This five-day, instructor-led course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage an Exchange Server 2010 messaging environment. This course does not require previous Exchange Server experience, but does require that students have significant experience in managing Windows Server and Active Directory directory services or Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). This course will teach you how to configure Exchange Server 2010, as well as provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your Exchange Server deployment. 

Audience Profile

This course is intended for people aspiring to be enterprise-level messaging administrators. Others who may take this course include IT generalists and help desk professionals who want to learn about Exchange Server 2010. People coming into the course are expected to have at least three years experience working in the IT field, typically in the areas of network administration, help desk, or system administration. They are not expected to have experience with previous Exchange Server versions.

Module 1: Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

• Overview of Exchange Server 2010 Requirements
• Installing Exchange Server 2010 Server Roles
• Completing an Exchange Server 2010 Installation

Module 2: Configuring Mailbox Servers

• Overview of Exchange Server 2010 Administrative Tools
• Configuring Mailbox Server Roles
• Configuring Public Folders

Module 3: Managing Recipient Objects

• Managing Mailboxes
• Managing Other Recipients
• Configuring E-Mail Address Policies
• Configuring Address Lists
• Performing Bulk Recipient Management Tasks

Module 4: Managing Client Access

• Configuring the Client Access Server Role
• Configuring Client Access Services for Outlook Clients
• Configuring Outlook Web App
• Configuring Mobile Messaging

Module 5: Managing Message Transport

• Overview of Message Transport
• Configuring Message Transport

Module 6: Implementing Messaging Security

• Deploying Edge Transport Servers
• Deploying an Antivirus Solution
• Configuring an Anti-Spam Solution
• Configuring Secure SMTP Messaging

Module 7: Implementing High Availability

• Overview of High Availability Options
• Configuring Highly Available Mailbox Databases
• Deploying Highly Available Non-Mailbox Servers

Module 8: Implementing Backup and Recovery

• Planning Backup and Recovery
• Backing Up Exchange Server 2010
• Restoring Exchange Server 2010

Module 9: Configuring Messaging Policy and Compliance

• Introducing Messaging Policy and Compliance
• Configuring Transport Rules
• Configuring Journaling and Multi-Mailbox Search
• Configuring Messaging Records Management
• Configuring Personal Archives

Module 10: Securing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

• Configuring Role Based Access Control
• Configuring Security for Server Roles in Exchange Server 2010
• Configuring Secure Internet Access

Module 11: Maintaining Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

• Monitoring Exchange Server 2010
• Maintaining Exchange Server 2010
• Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2010

Module 12: Upgrading from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010

• Overview of Upgrading to Exchange Server 2010
• Upgrading from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2010
• Upgrading from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010

Module 13: Implementing Unified Messaging

• Overview of Telephony
• Introducing Unified Messaging
• Configuring Unified Messaging

Module 14: Advanced Topics in Exchange Server 2010

• Deploying Highly Available Solutions for Multiple Sites
• Implementing Federated Sharing
• Additional Reading

To help you prepare for this class, review the following resources:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Online Help documentation
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant by William R. Stanek.

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should have the following prerequisite knowledge:

• Fundamental knowledge of network technologies including Domain Name System (DNS) and firewall technologies.
• Experience with the Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
• Experience with Active Directory directory services in Windows Server 2003 or AD DS Windows Server 2008.
• Experience managing backup and restore on Windows Servers.
• Experience using Windows management and monitoring tools such as Microsoft Management Console, Active Directory Users and Computers, Performance Monitor, Event Viewer, and Internet Information Services (IIS) Administrator.
• Experience using Windows networking and troubleshooting tools such as Network Monitor, Telnet, and NSLookup.
• Fundamental knowledge of certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Basic experience with Windows Mobile.

This five-day, instructor-led course provides you with the knowledge and skills to design and deploy messaging solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This course describes how to gather requirements for a messaging solution and then design the integration of Exchange Server 2010 with the current infrastructure. The course then covers how to plan and deploy the various server roles in Exchange Server 2010. You will explore the various options for implementing messaging security, policies, and compliance. The course also examines the high availability and disaster recovery options and how to develop a troubleshooting plan. Finally, the course describes how to plan the upgrade from earlier versions of Exchange Server to Exchange Server 2010 and the integration of Exchange Server 2010 with other messaging systems.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for the Exchange Server messaging environment in an enterprise. This IT professional is the senior administrator, or "engineer" who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. This person is a third level of support in addition to the Exchange Recipient Administrator, which is the first level and the Exchange Server Administrator, which is the second level. In an effort to ensure that end users have the best possible messaging experience, this person also evaluates new technologies and tools.

The candidate is responsible for the planning and deployment of the Exchange Servers in an enterprise environment. He or she should have a minimum of two years of experience administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing Exchange Server.

 

Module 1: Introduction to Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Deployment

• Gathering Business Requirements
• Identifying Additional Requirements
• Introduction to Service Level Management
• Analyzing the Current Messaging Environment

Module 2: Designing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Integration with the Current Infrastructure

• Designing the Network Infrastructure
• Designing the Active Directory Infrastructure
• Designing the DNS Infrastructure
• Planning Exchange Server Administration

Module 3: Planning and Deploying Mailbox Services

• Overview of Mailbox Services in Exchange Server 2010
• Designing Mailbox Servers
• Designing Recipient Management
• Designing Public Folder Architecture

Module 4: Planning and Deploying Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2010

• Overview of the Client Access Server Role
• Designing the Client Access Server Deployment
• Designing Client Access
• Designing Client Access Policies

Module 5: Planning and Deploying Message Transport in Exchange Server 2010

• Designing Message Routing for Exchange Server 2010
• Designing Hub Transport Servers
• Designing the Message Routing Perimeter

Module 6: Planning and Deploying Messaging Security

• Designing Message Security
• Designing Antivirus and Anti-Spam Solutions

Module 7: Planning and Deploying Messaging Compliance

• Designing Transport Compliance
• Designing AD RMS Integration with Exchange Server 2010
• Designing Message Journaling and Archiving
• Designing Messaging Records Management

Module 8: Planning and Deploying High Availability

• Introduction to High Availability Planning in Exchange Server 2010
• Designing High Availability for Mailbox Databases
• Designing High Availability for Other Server Roles
• Designing Site Resilience

Module 9: Planning a Disaster Recovery Solution

• Planning for Disaster Mitigation
• Planning Exchange Server Backup
• Planning Exchange Server Recovery

Module 10: Planning Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Planning Exchange Server Monitoring
• Planning Exchange Server Troubleshooting

Module 11: Upgrading to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

• Overview of Upgrading to Exchange Server 2010
• Planning the Upgrade from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2010
• Planning the Upgrade from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010

Module 12: Integrating Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with Other Messaging Systems

• Designing Exchange Server 2010 Integration with Other Messaging Systems
• Designing Exchange Server 2010 Integration with Federated Partners
• Designing Exchange Server 2010 Integration with Exchange Online

Before attending this course, students must have:

• At least two years of experience working with Microsoft Exchange Server.
• At least six months of experience working with Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2007.
• At least two years of experience administering  Windows Server, including Windows Server 2008.
• At least two years of experience working with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
• At least two years of experience working with name resolution, including Domain Name Service (DNS).
• Experience working with certificates, including Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates.
• Experience working with Microsoft Windows PowerShell.