Target Audience:
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a messaging infrastructure. It is intended for people with 3 or more years experience working with previous versions of Exchange Server and experience implementing Exchange Server 2007.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:
Familiarity with and understanding of hardware concepts.
Extensive detailed knowledge of Active Directory concepts and design principles.
Working experience with designing and implementing Active Directory in Windows Server 2003.
Understand Exchange architecture.
Working experience with Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007.
Know how to use Exchange System Manager, Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA), and Microsoft Visio (to create infrastructure diagrams).
Familiarity with a Windows scripting or command line scripting.
Purpose:
After completing 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 co-existence and interoperability; design a strategy for upgrading to Exchange Server 2007; design messaging policies; obtain approval for a messaging infrastructure design.