Designing a Messaging Infrastrucure using Microsoft Exchange Server

Course details

This 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.

Target Audience

This course is intended for people with three or more years experience working with previous Exchange Server versions and experience implementing Exchange Server 2007. Most students will have managed enterprise-level Exchange Server organizations. Students are expected to be new to participating in designing Exchange Server 2007 deployments on the job or to be planning to design Exchange Server 2007 deployments in the near future. Students may have done some design for Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 deployments, but want to learn how to design Exchange Server 2007 environments. Students will also have experience in designing and managing Active Directory directory services and network infrastructure deployments.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• 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.
• Design messaging policies.
• Obtain approval for a messaging infrastructure design.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure
• Module 2: Designing Active Directory and Message Routing
• Module 3: Designing Exchange Servers
• Module 4: Designing Security for a Messaging Environment
• Module 5: Designing Messaging Policies
• Module 6: Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems
• Module 7: Designing an Exchange Server 2007 Upgrade Strategy
• Module 8: Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design