Get your mission-critical messaging and collaboration systems up and running with the essential guide to deploying and managing Exchange Server 2007, now updated for SP1. This comprehensive administrator’s reference covers the full range of server and client deployments, unified communications, security features, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. It also includes four chapters on security policy, tools, and techniques to help protect messaging systems from viruses, spam, and phishing. Written by expert authors Walter Glenn and Scott Lowe, this reference delivers comprehensive information to deploy and operate effective, reliable, and security-enhanced messaging and collaboration services.

1. Introduction

   1. Chapter 1 Overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

      1. What Is Exchange Server?
      2. Editions of Exchange Server 2007
      3. Understanding Basic Concepts
      4. What’s New in Exchange Server 2007
      5. What’s New in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
      6. Summary

   2. Chapter 2 Active Directory for Exchange Administrators

      1. Brief Overview of Active Directory
      2. Other Active Directory Components
      3. Exchange Server 2007 and Active Directory
      4. DNS Configuration
      5. Summary

   3. Chapter 3 Exchange Server 2007 Architecture

      1. The Role of Exchange Server 2007 Roles
      2. Storage Design Goals in Exchange Server 2007
      3. Stores and Storage Groups
      4. Database File Structure
      5. Data Recovery and Transaction Logs
      6. The Web Folder Client
      7. Public Folders
      8. Indexing
      9. Exchange Server Storage Design
      10. Transport Architecture
      11. Summary

2. Planning Your Deployment

   1. Chapter 4 Assessing Needs

      1. Defining User Needs
      2. Assessing Current Resources
      3. Defining Administrative Needs
      4. Summary

   2. Chapter 5 Planning for Deployment

      1. Planning the Organization
      2. Planning Servers
      3. Summary

3. Installation and Deployment

   1. Chapter 6 Installing Exchange Server 2007

      1. Preparing for the Installation
      2. Performing the Installation
      3. Verifying Your Installation
      4. Finalizing Exchange Server 2007 Deployment
      5. Keeping Exchange Healthy
      6. Summary

   2. Chapter 7 Coexisting with Previous Versions of Exchange Server

      1. Chapter Background
      2. Terminology
      3. Exchange Server 2007 Coexistence Deployment Considerations
      4. Installing Exchange Server 2007 Into an Existing Exchange Server 2003 Organization
      5. Coexistence Administration Issues
      6. SMTP Connectors and Internet E-Mail
      7. Handling Internet E-Mail
      8. Public Folders
      9. Recipient Update Service
      10. Complete Coexistence Notes
      11. Summary

   3. Chapter 8 Transitioning to Exchange Server 2007

      1. The Example Scenario
      2. Transition Options
      3. Transition Limitations
      4. Move Internet Mail to Exchange Server 2007
      5. Moving Mailboxes to Exchange Server 2007
      6. The Decommissioning Process
      7. Summary

   4. Chapter 9 High Availability in Exchange Server 2007

      1. Continuous Replication and Transaction Logs
      2. Local Continuous Replication
      3. Cluster Continuous Replication
      4. Standby Continuous Replication
      5. Single Copy Clusters
      6. Summary

4. Management

   1. Chapter 10 Managing Exchange Server 2007

      1. Microsoft Management Console
      2. Using the Exchange Management Console
      3. Using the Exchange Management Shell
      4. Summary

   2. Chapter 11 Creating and Managing Recipients

      1. Understanding Recipient Types
      2. Users
      3. Mailbox Resources
      4. Mail Contacts
      5. Distribution Groups
      6. Filtering Recipients
      7. Templates
      8. Address Lists
      9. Summary

   3. Chapter 12 Using Public Folders

      1. Understanding Public Folder Storage
      2. Using Public Folders in Microsoft Outlook 2007
      3. Managing Public Folder Databases
      4. Creating and Managing Public Folders
      5. Summary

