Course Description
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.
Course Completion
Skills:
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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.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must
have:
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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.
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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.
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Working experience with designing and
implementing Active Directory in Windows Server 2003.
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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.
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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.
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Must already know how to use:
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Exchange System Manager
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Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA)
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Microsoft Office Visio (to create
infrastructure diagrams)
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Familiarity and experience with a Windows
scripting or command-line scripting
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Design messaging policies.
·
Obtain approval for a messaging
infrastructure design.
Exam
Certification
This course is recommended for exam 70-237
for the following certifications:
1. MCITP:
Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange 2007
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*Required Exams: 70-236, 70-237 &
70-238
*Multiple exams can be taken in any order
Module 1
Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure
This module explains how to gather business
and technical requirements for a messaging system.
Lessons
·
Gathering Business Requirements
·
Identifying Additional Requirements
·
Analyzing the Current Messaging Environment
·
Creating a Requirements Document
Lab: Gathering
Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure
·
Exercise 1: Evaluating an Existing
Messaging Infrastructure
·
Exercise 2: Creating a Requirements
Document
·
Exercise 3: Discussion: Real-World Best
Practices for Setting Budget Expectations
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Gather business requirements for a
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployment.
·
Identify project stakeholders and
non-business requirements.
·
Analyze the current messaging environment.
·
Create a requirements document.
Module 2
Designing Active Directory and Message Routing
This module explains how to design an
Active Directory and message routing infrastructure.
Lessons
·
Designing an Active Directory
Infrastructure
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Designing Message Routing
·
Designing the Message Routing Perimeter
Lab: Designing
Active Directory and Message Routing
·
Exercise 1: Designing a Message Routing
Topology
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Exercise 2: Designing a Messaging Perimeter
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Exercise 3: Discussion: Improving an Active
Directory and Message Routing Design
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Design an Active Directory infrastructure
that is optimized for Exchange Server 2007.
·
Design a message routing topology.
·
Design the messaging routing perimeter.
Module 3
Designing Exchange Servers
This module explains how to design Exchange
Server configurations.
Lessons
·
Designing Mailbox Servers
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Designing Non-Mailbox Servers
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Designing a Public Folder Architecture
·
Designing a Lab Environment
Lab: Designing
Exchange Servers
·
Exercise 1: Planning an Exchange Server
Deployment
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Exercise 2: Defining Test Lab Requirements
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Design Mailbox server configurations.
·
Design configurations for other servers
running Exchange Server 2007.
·
Design a public folder architecture.
·
Design a test lab.
Module 4
Designing Security for a Messaging Environment
This module explains how to design security
for a messaging environment.
Lessons
·
Designing an Administrative Model
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Designing Message Security
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Designing Antivirus and Anti-spam Solutions
Lab: Designing
Security for a Messaging Environment
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Exercise 1: Designing an Administrative
Model
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Exercise 2: Designing Message Security
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Exercise 3: Designing Antivirus and
Anti-spam Solutions
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Design an administrative model for Exchange
Server 2007.
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Design messaging security.
·
Design antivirus and anti-spam solutions.
Module 5
Designing Messaging Policies
This module explains how to design
messaging policies for an Exchange Server 2007 organization.
Lessons
·
Designing Exchange Recipient and Message
Policies
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Designing Mobile Device Policies
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Designing Messaging Policies for Compliance
Lab: Designing
Messaging Policies
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Exercise 1: Designing Messaging Policies
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Design policies for Exchange recipients and
message delivery.
·
Design policies for mobile devices.
·
Design messaging policies for compliance.
Module 6
Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging
Systems
This module explains how to design Exchange
coexistence and messaging system interoperability strategies.
Lessons
·
Overview of Coexistence and
Interoperability with Other Messaging Systems
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Designing a Coexistence Strategy with
Previous Exchange Versions
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Designing an Interoperability Strategy with
Other Messaging Systems
Lab: Designing
Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems
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Exercise 1: Designing a Coexistence
Strategy with Exchange 2000 Server
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Exercise 2: Designing an Interoperability
Strategy
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Describe the Exchange coexistence and
interoperability scenarios and terminology.
·
Design a coexistence strategy with previous
Exchange Server versions.
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Design an interoperability strategy with
other messaging systems.
Module 7
Designing an Exchange Server 2007 Upgrade Strategy
This module explains how to design a
strategy for upgrading to Exchange Server 2007.
Lessons
·
Overview of Available Upgrade Strategies
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Designing a Transition From Previous
Versions of Exchange
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Designing a Migration From Other Messaging
Systems
Lab: Designing an
Upgrade Strategy
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Exercise 1: Discussion: Reviewing the
Exchange Server 2007 Design
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Exercise 2: Designing an Upgrade Strategy
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
·
Describe the Exchange upgrade terminology
and strategies.
·
Design a transition strategy for upgrading
from previous Exchange Server versions.
·
Design a migration strategy for upgrading
from other messaging systems.
Module 8
Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design
This module explains how to obtain approval
for a messaging infrastructure design.
Lessons
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Preparing to Obtain Approval
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Presenting and Finalizing a Design
Lab: Obtaining
Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design
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Exercise 1: Presenting a Messaging
Infrastructure Design
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Exercise 2: Discussion: Characteristics of
Effective Design Review Processes
After Completing
This Goal, Students will be Able To
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Prepare for the design approval meeting.
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Present and finalize an Exchange Server
2007 design.