Exchange Syllabus

• Architecture of Exchange Server, SMTP, POP3, NNTP, IMAP Protocols

• Configuring Server, Recipients, Distribution List.• Clients Configuration (MS Outlook Web Access, MS

Outlook Express, MS Outlook 2003)• Stores and Storage Groups, Public Folders.• User Properties.• Backup & Recovery Storage Group.• Configuring Connectors (RGC, SMTP, X.400, ADC)• Up-gradation from Exchange 2000 to 2003 Application.• Mailbox Recovery Center• Active Directory Clean Up Wizard• Message Tracking Center.

What is Exchange Server?

• Exchange server is an electronic messaging system used not only for e-mails but also used for Document Sharing, Conferencing & Groupware Communication.

• It is called as client/server model.

FLAVOURS OF EXCHANGE 2003

• Standard Edition

• Enterprise Edition

Standard Edition

• Meant for small size organization.

• Supports two databases,mailbox store and public folder store.

• Database limit is 16GB each.

• Clustering is not supported

Enterprise Edition

• Meant for medium & large size organization.

• Supports up to 20 databases per server.

• Database size is unlimited.

• Clustering is supported(up to 8 nodes).

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

• Windows server 2000 family: Standard Server, Advance server,Data center server with sp3 or later.

• Windows server 2003 family: Standard edition,

Enterprise edition,Data center server.

Note: Exchange 2003 does not run on 64-bit

edition of windows server 2003.

HARDWARE REQUIREMENT

ITEMS MINIMUM RECOMMENDED

CPU 133MHZ Pentium or higher processor.

733mhz

RAM 256MB 512MB

DISK SPACE

500MB of free hard disk space on the drive where you install exchange.

200MB of free disk space on system drive.

SERVICES REQUIRED

• World Wide Web Publishing Service(WWW)

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

• Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)

• ASP. net

• Active Directory Services

• DNS Service

FEATURES OF EXCHANGE 2003• Deployment tools• Integrated with Active Directory Services• Integrated with IIS• Exchange Clients• Multiple Public Folders• Stores and Storage Groups• Routing Groups Connectors

• Mailbox recovery center• Recovery storage group• Enhanced Security

RECIPIENTS

• Mailbox-enabled users: User Account in AD that has Mail-Enabled and associated mailbox with Exchange Organization.

• Mail-enabled users: User account in AD that has Mail-Enabled, but does not have a mailbox in Exchange Organization.

• Mail-enable Group: This is a Distribution Group which contains users and Groups as a members.

• Mail-enable Public Folder : : Which Contain mailbox in the Exchange Database.

EXCHANGE 2003 CLIENTS

• Outlook Web Access• Outlook Express• Microsoft Outlook

HOW EXCHANGE WORKS?

STORE

• Store is the database which contains the mailboxes and the recipient information.

• The database files associated with mailbox store are PRIV1.EDB and PRIV1.STM

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STORAGE GROUP

• Storage group is a logical grouping of stores that share the same set of transaction log files.

• You can create up to four storage groups per server and each storage group can have up to five stores.

• The default storage group created on each server is “First Storage Group”.

PUBLIC FOLDERS

• Public Folders provides the centralized storage about any type of data that is meant to be accessed by multiple users in an organization.

• It can also be used for storage of documents, administrative messages and other applications.

• The database files associated with public folder store are PUB1.EDB and PUB1.STM.

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Connectors

• It is a logical component that enables information flow between two systems.

• Connectors supports Message Transfers, Directory Synchronization between Exchange servers and other Messaging Systems

ROUTING GROUPS

• A Routing Group is a collection of exchange servers that have full-time reliable connections between each and every server.

• In a routing group, all servers communicate and transfer messages directly to one another.

• Communication between routing groups can be made possible using connectors.

TYPES OF CONNECTORS

• ROUTING GROUP CONNECTOR(RGC)

• SMTP CONNECTOR

• X.400 CONNECTOR

• ACTIVE DIRECTORY CONNECTORS

  Communication in and between routing groups   Communication in and between routing groups

 Exchange front-end and back-end server architecture

Exchange front-end and back-end server architecture

Features of Exchange-2007• Management tool is Exchange Management

console• Compatible on 64 bit OS• RE-written OWA with browsable GAL• Restore database to any server• Message routing based on AD Site• Storage capacity in STD-5stores Each is 75GB

ENT-50stores unlimited database• Unified messaging• Transport rules• No in place upgradation