M3938: Updating Your Skills from Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2007

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

- Working experience with Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003.
- Familiarity and experience with Windows or command-line scripting.
- Working experience with Windows Server 2003.
- Working experience with Active Directory directory services in Windows Server 2003.
- Working knowledge of networking, including TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS).

Course Description:

This four-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.

This course includes the following modules:

Introducing Exchange Server 2007

• New Features in Exchange Server 2007
• Introducing the Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Architecture
• Discontinued and De-Emphasized Features

Deploying Exchange Server 2007

• Introduction to the Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles
• Installing Exchange Server 2007
• Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007
• Optional Lab: Deploying Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 1: Preparing for the Exchange Server 2007 Installation
• Exercise 2: Installing Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 3: Verifying the Exchange Server 2007 Installation

Administering Exchange Server 2007

• Overview of Exchange Server 2007 Administration Tools
• Administering Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Servers
• Managing Recipients in Exchange Server 2007
• Lab: Administering Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 1: Configuring Mailbox Servers
• Exercise 2: Configuring Recipients
• Exercise 3: Performing Bulk Recipient Management Tasks

Implementing Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2007

• Implementing the Client Access Server Role
• Implementing New Client Features in Exchange Server 2007
• Implementing Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA)
• Implementing Mobile Messaging
• Lab: Implementing Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 1: Configuring OWA Settings
• Exercise 2: Configuring Exchange ActiveSync Policies

Managing Message Routing in an Exchange Server 2007 Organization

• Understanding Message Routing in Exchange Server 2007
• Managing Message Routing
• Lab: Managing Message Routing in an Exchange Server 2007 Organization
• Exercise 1: Configuring Message Routing for a Branch Office
• Exercise 2: Troubleshooting Message Routing Between Sites

Securing Messages with Exchange Server 2007

• Implementing the Edge Transport Server Role
• Implementing Antivirus and Anti-Spam Features
• Configuring Security for Internet E-Mail
• Lab: Securing Messages with Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 1: Reviewing the Current Spam-Filtering Results
• Discussion: Modifying the Spam-Filtering Settings
• Exercise 2: Modifying the Spam-Filtering Settings

Implementing Messaging Policies in Exchange Server 2007

• Introducing Messaging Policies
• Implementing Transport Rules
• Implementing Messaging Records Management
• Lab: Implementing Messaging Policies in Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 1: Implementing Transport and Journaling Rules
• Exercise 2: Implementing Messaging Records Management

High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007

• Implementing High Availability in Exchange Server 2007
• Implementing Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007
• Lab: High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2007
• Exercise 1: Configuring Windows Server 2007 Cluster Services
• Exercise 2: Installing and Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Active and Passive Nodes
• Exercise 3: Moving Exchange Server 2007 Resources Between Cluster Nodes

Implementing Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007

• Telephony Overview
• Introducing Unified Messaging
• Installing and Configuring Unified Messaging
• Practice: Implementing Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
• Install the Unified Messaging server role
• Create and configure a dial plan
• Create an IP Gateway
• Create a hunt group
• Create a Unified Messaging mailbox policy
• Enable a mailbox for Unified Messaging
• Create an Automated Attendant