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Exchange Server 2010 Design Course

Exchange Server 2010 Design Course

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Exchange Server 2010 Design Course

4 Sessions -
11 Hours of Interactive Training
The Exchange Server 2010 Design course from LearnKey prepares IT professionals to analyze business messaging requirements and design an appropriate Exchange Server 2010 messaging infrastructure. Expert instructor Joe Mullarkey takes you through analysis and design of Active Directory integration, Exchange Server 2010 infrastructure, routing topology, and security. Your working knowledge of networking principles and Internet protocols or experience with Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will put you on the path to a successful experience and prepare you for MCITP exam 70-663.

Benefits
  • Plan and deploy an Exchange 2010 Infrastructure
  • Design and deploy security for an Exchange 2010 organization
  • Design and deploy Exchange 2010 availability and recovery
  • Design and deploy messaging compliance, system monitoring, and reporting techniques
About The Author
Joe Mullarkey has been in the computer industry for over 20 years. He has supported multiple operating systems from DOS to Windows Server 2008 R2. Joe has been Microsoft Certified since 1996. Currently Joe holds the Microsoft Enterprise Administrator certification, as well as the Microsoft Enterprise Messaging Administrator certification. Joe is also a Certified Microsoft Trainer, and has trained thousands of IT administrators on subjects such as Active Directory, Server Administration, Operating System Deployment, and Messaging Management with Microsoft Exchange Server. Joe currently resides in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with his dog, “Five”.

Session 1

Section A: Introduction

  • Course Prerequisites
  • Exam Overview
  • Certification Path
  • Exchange Editions

Section B: Exchange and Active Directory

  • Active Directory
  • Global Catalog Servers Defined
  • Info and Config Storage Locations
  • Exchange Prerequisites
  • Single vs. Multiple Forests
  • Resource Forest Defined
  • Cross-Forest Trust Defined
  • Federated Trust Defined
  • Site Design Considerations
  • Design and Deployment Suggestions
  • Preparing Active Directory

Section C: Exchange and DNS

  • Multiple DNS Namespaces
  • Single DNS Namespace

Section D: Exchange 2010 Server Roles

  • Server Roles
  • Understanding Mail Delivery
  • Role Interaction
  • Mailbox Server
  • Hub Transport Server
  • Client Access Server
  • Unified Messaging Server
  • Unified Messaging Communications
  • Edge Transport Server
  • Installing Roles
  • Updating Exchange

Section E: Mailbox Server Role

  • Mailbox Services
  • New Features
  • Storage
  • Database Disks
  • Files
  • Database and Log Folder Paths

Section F: Mailbox Sizing and Memory

  • Storage Changes
  • Designing Mailbox Databases
  • Sizing Mailbox Databases
  • Other Mailbox Sizing Factors
  • Sizing Log Folder
  • Mailbox Server Memory
  • Designing for DAGs

Session 2

Section A: Mailbox Recipient Design

  • Designing Mailbox Features
  • Designing for Mailbox Moves
  • New Moves vs. Old Moves
  • Resource Mailboxes
  • Configuring Mailbox Settings
  • Creating a Resource Mailbox
  • Configuring Resource Mailbox Settings
  • Distribution Groups: Windows
  • Distribution Groups: Moderated
  • Distribution Groups: Opt-In/Opt-Out
  • Distribution Groups: Expansion Servers
  • Distribution Groups: Dynamic
  • Configuring Distribution Groups
  • Mailbox Security
  • Managing Full Access Permissions

Section B: Public Folder Design

  • Business Requirements for Public Folders
  • Public Folder Databases
  • Public Folder Replication
  • Public Folder Client Access
  • Public Folder Hierarchy
  • Public Folder Permissions
  • Legacy Public Folders
  • Public Folder Database Properties
  • Public Folder Management Console

Section C: Designing Client Access Servers

  • Client Access Services
  • Other CAS Services
  • CAS Hardware
  • CAS at Work
  • CAS Placement
  • CAS/OWA Proxy
  • Configure OWA External URL

