Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series - Concepts and Administration Training Class

Lesson 1: Microsoft Exchange Server Overview

Introduction to Exchange Server
Exchange Server messaging infrastructure
Exchange Server 5.5 features

Lesson 2: Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server Administration

The Exchange Server Administrator program
Permission contexts and permission flow
Windows NT Server administration tools

Lesson 3: Creating and Managing Recipients

Types of recipient objects
Creating mailboxes
Configuring recipient object properties
Creating and configuring custom recipients
Creating and configuring distribution lists
Importing and exporting data from the directory
Managing recipient objects
Creating and configuring Address Book views

Lesson 4: Microsoft Exchange Server Architecture

Exchange Server components
Component communication
Single- and multiple-server message flow

Lesson 5: Managing Site Configuration

Introduction to the Site Configuration container
Configuring site containers
Configuring site objects
Introduction to Message Journaling

Lesson 6: Managing Server Configuration

Introduction to the Server Configuration objects
Configuring the Server container

Lesson 7: Creating and Managing Public Folders

Introduction to public folders
Developing a public-folder strategy
Setting permissions on public folders
Access to public folders
Configuring Site and Server object properties
Collaboration features

Lesson 8: Maintaining a Microsoft Exchange Server Organization

Introduction to database operation and maintenance
Database characteristics and types
Database files
The Exchange Performance Optimizer
Database maintenance
Backing up Exchange Server
Troubleshooting tools and tasks

Lesson 9: Monitoring Microsoft Exchange Server

Using tools to monitor an organization
Introduction to server monitors
Introduction to link monitors
Post-configuration issues
Viewing messaging queues
Windows NT Performance Monitor
SNMP monitoring

Lesson 10: Microsoft Exchange Server Forms Administration

Introduction to collaboration applications
Introduction to forms
Introduction to forms management

Lesson 11: Migrating to Microsoft Exchange Server

Planning a migration strategy
The migration process
Introduction to the Migration Wizard
Introduction of the migration files
Troubleshooting migration

Lesson 12: Selecting and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server Clients

Standards and protocols
Introduction to Exchange Server clients
Installing the client
Introduction to profile creation

Lesson 13: Configuring Microsoft Outlook

Location of Outlook configuration information
Introduction to Outlook configuration
Introduction to Windows NT system policies
Configuring the transport
Additional configuration options

Lesson 14: Microsoft Outlook 98 Deployment Kit

Introduction to the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit (ODK)
Installing and preparing to run the Wizard
Running the Wizard
Customizing your Outlook 98 package
Using the setup command-line options
Additional references