a few of the techniques this important workshop will give you for the effective administration of your Exchange servers. Register for this workshop today

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Day one: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Installing Exchange Server

With each new release of Microsoft® Exchange Server, the complexity of the software increases, which usually means the complexity of the installation also increases. That's definitely the case with Exchange Server. In this session, you'll discover that installing Exchange Server isn't simply a matter of putting in the CD and walking away. You'll learn why most of the installation time is actually spent on preparing your system rather than installing the application. You'll also learn …

• What's new in Exchange Server
• Introduction to Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles
• Understanding the Exchange Server Deployment Architecture
• How to use the Exchange Server Deployment Tools
• The right way to upgrade Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000 and the conditions that may prohibit you from upgrading your current version of Exchange
• The important steps to take before installing Exchange Server—there's a lot more than you might imagine
• How to install and use the Exchange Server management tools
• The first things you need to do to begin using Exchange Server once you've installed it

Configuring Exchange Server

After you've got Exchange installed, you have to configure it for your specific situation, and it's not just a matter of making a few minor adjustments and tweaks. In this session, you'll learn how to properly configure your Exchange server for easy administration and trouble-free operation. You'll find out how to enable support for administrative and routing groups and how to properly configure them. You'll also find out …

• What a storage group and a store are and the best way to create them
• How to create administrative groups and how they are used in new releases of Exchange Server
• How to set a recipient policy and apply transport rules to filter message content
• How to configure your server to operate in mixed or native mode and how to switch server modes
• When to use the Exchange Management Console and when to use the Exchange Management Shell
• Step-by-step procedures to configure message tracking and SMTP logging

Implementing Exchange Server security

Security has moved to the top of the list when it comes to administrative tasks for anyone dealing with computers, and that's especially important when it comes to administering Exchange Server. In this session, you'll learn the tips and techniques you need to configure security on your server and feel confident that you've got a secure, stable system that won't be plagued by all those attacks you hear about every day. In this session, you'll learn …

• How to use the Exchange Management Console to simply delegate permissions to Exchange administrators
• How to set permissions on individual Exchange objects and how to set the Exchange extended permissions as well
• How to protect against viruses using the Edge Transport Server Role
• How to implement digital signatures and encryption functionality on your server
• Which services you should shut down and which ones need to be running on your server to provide maximum security

Managing Exchange Server recipients

Managing Exchange Server recipients involves a great deal more than simply creating mailboxes for all your users. In this informative session, you'll find out how to simplify the administrative tasks for all your recipients, including not only users but other recipient objects such as contacts, groups and more. You'll learn how to move mailboxes by using the Exchange Management Console and find out how to set permissions on distribution group usage. You'll also learn …

• Understanding the Exchange Management Console
• Managing recipients using the Exchange Management Shell
• Creating mailboxes from a previous list
• How to configure storage limits on individual mailboxes
• How to create mail-enabled groups and query-based distribution groups
• Using the Exchange Management Shell to make bulk recipient changes

Day two: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Managing Exchange Server information storage

In this session, you'll learn how Exchange Server stores information and how you can take full advantage of Exchange store capabilities to achieve maximum performance from your server. You'll also find out the differences between Exchange Server Standard and Enterprise Editions when it comes to storage groups and stores. We'll also show you how to mount and dismount stores and the critical steps that must be taken after you've moved a store. You'll also discover …

• The right way to recover mailbox stores using a Recovery Storage Group
• How to create and control access to public folders
• How to quickly create a public folder index and allow client searches of the index for efficient information retrieval
• How to manage public folder replication and how to make public folders from one organization available to users in another organization
• How to use Exchange Server Management tools to create and manage storage groups

Administering Exchange Server message routing

In this session, you'll learn how to configure multiple servers running Exchange to work together. You'll also find out how to connect Exchange Server to other messaging systems to transfer messages between them, synchronize directory and calendar functions or migrate users from the other messaging system. Also in this session, we'll show you how to manage the expanded SMTP service that comes with Exchange Server. You'll also learn …

• How to create and administer routing groups
• How to install and configure various connectors such as SMTP, TCP/IP, X.400 and more
• When you should use an SMTP connector instead of a Routing Group connector
• How to configure the Hub Transport Server instead of the SMTP Virtual Server
• How to manage SMTP messages including message size limitations, number of recipients and undeliverable messages

Managing Exchange Server client connectivity

In this power-packed session, you'll discover the multitude of ways clients can access information from your Exchange server. You'll learn how to properly configure your server for efficient and secure connections from clients running Microsoft Outlook®, Outlook Express, Internet browser-based clients, mobile devices, third-party clients and more. You'll also learn how to configure system-wide global settings that control message formats, size and delivery restrictions and how to override them on individual Exchange objects when necessary. You'll also find out …

• The role of the Client Access Server in Exchange and understand how to configure it for best use
• How to use the Autodiscover service in Exchange to set up your Outlook clients
• What you need to know about configuring POP3 and its limitations
• How to configure Outlook Web Access to allow client access via a Web browser
• How to configure IMAP4 on your Exchange Server

Exchange Server monitoring and troubleshooting

Once you've got your server completely set up and configured properly, you'll then need to monitor your server to ensure your system is functioning properly and operating at peak performance levels. This session will show you how to properly monitor your Exchange server, make necessary adjustments and troubleshoot when things go wrong. You'll also learn how to create and implement a preventive maintenance plan that will help you virtually eliminate system malfunctions. You'll also learn …

• Which server resources you must monitor and which ones don't really tell you anything about the performance of your system
• How to create administrative notifications that are automatically sent when a system problem occurs
• How to create diagnostic logs that can track specific logging levels such as minimum and maximum resource usage events
• How to configure and monitor message flow using message tracking
• Step-by-step troubleshooting techniques to solve virtually any problem you might encounter with your system, including disaster recovery techniques

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Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received up to five business days before the workshop are refundable, minus a registration service charge, which you may apply toward any future workshop. After that, cancellations are subject to the entire workshop fee, which you may also apply toward a future workshop. Please note that if you don’t cancel and don’t attend, you are still responsible for payment. Substitutions may be made at any time.

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