Designing and Planning an Exchange Server 2003 Organisation Course

This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully design and plan an Exchange Server 2003 organization in an enterprise network, including a plan for upgrading from previous versions of Exchange.

This course is intended for senior IT professionals with three or more years of messaging and network experience, including one year designing messaging infrastructures.

Delegates will learn how to:

• Analyze Active Directory® and design an administrative plan
• Design a routing topology and server roles and placement
• Design public folders and client connectivity
• Design an Exchange Server 2003 security strategy
• Design for high availability and reliability
• Design inter-organizational connectivity
• Design an Exchange 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 deployment strategy.

This course covers the subject areas covered in Microsoft Course MS2008.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory
• Working knowledge of Active Directory design principles
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange 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 network infrastructure concepts including routing and routers, and available bandwidth
• Working knowledge of Internet protocols, including Post Office Protocol version 3(POP3) or Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
• Three or more years of messaging and network experience, including one year designing messaging infrastructures

In addition, it is recommended that you have completed the following courses:

• Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, or have equivalent knowledge
• Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, or have equivalent knowledge.
• Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure, or have equivalent knowledge.

Topics covered on the 2 day Designing and Planning an Exchange Server 2003 Organisation course

• Analyze Active Directory and Design an Administrative Plan
• Design a Routing Topology and Server Roles and Placement
• Design a Public Folder and Client Connectivity Strategy
• Design an Exchange Server 2003 Security Strategy
• Design for High Availability and Reliability
• Design Inter-organizational Connectivity
• Design an Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Strategy