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How messaging servers work
Initial tips for success Exchange management
Server roles
Exchange Server Management
Message and content control
Common components of most messaging
systems:
 A message transport system that moves
messages from one place to another. Ie. SMTP
or RPC
 A message storage system that stores
messages until a user can read or retrieve
them.
 A directory service that allows a user to look
up information about their mail systems
users.
Extended components of messaging systems:
 Integration with phone systems
 Message washing system to prevent malware, etc.
 Backup, recovery, DR and business continuity
solutions
 Message archival software
 Electronic forms routing software
 Mail gateways for mobile devices
 Email security systems
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Get to know the Exchange Management Shell
(EMS). Everything you will need to do is in the
Exchange Management Console
Make regular Exchange backups
Document, document, document...
Don’t put off maintenance that can affect
your up-time
If you get in trouble, call help sooner than
later.
Share your knowledge and configuration with
coworkers
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Accept certain inalienable truths:
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Disks will fail
Servers will crash
Users WILL complain
Viruses will spread
Important messages will sometimes get caught in
the SPAM filter
Get to know your users and communicate
with them
SharePoint provides a good alternative for
sharing many types of data you might find in
public folders
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Make regular backups of your Active
Directory
If a consultant is telling you something that
you know in your gut is wrong, double-check
his work or run his recommendation by
another colleague. Second opinions and
another set of eyes are almost always helpful
Be careful with regedit, ADSI Edit, and any
advice you read on the Internet (or in
books)…or from instructors. 
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Initially introduced in Exchange 2007
Roles are installed during setup. Once the
role is selected, only the components
necessary for that role are installed
◦ This reduces overhead on machines that are
dedicated to the particular task such as a Hub
transport server.
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Mailbox rolesupports mailboxes and public
folders
Client Access rolesupports functions such
as Outlook, Outlook Web App, Outlook
Anywhere, Windows Mobile Activesync, Pop3,
and IMAP4, and supports web services such
as Autodiscover, the Availability service, and
calendar sharing.
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Hub Transport rolesupports message
transport functions such as delivering mail
locally or externally (to an SMTP smart host
such as an Exchange Edge Transport server).
User transport rules, the Hub Transport or
Edge Transport roles can also help enforce
messaging policies.
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Unified Messaging rolesupports delivery of
inbound voicemail and Outlook Voice Access
features
Edge Transport rolesupports separate
antispam and antivirus functions for inbound
and outbound messaging. The Edge
Transport sever is installed on a standalone
machine usually in a perimeter network.
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In Exchange 2010, all recipient administration
tasks are performed through the Exchange
Management Console (EMC)
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Bulk recipient tasks, such as creating multiple
mailboxes, changing address can be handled
throught the Exchange Management Shell
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Manipulation of Exchange Server operations
such as mounting and dismounting
databases, queue management, diagnostics
logging and tracking log management should
be handled through EMS.
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Messaging Records Management allows
administrators to more closely control the life
of message content (email, voicemail,
calendar entries) from the moment the
information is created on the Exchange server
until the information no longer has a
business or legal value
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Built in archiving includes
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Archive mailbox
Retention policies
Multi-mailbox search
Legal hold
Message transport rules
◦ Append disclaimers to outgoing messages
◦ Implement message journaling based on recipients,
DL’s, classification or importance
◦ Prevent users or departments from sending mail to
another by creating an ethical wall
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More to come next week…