Designing an Exchange Server 2003 Organization - Connectivity

Audience

This series is intended for messaging support professionals who work in medium-to-large environments (250 to 5 000 seats) with multiple physical locations mixed-client connection protocols and wireless and Internet messaging connectivity.

Objective

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

Topics Include

Unit 1: High Availability and Reliability

• Identify requirements for designing system-wide reliability.
• Identify key aspects of a disaster recovery plan.
• Identify design considerations for ensuring Active Directory and DNS availability.
• Identify uses of front-end servers.
• Identify considerations for implementing Network Load Balancing (NLB).
• Identify best practices for partitioning data.
• Identify guidelines for implementing server clustering.
• Identify considerations for designing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 clusters.
• Identify important aspects of a data storage solution.
• Identify planning considerations for data storage.

Unit 2: Design Inter-Organizational Connectivity

• Identify requirements for connectivity.
• Identify considerations for designing a message routing strategy.
• Identify considerations for designing a messaging connector strategy.
• Identify key aspects of the global address list (GAL) synchronization.
• Identify considerations for global address list (GAL) synchronization design.
• Identify features of global address list (GAL) synchronization topologies.
• Identify security considerations for Active Directory global address lists (GALs).
• Identify requirements for forest configuration.
• Identify best practices for Identity Integration Feature Pack deployment.
• Identify important aspects of the Inter-Organization Replication tool.

Unit 3: Exchange 5.5 to 2003 Deployment Strategy

• Identify the sequence of steps involved in the deployment process.
• Identify considerations for understanding the existing network environment.
• Identify factors to consider when collapsing Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 sites.
• Identify approaches used to upgrade the Active Directory service.
• Identify considerations for designing a plan to populate Active Directory.
• Identify types of Active Directory connection agreements.
• Identify guidelines for planning recipient connection agreements.
• Identify the sequence of steps involved in the recipient connection agreement design process.
• Identify best practices for planning ADC and connection agreements.
• Identify considerations for planning a connector upgrade strategy.
• Identify factors to consider when determining a connector upgrade strategy.
• Identify considerations for planning a mailbox and public folder migration strategy.
• Identify guidelines for designing a mailbox migration strategy.
• Identify guidelines for designing a public folder migration strategy.
• Identify steps involved in switching a mixed mode organization to native mode.

Unit 4: Upgrading from Exchange 2000 to 2003

• Identify advantages of using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
• Identify features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
• Identify hardware and system requirements for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
• Identify differences between Microsoft Exchnge 2000 Server and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
• Identify requirements for upgrading to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
• Identify the steps involved in upgrading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 to Exchange Server 2003.

Duration

8 hours

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).
The network version of this course requires:
• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

CDROM


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