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5053A: Designing a Messaging Infrastructure Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a messaging infrastructure. Students will learn to assess an existing infrastructure and determine technical and business requirements for both new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployments and migrations. Students will create a design that addresses security, architecture, scalability, coexistence, and client access needs. They also will learn strategies for gaining approval for designs from stakeholders.

Prerequisites:
Must understand hardware concepts. For example, what redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is, what a storage area network (SAN) is, processor options, memory requirements, how disk input/output (I/O) functions and the limitations of disk I/O, and storage options for Exchange server. The differences in addressable memory spaces between 32- and 64-bit architectures

Must have extensive detailed knowledge of Active Directory concepts and design principles. For example, site replication, integrated authentication, schema extension, Domain Name System (DNS), group and organization unit structure and inheritance, etc…

Working experience with designing and implementing Active Directory in Windows Server 2003

Must understand Exchange architecture. For example, the purpose of server roles, functions of specific server roles, how message routing and queuing works in Exchange, standard messaging protocols (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol [SMTP], Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1 [IMAP4], Post Office Protocol version 3 [POP3]), how Exchange replicates data stores, client access methods, and so on

Working experience with Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007. For example, must have installed, maintained, and supported a production Exchange environment

Must already know how to use:

• Exchange System Manager
• Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA)
• Microsoft Office Visio (to create infrastructure diagrams)
• Familiarity and experience with a Windows scripting or command-line scripting

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

• Gather business and technical requirements for a messaging infrastructure
• Design an Active Directory directory service and message routing infrastructure
• Design the hardware and system configuration for Exchange servers
• Design security for the messaging environment
• Design strategies for coexistence and interoperability
• Design a strategy for upgrading to Exchange Server 2007
• Design messaging policies
• Obtain approval for a messaging infrastructure design

Course Content

Lesson 1: Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure

• Gathering Business Requirements
• Identifying Additional Requirements
• Analyzing the Current Messaging Environment
• Creating a Requirements Document
Lab: Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure
• Evaluating an Existing Messaging Infrastructure
• Creating a Requirements Document
• Discussion: Real-World Best Practices for Setting Budget Expectations

Lesson 2: Designing Active Directory and Message Routing

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

Lesson 3: Designing Exchange Servers

• Designing Mailbox Servers
• Designing Non-Mailbox Servers
• Designing a Public Folder Architecture
• Designing a Lab Environment
Lab: Designing Exchange Servers
• Planning an Exchange Server Deployment
• Defining Test Lab Requirements

Lesson 4: Designing Security for a Messaging Environment

• Designing an Administrative Model
• Designing Message Security
• Designing Antivirus and Anti-spam Solutions
Lab: Designing Security for a Messaging Environment
• Designing an Administrative Model
• Designing Message Security
• Designing Antivirus and Anti-spam Solutions

Lesson 5: Designing Messaging Policies

• Designing Exchange Recipient and Message Policies
• Designing Mobile Device Policies
• Designing Messaging Policies for Compliance
Lab: Designing Messaging Policies
• Designing Messaging Policies

Lesson 6: Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems

• Overview of Coexistence and Interoperability with Other Messaging Systems
• Designing a Coexistence Strategy with Previous Exchange Versions
• Designing an Interoperability Strategy with Other Messaging Systems
Lab: Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems
• Designing a Coexistence Strategy with Exchange 2000 Server
• Designing an Interoperability Strategy

Lesson 7: Designing an Exchange Server 2007 Upgrade Strategy

• Overview of Available Upgrade Strategies
• Designing a Transition From Previous Versions of Exchange
• Designing a Migration From Other Messaging Systems
Lab: Designing an Upgrade Strategy
• Discussion: Reviewing the Exchange Server 2007 Design
• Designing an Upgrade Strategy

Lesson 8: Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design

• Preparing to Obtain Approval
• Presenting and Finalizing a Design
Lab: Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design
• Presenting a Messaging Infrastructure Design
• Discussion: Characteristics of Effective Design Review Processes

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