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This three-day instructor-led course provides you with the knowledge and skills to design a messaging infrastructure. You will learn to assess an existing infrastructure and determine technical and business requirements for both new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployments and migrations. You will create a design that addresses security, architecture, scalability, coexistence, and client access needs. You also will learn strategies for gaining approval for designs from stakeholders.

Important: This course will be most useful to those who intend to use their new skills and knowledge on the job immediately after training.

This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Products (OMLPs): M5053A Designing a Messaging Infrastructure using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

What You'll Learn

• Gather business and technical requirements for a messaging infrastructure
• Design an AD 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

Who Needs to Attend

• Those with three or more years experience working with previous Exchange Server versions and experience implementing Exchange Server 2007
• Some experience managing enterprise-level Exchange Server organizations
• Those who are new to participating in designing Exchange Server 2007 deployments on the job or who are planning to design Exchange Server 2007 deployments in the near future
• Some experience designing for Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 deployments, who want to learn how to design Exchange Server 2007 environments
• Experience designing and managing Active Directory (AD) directory services and network infrastructure deployments

Prerequisites

• Understanding of hardware concepts; e.g., redundant array of independent disks (RAID), storage area network (SAN), processor options, memory requirements, disk input/output (I/O) functions, and the limitations of disk I/O; and storage options for Exchange server; the differences in addressable memory spaces between 32- and 64-bit architectures
• Extensive detailed knowledge of AD concepts and design principles
• Working experience with designing and implementing AD in Windows Server 2003
• Understanding of Exchange architecture
• Working experience with Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007
• Must already know how to use:
• Exchange System Manager
• Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA)
• Microsoft Office Visio (to create infrastructure diagrams)
• Familiarity and experience with a Windows scripting or command-line scripting.

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure

• Gathering Business Requirements
• Identifying Additional Requirements
• Analyzing the Current Messaging Environment
• Creating a Requirements Document

2. Designing AD and Message Routing

• Designing an AD Infrastructure
• Designing Message Routing
• Designing the Message Routing Perimeter

3. Designing Exchange Servers

• Designing Mailbox Servers
• Designing Non-Mailbox Servers
• Designing a Public Folder Architecture
• Designing a Lab Environment

4. Designing Security for a Messaging Environment

• Designing an Administrative Model
• Designing Message Security
• Designing Antivirus and Anti-spam Solutions

5. Designing Messaging Policies

• Designing Exchange Recipient and Message Policies
• Designing Mobile Device Policies
• Designing Messaging Policies for Compliance

6. Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems

• Overview of Coexistence and Interoperability with Other Messaging Systems
• Designing a Coexistence Strategy with Previous Exchange Versions
• Designing an Interoperability Strategy with Other Messaging Systems

7. Designing an Exchange Server 2007 Upgrade Strategy

• Overview of Available Upgrade Strategies
• Designing a Transition from Previous Versions of Exchange
• Designing a Migration from Other Messaging Systems

8. Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design

• Preparing to Obtain Approval
• Presenting and Finalizing a Design

Labs

Lab 1. Gathering Requirements for a Messaging Infrastructure

• Evaluating an Existing Messaging Infrastructure
• Creating a Requirements Document
• Discussion: Real-World Best Practices for Setting Budget Expectations

Lab 2. Designing AD and Message Routing

• Designing a Message Routing Topology
• Designing a Messaging Perimeter
• Discussion: Improving an AD and Message Routing Design

Lab 3. Designing Exchange Servers

• Planning an Exchange Server Deployment
• Defining Test Lab Requirements

Lab 4. Designing Security for a Messaging Environment

• Designing an Administrative Model
• Designing Message Security
• Designing Antivirus and Anti-spam Solutions

Lab 5. Designing Messaging Policies

• Designing Messaging Policies

Lab 6. Designing Coexistence and Interoperability Strategies with Other Messaging Systems

• Designing a Coexistence Strategy with Exchange 2000 Server
• Designing an Interoperability Strategy

Lab 7. Designing an Upgrade Strategy

• Discussion: Reviewing the Exchange Server 2007 Design
• Designing an Upgrade Strategy

Lab 8. Obtaining Approval for a Messaging Infrastructure Design

• Presenting a Messaging Infrastructure Design
• Discussion: Characteristics of Effective Design Review Processes