Introduction

This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to update and support a reliable, secure messaging infrastructure. This infrastructure is used for creating, storing, and sharing information by using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 in a medium-sized to large-sized (250 to 5,000 users) messaging environment. This course offers a significant number of hands-on practices, discussions, and assessments that assist students in becoming proficient in the skills that are needed to update and support Exchange Server 2003.

Pre-Requisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
• Working knowledge of networking, including Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Internet Information Services (IIS).
• Working knowledge of Internet protocols, including Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) or Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and Network News Transfer Protocols (NNTP).
• In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:

1. Course 2274, Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment.
2. Course 2275, Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment.
3. Course 2276, Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Hosts.

• Knowledge of Exchange Server 5.5 / 2000 is beneficial but not necessary.

Outcomes

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Perform a installation of Exchange Server 2003 and verify that the installation was successful.
• Configure, manage and secure Exchange Server 2003.
• Manage recipients, public folders, and address lists.
• Implement and manage access to Exchange Server mailboxes for Internet protocol clients.
• Manage client configuration and connectivity, and routing.
• Manage mobile devices with Exchange Server 2003.
• Manage data storage and hardware resources.
• Plan for disaster and disaster recovery.
• Backup and restore Exchange Server.
• Perform preventive maintenance.
• Migrate users from Exchange Server 5.5 to a separate Exchange Server 2003 organization.