Ultimate Exchange Server 2007

Overview:

This powerful course has been specifically designed for you to assess an existing infrastructure and determine technical and business requirements for new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployments and migrations. Leverage a design that will address security, architecture, scalability, and coexistence needs, and learn how to design and create a backup strategy, disaster recovery procedures, and test plans for those procedures.

This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Products:

• Course 5050: Recovering Messaging Servers and Databases using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• Course 5053: Designing a Messaging Infrastructure using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• Course 5054: Designing a High Availability Messaging Solution using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Certification

This course covers concepts addressed on the Microsoft Certified IT Professional Exam 70-237: Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Description:

1. Recovering Messaging Databases

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  Database Recovery Scenarios
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  Using Dial-Tone Recovery

2. Preparing for and Recovering from Mailbox Server Failures

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  Preparing for a Mailbox Server Recovery
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  Recovering Mailbox Servers Overview

3. Preparing for and Recovering from Non-Mailbox Server Failures

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  Preparing for a Non-Mailbox Server Recovery
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  Recovering Non-Mailbox Servers

4. Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure

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  Gathering Business Requirements
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  Identifying Additional Requirements
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  Analyzing the Current Messaging Environment
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  Creating a Requirements Document

5. Designing Active Directory and Message Routing

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  Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure
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  Designing Message Routing
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  Designing the Message Routing Perimeter

6. Designing Exchange Servers

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  Designing Mailbox Servers
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  Designing Non-Mailbox Servers
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  Designing a Public Folder Architecture
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  Designing a Lab Environment

7. Designing Security for a Messaging Environment

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  Designing an Administrative Model
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  Designing Message Security
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  Designing Antivirus and Anti-spam Solutions

8. Designing Messaging Policies

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  Designing Exchange Recipient and Message Policies
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  Designing Mobile Device Policies
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  Designing Messaging Policies for Compliance

9. Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging
Systems

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  Coexistence and Interoperability with Other Messaging Systems
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  Designing a Coexistence Strategy with Previous Exchange Versions
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  Designing an Interoperability Strategy with Other Messaging Systems

10. Designing an Exchange Server 2007 Upgrade Strategy

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  Available Upgrade Strategies
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  Designing a Transition from Previous Versions of Exchange
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  Designing a Migration from Other Messaging Systems

11. Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design

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  Preparing to Obtain Approval
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  Presenting and Finalizing a Design

12. Foundational High Availability Concepts for Messaging

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  Service Level Management
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  High Availability Technologies

13. Evaluating High Availability Technologies for Exchange Server 2007

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  Options for Mailbox Servers
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  Options for Non-Mailbox Servers

14. Creating a High Availability Messaging Strategy

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  Designing a High Availability Strategy for Mailbox Servers
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  Designing a High Availability Solution for Non-Mailbox Servers

15. Designing the Messaging Portion of a Business Continuity Plan

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  Business Continuity Planning
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  Identifying Threats to the Messaging Organization
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  Mitigating Threats to the Messaging Organization
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  Designing the Business Continuity Plan

16. Designing Backup for a High Availability Messaging Environment

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  Identifying Backup Requirements
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  Designing Backup Procedures

17. Ensuring Recovery Readiness of a High Availability Messaging Environment

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  Designing Recovery Strategies
• 
  Evaluating Disaster Recovery Readiness

Agenda:

Lab 1: Recovering Messaging Databases in Exchange Server 2007

• Performing a Storage Group Backup
• Performing a Dial-Tone Recovery
• Repairing a Damaged Database

Lab 2: Preparing for and Recovering from Mailbox Server Failures

• Performing a Mailbox Server Backup
• Recovering a Mailbox Server
• Recovering Mailbox Server Data

Lab 3: Preparing for and Recovering from Non-Mailbox Server Failures

• Performing a Non-Mailbox Server Backup
• Restoring a Client Access Server Certificate
• Restoring a Hub Transport Server
• Restoring an Edge Transport Server

Lab 4: Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure

• Evaluating an Existing Messaging Infrastructure
• Creating a Requirements Document
• Discussion: Real-World Best Practices for Setting Budget Expectations

Lab 5: Designing Active Directory and Message Routing

• Designing a Message Routing Topology
• Designing a Messaging Perimeter
• Discussion: Improving an Active Directory and Message Routing Design

Lab 6: Designing Exchange Servers

• Planning an Exchange Server Deployment
• Defining Test Lab Requirements

Lab 7: Implementing an Administrative Model

• Determine the Administrative Model
• Create Organizational Units and Explore Security Groups for Exchange Server 2007 Servers
• Exchange Server 2007 Delegation

Lab 8: Designing Messaging Policies

Lab 9: Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems

• Designing a Coexistence Strategy with Exchange 2000 Server
• Designing an Interoperability Strategy

Lab 10: Migrating to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

• Start Migration Environment
• Prepare Exchange Server 2003 for Coexistence
• Prepare Active Directory for 2003 and 2007 Coexistence
• Install Exchange Server 2007 into an Exchange Server 2003 Organization
• Move Mailboxes from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007
• Decommission Exchange Server 2003

Lab 11: Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design

• Presenting a Messaging Infrastructure Design
• Discussion: Characteristics of Effective Design Review Processes

Lab 12: Foundational High Availability Concepts for Messaging

• Discussion: Refining the Scope of SLA Requirements

Lab 13A: Evaluating High Availability Messaging Technologies

• Configuring LCR
• Configuring CCR

Lab 13B: Evaluating High Availability Messaging Technologies

• Testing CCR
• Discussion: Recommendations for Using the High Availability Solutions

Lab 14: Designing and Deploying a High Availability Solution with CCR

• Prepare First Node of the CCR Cluster
• Prepare Second Node of the CCR Cluster
• Create a Share to Use for the Majority Node Set
• Set Up the Cluster with Windows Cluster Administrator
• Enable the Majority Node Share and Verify
• Install Exchange Server 2007 on the CCR Cluster
• Verify Cluster's Operational Status
• Create Some User Mailboxes on the Cluster
• Access a Mailbox on the Cluster
• Fail and Test the CCR Cluster

Lab 15: Designing the Messaging Portion of a Business Continuity Plan

• Identifying Risks to a Messaging Environment
• Discussion: Mitigating Risks to a Messaging Environment

Lab 16: Designing Backup for a High Availability Messaging Environment

• Identifying Backup Requirements
• Discussion: Creating Backup Procedures

Lab 17: Ensuring Recovery Readiness of a High Availability Messaging Environment

• Defining Recovery Procedures
• Evaluating Disaster Recovery Readiness

Audience:

This class is ideal for Exchange Administrators and System Engineers who have taken Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and want to extend their knowledge of Exchange or who have extensive work experience administering Exchange. If you have extensive work experience maintaining Exchange Servers and want to develop architect level skills, this is definitely the right course for you.

Objectives:

• Advanced disaster recovery strategies and recovery tools for Exchange Server 2007
• Requirements for a rock-solid Exchange 2007 infrastructure
• Prepare for and recover from mailbox server failures
• Design security for the messaging environment
• Design a strategy for upgrading to Exchange Server 2007
• Design high availability and clustering strategies for Exchange Server 2007