   4. Chapter 13 Creating and Managing Storage Groups

      1. Review of Exchange Server 2007 Storage Architecture
      2. Benefits of Using Storage Groups
      3. Planning Storage Groups
      4. Managing Storage Groups
      5. Managing Stores
      6. Summary

   5. Chapter 14 Unified Messaging

      1. Unified Messaging Overview
      2. Creating and Managing Unified Messaging Objects
      3. Associating Servers with Dial Plans
      4. Enabling Unified Messaging for Individual Mailboxes
      5. Summary

5. Maintenance

   1. Chapter 15 Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2007

      1. Using Troubleshooting Tools
      2. Other Useful Utilities
      3. Finding Help
      4. Summary

   2. Chapter 16 Disaster Recovery

      1. Backup and Restore Technologies
      2. Backup and Restore Strategies
      3. Operational Best Practices
      4. Summary

   3. Chapter 17 Tuning Exchange Server 2007 Performance

      1. Understanding How the Performance Snap-in Works
      2. Evaluating the Four Main Subsystems in Windows
      3. Using the Performance Snap-in to Tune Exchange Server 2007
      4. Using Other Exchange Performance Tools
      5. Summary

6. Security

   1. Chapter 18 Security Policies and Exchange Server 2007

      1. Why Are Information Security Policies Important?
      2. Information Security Policies and Electronic Policies
      3. Information Security Policies for Exchange Server 2007
      4. Related Resources
      5. Summary

   2. Chapter 19 Exchange Server Security Basics

      1. The Scope of Security
      2. Motivations of a Criminal Hacker
      3. How Hackers Work
      4. Physical Security
      5. Administrative Security
      6. SMTP Security
      7. Computer Viruses
      8. Junk E-Mail
      9. Security Tools Provided by Microsoft
      10. Summary

   3. Chapter 20 Antivirus and Anti-spam

      1. The Edge Transport Server At a Glance
      2. Edge Transport Server Deployment
      3. Managing Anti-spam Features
      4. Managing Antivirus with Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
      5. Summary

   4. Chapter 21 Securing Exchange Server 2007 Messages

      1. Windows Server 2003 Security Protocols
      2. Understanding the Public Key Infrastructure in Windows Server 2003
      3. Managing the Public Key Infrastructure
      4. Securing Messaging in Outlook 2007
      5. Installing Exchange Certificate Templates
      6. Understanding How Exchange Server 2007 Integrates with Windows Server 2003 Security
      7. Summary

7. Clients

   1. Chapter 22 Overview of Exchange Clients

      1. Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
      2. Windows Mail and Microsoft Outlook Express
      3. Outlook Web Access
      4. Standard Internet E-Mail Clients
      5. Non-Windows Platforms
      6. Choosing a Client for Exchange Server
      7. Summary

   2. Chapter 23 Deploying Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

      1. Installing Outlook 2007
      2. Supporting Outlook 2007
      3. Summary

   3. Chapter 24 Supporting Outlook Web Access

      1. Features of OWA
      2. Deploying OWA
      3. Configuring OWA Properties and Features
      4. OWA User Features
      5. Summary

   4. Chapter 25 Supporting Other Clients

      1. Post Office Protocol Version 3
      2. Internet Messaging Access Protocol 4
      3. POP3/IMAP4 Considerations
      4. Summary

8. Appendices

   1. Appendix A Default Directory Structure for Exchange Server 2007

   2. Appendix B Delivery Status Notification Codes

   3. Appendix C Default Log File Locations

   4. Appendix D Default Diagnostic Logging Levels for Exchange Processes

1. Glossary

2. Appendix About the Authors

3. Appendix Additional Resources for IT Professionals from Microsoft Press

   1. Windows Server

   2. Windows Client

   3. SQL Server 2005

   4. Exchange Server 2007

   5. Scripting

4. Appendix More Great Resources for IT Professionals from Microsoft Press

   1. Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

   2. Administrator’s Companion

   3. Resource Kit

   4. Self-Paced Training Kit