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About This Course

About This Hands-On Lab

This hands-on lab will cover several of the new Exchange Server 2010 features. This labs teaches students how to configure and evaluate the new Exchange Server 2010 client access and compliance features, and also steps them through the configuration and testing of new message transport and high availability features. This lab also provides a high-level look at new administrative tools and features in Exchange Server 2010.

The hands-on labs are designed and will be performed using Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2008.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this clinic are Information Technology (IT) professional messaging administrators and messaging engineers who serve as technical decision makers, and evaluate new software and assess new software capabilities that:

• Enable new business solutions
• Improve IT services
• Improve IT operations

These IT technical decision makers have at least three years experience working with Exchange Server and are familiar with Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 administration, basic Exchange design concepts, and the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer.

Prerequites

Before attending this course, students must have a working knowledge of:

• Windows Server 2003 or 2008 including Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
• Windows XP or Windows Vista, and Microsoft Office Outlook.
• Windows-based mobile devices.
• Asynchronous networking technologies, including TCP/IP, messaging transports, and remote access.
• Windows Server failover clustering and load balancing.
• Basic virtualization concepts, such as a basic awareness of Hyper-V technology.
• General concepts and procedures for IT operations, including service level management, high availability and disaster recovery, and change management.
• The basics of IT security, including network authentication; access control; encryption; edge security; malicious software, and anti-virus and antispam concepts; and basic messaging security concepts.
• Understanding of IT security basics, including network authentication; access control; encryption; edge security; malicious software, and anti-virus and antispam concepts; and basic messaging security concepts. However, students do not have to be experts in security or messaging security, privacy, or compliance, and do not have to have more than a cursory awareness of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server.
• Security, privacy, and compliance issues, with some understanding of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server.
• Basic Exchange Management Shell and Windows PowerShell capabilities.
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

At Course Completion

At Hands-On Lab Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Implement the new Exchange Server 2010 client access features
• Configure the new Exchange Server 2010 messaging policy and compliance features
• Implement the new Exchange Server 2010 message transport features
• Configure the Exchange Server 2010 high availability features
• Administer Exchange Server 2010 using the new administration tools and features