Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

This three-day, instructor-led course offers Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 administrators with the skills they need to manage a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 infrastructure. This course focuses on the new features and administrative tasks in Exchange Server 2007. The student will learn skills that enable them to deploy and manage an Exchange Server 2007 environment. This course's aim is not to provide detailed design skills, but will cover planning skills at a level sufficient to enable decision making during the implementation process.

Who Should Attend:

This course is for people who operate in medium to very large computing environments, using Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003. The typical environments in which they work have the following characteristics: supported users range from 200 to over 100,000; multiple physical locations; and typical products and technologies include Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows 2003, Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003, and network security products and technologies.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the new features and the deployment architecture in Exchange Server 2007.
• Plan and implement an Exchange Server 2007 deployment.
• Administer Exchange Server 2007.
• Implement client access services in Exchange Server 2007.
• Manage message routing in an Exchange Server 2007 organization.
• Configure messaging security with Exchange Server 2007.
• Implement messaging policies in Exchange Server 2007.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions in Exchange Server 2007.
• Implement Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have working experience with Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003, working experience with Windows Server 2003, working experience with Active Directory directory services in Windows Server 2003, and familiarity and experience with Windows scripting or command-line scripting.

Course Outline:

• Module 1: Introducing Exchange Server 2007
  1. New Features in Exchange Server 2007
  2. Introducing the Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Architecture
  3. Discontinued and De-Emphasized Features
• Module 2: Deploying Exchange Server 2007
  1. Introduction to the Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles
  2. Installing Exchange Server 2007
  3. Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007
  4. Optional Lab: Deploying Exchange Server 2007
  5. Preparing for the Exchange Server 2007 Installation
  6. Installing Exchange Server 2007
  7. Verifying the Exchange Server 2007 Installation
• Module 3: Administering Exchange Server 2007
  1. Overview of Exchange Server 2007 Administration Tools
  2. Administering Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Servers
  3. Managing Recipients in Exchange Server 2007
  4. Lab: Administering Exchange Server 2007
  5. Configuring the Mailbox Servers
  6. Configuring Recipients
  7. Performing Bulk Recipient Management Tasks
• Module 4: Implementing Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2007
  1. Implementing the Client Access Server Role
  2. Implementing New Client Features in Exchange Server 2007
  3. Implementing Outlook Web Access
  4. Implementing Mobile Messaging
  5. Lab: Implementing Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2007
  6. Configuring Outlook Web Access Settings
  7. Configuring Exchange ActiveSync Policies
• Module 5: Managing Message Routing in an Exchange Server 2007 Organization
  1. Understanding Message Routing in Exchange Server 2007
  2. Managing Message Routing
  3. Lab: Managing Message Routing in an Exchange Server 2007 Organization
  4. Configuring Message Routing for a Branch Office
  5. Troubleshooting Message Routing Between Sites
• Module 6: Securing Messages with Exchange Server 2007
  1. Implementing the Edge Transport Server Role
  2. Implementing Antivirus and Anti-Spam Features
  3. Configuring Security for Internet E-Mail
  4. Lab: Securing Messages with Exchange Server 2007
  5. Reviewing the Current Spam-Filtering Results
  6. Discussion: Modifying the Spam-Filtering Settings
  7. Modifying the Spam-Filtering Settings
• Module 7: Implementing Messaging Policies in Exchange Server 2007
  1. Introducing Messaging Policies
  2. Implementing Transport Rules
  3. Implementing Messaging Records Management
  4. Lab: Implementing Messaging Policies in Exchange Server 2007
  5. Implementing Transport and Journaling Rules
  6. Implementing Messaging Records Management
• Module 8: High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007
  1. Overview of High Availability in Exchange Server 2007
  2. Implementing High Availability in Exchange Server 2007
  3. Implementing Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007
  4. Lab: High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007
  5. Configuring Windows Server 2003 Cluster Services
  6. Installing and Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Active and Passive Nodes
  7. Moving Exchange Server 2007 Clustered Mailbox Servers Between Cluster Nodes
• Module 9: Implementing Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
  1. Telephony Overview
  2. Introducing Unified Messaging
  3. Installing and Configuring Unified Messaging
  4. Practice: Installing and Configuring Unified Messaging
  5. Install the Unified Messaging server role
  6. Create and configure a dial plan
  7. Create an IP Gateway
  8. Create a hunt group
  9. Create a Unified Messaging mailbox policy
  10. Enable a mailbox for Unified Messaging
  11. Create an Automated Attendant