Introduction

This four-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a Microsoft® Exchange 2000 organization for an enterprise environment. It is designed to complement M1572: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange 2000.

This course does not discuss the migration or upgrade processes needed to implement a design. It focuses on designing an environment that is based on the business needs of an organization that requires multiple routing and administrative groups.

Audience

This course is intended for system architects and consultants who are responsible for developing an Exchange 2000 design that is based on the business needs of an organization. Students for this course typically work in medium to large computing environments that have multiple physical locations, mixed client connection protocols, and Internet messaging connectivity.
The audience includes the following:

• Senior IT Professionals: These individuals have one or more years of messaging and networking experience, and are ready to go on to an architect role.
• Messaging Architects:These individuals are responsible for the design and creation of messaging strategies.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Evaluate the effect of the Active Directory™ directory service design on the Exchange 2000 design.
• Design an administrative topology.
• Design a routing topology.
• Design a public folder topology.
• Design a security strategy.
• Plan server roles and placement.
• Design for high-availaiblity, including implementing clustering technology.
• Design a management and operations plan.

Prerequisites

• Complete M1560B: Updating Support Skills from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000, or M2154A: Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services, or have an equivalent working knowledge.
• Complete M1572: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange 2000.
• Have a working knowledge of networking technology, including Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Internet Information Services (IIS).
• Possess a 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).

Knowledge of Exchange Server 5.5 is beneficial, but not essential.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Designing Exchange 2000 for the Enterprise
  - Introduction to the Exchange 2000 Design Process
  - Using the Case Studies in This Course
  - Using the Job Aids in This Course
  - Performing the Labs in This Course
  - Classroom Setup
• Analyzing Active Directory for Exchange 2000
  - Reviewing Active Directory Basics.
  - Examining How Exchange 2000 Uses Active Directory.
  - Examining How Exchange 2000 Works with DSAccess.
  - Designing Active Directory Groups for an Exchange 2000 Organization.
• Designing an Administrative Plan
  - Introduction to Designing an Administrative Plan.
  - Designing Administrative Groups to Manage Tasks.
  - Delegating Administrative Authority.
• Designing a Routing Topology
  - Analyzing the Existing Environment
  - Planning Routing Groups
  - Planning Routing Group Boundaries
  - Planning Message Flow
  - Planning Connectors Between Routing Groups
• Designing a Public Folder Strategy
  - Planning a Public Folder Replication Strategy
  - Planning Public Folder Permissions
  - Planning Full-text Indexing
• Designing a Security Strategy
  - Helping to Protect Against External Security Threats
  - Helping to Protect Against Internal Security Threats
  - Designing an Encryption Strategy
  - Windows 2000 Security Considerations
• Planning Server Roles and Placement
  - Planning Mailbox Servers and Public Folder Servers
  - Planning Connector Servers
  - Planning Front-end/Back-end Servers
  - Planning for Servers Running Active Directory
• Designing an Exchange 2000 Management and Operations Plan
  - Introduction to Designing a Highly Available Exchange 2000 Organization
  - Providing Redundant Supporting Services for the Exchange 2000 Organization
  - Providing a Redundant Routing Topology for the Exchange 2000 Organization
  - Designing a Highly Available Internet Client Access Strategy
  - Designing a Highly Available Outlook® Client Access Strategy
  - Providing Redundant Storage for the Exchange 2000 Organization
• Designing an Exchange 2000 Clustering Strategy
  - Introduction to Designing an Exchange 2000 Clustering Strategy
  - Reviewing Key Concepts of Microsoft Windows 2000 Clustering
  - Examining Key Concepts of Exchange 2000 Clustering
  - Designing an Exchange 2000 Clustering Strategy
  - Designing an Appropriate Data Storage Strategy
• Designing an Exchange 2000 Management and Operations
  - Introduction to Designing an Exchange 2000 Management and Operations Plan
  - Management and Operations Tools for Exchange 2000
  - Microsoft Operations Manager 2000
  - Designing a Change Plan
  - Designing an Operations Plan
  - Designing a Support Plan
  - Designing an Optimization Plan
• Northwind Traders Design Review
  - How Northwind Traders Was Configured Before the Labs
  - How Northwind Traders is Now Configured
  - Review of the Northwind Traders Configuration Changes

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

Exam 70-225: Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Related courses:

• M1572: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange 2000

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