Course Overview
We've extended this course from three to five days to enable our customers to gain the most benefit and skills from the experience that our instructors have gained in Exchange Server 2007. The course will enable customers to learn how to make the most of the new technologies which are needed to optimise the installation and management of Exchange Server 2007. By providing our customers more time to learn the technology in the course, delegates will be more effective when returning to their production environments.
At the end of this five-day course, students who are new to Exchange Server will learn how to configure and manage a messaging environment in accordance with technical requirements. Students will learn how to install Exchange Server 2007 and manage routing, client access, and the backup and restore of databases. They will also learn how to manage addressing and recipient objects such as mailboxes, distribution groups, and contacts.
IT Professionals, IT generalists, and help desk professionals who want to learn about Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 are the audience for this course. IT Professionals, IT generalists and help desk professionals should have at least 3 years experience working in the IT field-typically in the areas of network administration, help desk, or system administration. No experience with Exchange Server is necessary.
Skills Gained
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe how Exchange Server 2007 and Active Directory work together.
- Install Exchange Server 2007.
- Configure Mailbox Server roles.
- Manage recipient objects.
- Manage e-mail and address lists.
- Manage client access.
- Manage Messaging Transport.
- Manage availability, backup and recovery.
- Maintain the message system.
Prerequisites
This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:
Experience using these tools and applications:
- NTBackup command.
- NSLookup command.
- Windows Explorer
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
- Active Directory Users and Computers
- Active Directory Sites and Services
- Internet Information Services (IIS) Admin
- Outlook
Working knowledge of Windows server operating system. For example, how storage is configured, basic backup and restore techniques, and what a client/server application interaction means.
Working knowledge of network technologies. For example, what Transmission Control Protocol (TCP/IP) and Domain Name System (DNS) do and how to use them, basic routing concepts (Wide Area Networks (WAN) vs. Local Area Network (LAN) router vs. switch vs. hub).
Working knowledge of Active Directory. For example, how user objects are managed, what is stored in Active Directory partitions, basic architectures (domain, forest, sites, etc.), and how domain controllers are managed. Also, site and site connector configuration, schema and configuration partitions, and Global Catalogs.
Conceptual understanding of e-mail technologies For example, that Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol used for e-mail and the differences between transport protocols and client access protocols (Post Office Protocol (POP), Internet Access Message Protocol (IMAP), SMTP).
Examinations
Implementing, Troubleshooting and Maintaining a MS Exchange Server 2007 Infrastructure.
