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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Configuring, Managing & Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Part 1


Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

 
Hi folks! I will be discussing about Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 from Introduction to Recovery. So the first part of our discussion will focus in Exchange Server 2010 Introduction and Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure Planning & Deployment.

All the tutorials you'll see here are based in Microsoft Technet, what I just did is I added actual images to make it more fun and more easy to understand. So come on join me and let's start! :)








Now, more than ever, your organization requires cost-effective and flexible communication tools. With Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 you can achieve new levels of reliability and performance with features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater mobility.

Microsoft Exchange Server, the cornerstone of Microsoft’s Unified Communications solution, is a flexible and reliable messaging platform that can help you lower your messaging costs, increase productivity with anywhere access to business communications, and safeguard your business with protection and compliance capabilities that help you manage risk.

What's New
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. With new deployment and storage options, enhanced inbox management capabilities, and e-mail archiving built-in, Exchange Server 2010 helps you lower costs and enhance business outcomes.

Exchange Server 2010 includes a host of new features customers will benefit from, including new integrated e-mail archive and discovery functionality, new user features to battle inbox overload, voice mail management enhancements, and improvements that simplify administration.


Flexible and Reliable

  • High Availability Functionality
  • Exchange Store and Mailbox Database Functionality
  • Permissions Functionality
  • Transport and Routing Functionality
  • Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant
  • Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Console
  • Administration Functionality in the Exchange Management Shell
  • Exchange Control Panel
  • Mailbox and Recipient Functionality
  • Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.0
  • Client Throttling Functionality to Manage System Performance


Anywhere Access

  • Unified Messaging Features
  • Outlook Web App Features
  • Exchange ActiveSync Features
  • Text Messaging Features
  • POP3 and IMAP4 Cross-Site Connectivity Support


Protection and Compliance

  • Messaging Policy and Compliance Features
  • IRM-Protected E-Mail Functionality with Active Directory Rights Management Services



Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Roles and Components

Because organizations tend to group their management tasks around a core set of server roles, Exchange 2010 maps Exchange Server management to this same approach.

A server role is a unit that logically groups the required features and components needed to perform a specific function in the messaging environment. The requirement of a server role is that it is a server that could be run as an atomic unit of scalability. A server role is composed of a group of features.

Server roles, the primary unit of deployment, enable administrators to easily choose which features are installed on an Exchange server. Logically grouping features in server roles offers the following advantages:

  • Reduces attack surface on an Exchange server.
  • Allows you to install and configure an Exchange server the way you intend to use it.
  • Offers the ability to fully customize a server to support your business goals and needs.


The following figure illustrates a domain with each server role deployed.

 













Exchange 2010 includes the following server roles:
  • Mailbox Server   This server hosts mailboxes and public folders.
  • Client Access Server   This is the server that hosts the client protocols, such as Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4), Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS), Outlook Anywhere, Availability service, and Autodiscover service. The Client Access Server also hosts Web services.
  • Unified Messaging Server   This is the server that connects a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) system to Exchange 2010.
  • Hub Transport Server   This is the mail routing server that routes mail within the Exchange organization.
  • Edge Transport Server   This is the mail routing server that typically sits at the perimeter of the topology and routes mail in to and out of the Exchange organization.





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