Course Length:

1 Day

Course Description:

This one-day instructor-led course provides messaging specialists with the knowledge and skills to manage messaging security and policies. Students will learn how to manage messaging and connection security. They will also learn how to manage spam, anti-virus, and content filtering. And finally they will learn how to install and configure a gateway server.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for enterprise-level messaging administrators who have at least 3 years experience working in the Information Technology field, including administering Exchange Servers. Others who may take this course include IT generalists and help desk professionals who want to learn about MicrosoftExchange Server 2007. Administrators should have some experience with Exchange Server 2007.

Benefits of Attendance:

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

• Manage anti-spam and antivirus features.
• Configure edge transport servers.
• Implement messaging policies.

Prerequisites:

This course requires that students have working knowledge of malware, how Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is managed in the directory, Windows server operating system, network technologies, Active Directory, and Exchange Server 2007. Students should also have a conceptual understanding of firewalls, and e-mail technologies and know how to configure and manage a messaging environment in accordance with technical requirements. Finally, students should have experience with NTBackup command, NSLookup command, Windows Explorer, MicrosoftManagement Console (MMC), Active Directory Users and Computers, Active Directory Sites and Services, Internet Information Services (IIS) Admin, and Outlook.

Course Outline:

• Module 1: Maintaining Antivirus and Anti-spam Systems
  1. Introduction to Antivirus and Anti-Spam Management
  2. Implementing Anti-spam Features
  3. Implementing Antivirus Features
  4. Lab : Maintaining Antivirus and Anti-Spam Systems
  5. Reviewing the Contents of the Spam Quarantine
  6. Discussion: Modifying Spam and Antivirus Settings
  7. Modifying Spam and Antivirus Settings
• Module 2: Configuring Edge Transport Servers
  1. Deploying Edge Transport Servers
  2. Configuring Internet Message Delivery
  3. Configuring Security for Internet E-Mail
  4. Lab : Configuring Edge Transport Servers
  5. Configuring SMTP Connectors to Secure SMTP E-Mail
  6. Implementing Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)
• Module 3: Implementing Messaging Policies
  1. Introducing Messaging Policy and Compliance
  2. Implementing Messaging Records Management
  3. Implementing Transport Rules
  4. Lab : Implementing Messaging Policies
  5. Configuring Domain Security