Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Course Description

In this five-day, instructor-led course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to design and deploy messaging solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You will learn how to gather requirements for a messaging solution and then design the integration of Exchange Server 2010 with the current infrastructure. You will learn how to plan and deploy the various server roles in Exchange Server 2010, and you will explore the various options for implementing messaging security, policies, and compliance. You will examine the high availability and disaster recovery options and learn to develop a troubleshooting plan. Finally, you will learn how to plan the transition from earlier versions of Exchange Server to Exchange Server 2010 and how to integrate Exchange Server 2010 with other messaging systems.

This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Product: 10233: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and it can assist you in your preparation for Exam: 70-663: Pro: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

Skills Gained

• Gather the information required to design a messaging system
• Design the integration of Exchange Server with the current infrastructure
• Design the deployment of the Mailbox server services in Exchange Server 2010
• Design the Client Access server deployment
• Design the Hub Transport server and Edge Transport server deployments
• Plan and deploy messaging security
• Plan and deploy a messaging policy and compliance solution
• Plan a highly available Exchange Server 2010 deployment
• Plan a disaster recovery solution in Exchange Server 2010
• Develop a plan for monitoring and troubleshooting the Exchange Server environment
• Plan and implement a transition from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010
• Integrate Exchange Server 2010 with other messaging systems and with federated partners

Who Can Benefit

This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for the Exchange Server messaging environment in an enterprise. This IT professional is the senior administrator or engineer who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators.

The candidate for this course is responsible for the planning and deployment of the Exchange Servers in an enterprise environment and should have a minimum of two years of experience administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing Exchange Server.

Prerequisites

• At least two years of experience working with Microsoft Exchange Server
• At least six months of experience working with Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2007
• At least two years of experience administering Windows Server, including Windows Server 2008
• At least two years of experience working with Active Directory
• Experience working with certificates, including Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates
• Experience working with Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Or

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Designing an Exchange Server 2010 Deployment

• Gathering Business Requirements
• Identifying Additional Requirements
• Service Level Management
• Analyzing the Current Messaging Environment

2. Designing Exchange Server Integration with the Current Infrastructure

• Designing the Network Infrastructure
• Designing the Active Directory Infrastructure
• Designing the DNS Infrastructure
• Planning Exchange Server Administration

3. Planning and Deploying Mailbox Services

• Overview of Mailbox Services in Exchange Server 2010
• Designing Mailbox Servers
• Designing Recipient Management
• Designing a Public Folder Architecture

4. Planning and Deploying Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2010

• Overview of the Client Access Server Role
• Designing the Client Access Server Deployment
• Designing Client Access
• Designing Client Access Policies

5. Planning and Deploying Message Transport in Exchange Server 2010

• Designing Message Routing for Exchange Server 2010
• Designing Hub Transport Servers
• Designing the Message Routing Perimeter

6. Planning and Deploying Messaging Security

• Designing Message Security
• Designing Antivirus and Anti-Spam Solutions

7. Planning and Deploying Messaging Compliance

• Designing Transport Compliance
• Designing AD RMS Integration with Exchange Server 2010
• Designing Message Journaling and Archiving
• Designing Messaging Records Management

8. Planning and Deploying High Availability

• High Availability Planning in Exchange Server 2010
• Designing High Availability for Mailbox Databases
• Designing High Availability for Other Server Roles
• Designing Site Resilience

9. Planning a Disaster Recovery Solution

• Planning for Disaster Mitigation
• Planning Exchange Server Backup
• Planning Exchange Server Recovery

10. Planning Exchange Server 2010 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Planning Exchange Server Monitoring
• Planning Exchange Server Troubleshooting

11. Transitioning to Exchange Server 2010

• Overview of Transitioning to Exchange Server 2010
• Planning the Transition from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2010
• Planning the Transition from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010

12. Integrating Exchange Server 2010 with Other Messaging Systems

• Designing Exchange Server 2010 Integration with Other Messaging Systems
• Designing Exchange Server 2010 Integration with Federated Partners
• Designing Exchange Server 2010 Integration with Exchange Online