MS5047 Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

IT Professionals, IT generalists, and help desk professionals who want to learn about Exchange Server 2007.

Students will have at least 3 years experience working in the IT field—typically in the areas of network administration, help desk, or system administration. No experience with Exchange Server is necessary.

At the end of this three-day course, students who are new to Microsoft Exchange Server will learn how to configure and manage a messaging environment in accordance with technical requirements. Students will learn how to install Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and manage routing, client access, and the backup and restore of databases. They will also learn how to manage addressing and recipient objects such as mailboxes, distribution groups, and contacts.

Though designated by Microsoft as a 3 day course, some training providers run it as a 4 or 5 day event since the content and workshops are extensive. See detailed course outline.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe how Exchange Server 2007 and the Active Directory directory service work together.
 
• Install Exchange Server 2007.
 
• Configure Mailbox server roles.
 
• Manage recipient objects.
 
• Manage e-mail and address lists.
 
• Manage client access.
 
• Manage Messaging Transport.
 
• Manage availability, backup and recovery.
 
• Maintain the message system.

This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:

• Experience using these tools and applications:
 
• NTBackup command.
 
• NSLookup command.
 
• Windows Explorer
 
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
 
• Active Directory Users and Computers
 
• Active Directory Sites and Services
 
• Internet Information Services (IIS) Admin
 
• Outlook
 
• Working knowledge of Windows server operating system. For example, how storage is configured, basic backup and restore techniques, and what a client/server application interaction means.
 
• Working knowledge of network technologies. For example, what Transmission Control Protocol (TCP/IP) and Domain Name System (DNS) do and how to use them, basic routing concepts (Wide Area Networks (WAN) vs. Local Area Network (LAN) router vs. switch vs. hub).
 
• Working knowledge of Active Directory. For example, how user objects are managed, what is stored in Active Directory partitions, basic architectures (domain, forest, sites, etc.), and how domain controllers are managed. Also, site and site connector configuration, schema and configuration partitions, and Global Catalogs.
 
• Conceptual understanding of e-mail technologies For example, that Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol used for e-mail and the differences between transport protocols and client access protocols (Post Office Protocol (POP), Internet Access Message Protocol (IMAP), SMTP).
 

Module 1: Overview of Exchange and Active Directory

Module 2: Installing Exchange Server 2007

Module 3: Configuring Mailbox Server Roles

Module 4: Managing Recipient Objects

Module 5: Managing E-Mail Addresses and Address Lists

Module 6: Managing Client Access

Module 7: Managing Messaging Transport

Module 8: Managing Availability, Backup and Recovery

Module 9: Maintaining the Messaging System

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

• Exam 70-236: Implementing: Troubleshooting
 
• Exam and Maintaining a MS Exchange Server 2007 Infrastructure.