Section D: Designing RPC Client Access

  • Understanding RPC Client Access
  • Enabling/Disabling RPC Client Access
  • Outlook Anywhere
  • RPC-HTTP Consideration
  • OWA and ECP Planning
  • Designing Authentication
  • Enabling Authentication Options
  • Configuring OWA Authentication
  • Configuring OWA Segmentation
  • Creating/Assigning an OWA Mailbox Policy
  • Designing ActiveSync
  • Designing POP and IMAP
  • Availability Service
  • Address Lists
  • MailTips
  • Configuring MailTips

Section E: Designing CAS Client Security

  • CAS Client Security
  • Certificates
  • Autodiscover Defined
  • Planning External Autodiscover Names
  • Unified Certificates
  • Autodiscover and Site Affinity
  • Application Layer Firewall Consideration
  • Exchange Certificate Configuration

Session 3

Section A: Designing Hub Transport

  • Hub Transport Servers
  • Hub Transport at Work
  • Hardware Requirements
  • SMTP Message Routing between Sites
  • SMTP Message Routing using Hub Sites
  • Send Connectors Defined
  • Receive Connectors Defined
  • Configuring Send Connectors
  • Configuring Receive Connectors
  • Planning External Mail Flow
  • Understanding Relay Messages
  • Internal Relay Process Diagram
  • Resource Forest Implementation Diagram
  • Designing E-Mail Address Policies

Section B: Edge Servers and Message Hygiene

  • Edge Transport Server
  • Edge Server Mail Flow
  • Shadow Redundancy
  • Edge Connections
  • Edge Server Job Roles
  • Understanding Domain Security
  • Transport Hygiene
  • MX Records

Section C: Federated Sharing

  • Federated Sharing Defined
  • Setting up Federation
  • Federated Sharing Policies
  • Federated Sharing at Work

Section D: Connecting with Foreign Mail Systems

  • Foreign Connectors
  • Setting Foreign Connectors
  • Delivery Agents
  • Delivery Agent Connectors

Section E: Transport Rules and Message Journaling

  • Transport Rules
  • Rights Management Service
  • Outlook Automatic Protection Rules
  • Remote Domains
  • Delivery Status Notifications
  • Journaling

Section F: Role-Based Access Control

  • RBAC Permissions
  • Default Management Roles/Role Groups
  • Custom Roles/Role Groups
  • ECP for Role Group Management
  • Mailbox Permissions

Session 4

Section A: Database High Availability

  • Database Availability Groups
  • DAG Planning Considerations
  • Auto Activation/Lagged Copies
  • Failover Process
  • Lagged Copies Configuration
  • Sample DAG Diagram
  • Site Resilience
  • File Share Witness
  • Automatic Mailbox Provisioning

Section B: CAS High Availability

  • Network Load Balancing
  • High Availability MAPI Access
  • Network Load Balancing Limits

Section C: Hub/Edge/AD High Availability

  • Hub Transport High Availability
  • Receive and Send Connectors
  • Edge Transport High Availability
  • Infrastructure High Availability
  • Planning Change Management

Section D: Planning Backup and Recovery

  • Backup and Recovery Considerations
  • Mitigating Recovery
  • Recovery Databases
  • Backup and DAG
  • CAS Backup and Recovery
  • Hub Backup and Recovery
  • Edge Backup and Recovery

Section E: Messaging Records Management

  • Using Retention Policies
  • Retention Tags
  • Managed Folders
  • Other MRM Tools
  • Discovery Search

Section F: Upgrade Planning

  • Moving from Previous Versions
  • Intra-Org Migrations Paths
  • Prerequisites for Adding a 2010 Server
  • Exchange 2003 Environment Example
  • Installing the CAS 2010 Server
  • Updated Exchange 2003 Environment
  • Exchange 2007 Environment Example
  • 2010 Hub Server Installation
  • Mixed RGs and Sites
  • 2010 Mailbox Role Installation
  • Mailbox Moves
  • Upgrading LDAP to OPATH Filters
  • Cross-Forest

Section G: Monitoring and Troubleshooting

  • Monitoring and Reporting Tools
  • Administrator Audit Logging
  • Remote Connectivity Analyzer
  • Test Command
  • Performance Monitor
  • Analyzing Capacity Usage