Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion

Get your mission-critical messaging and collaboration systems up and running quickly with the essential guide to deploying and managing Exchange Server 2003. This comprehensive administrator’s reference details system features and capabilities, sharing hands-on insights for exploiting new connectivity, information management, and security features; integration with Microsoft Windows Server 2003; and other enhancements. Whether you’re migrating from a previous version of Exchange or performing a clean installation, you’ll find the easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics you need for everyday, on-the-job results.

Discover how to:

• Perform an enterprise needs assessment and develop your deployment plan
• Plan a migration strategy from Exchange Server 5.5—including planning for coexistence
• Prepare servers and clients; verify the installation
• Create security policies, manage PKI and certificates, and configure other security services
• Configure Internet protocols—SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, NNTP, and LDAP
• Set up and manage recipients, public folders, storage groups, and administrative and routing groups
• Exploit new interoperability and mobile access features, including enhancements to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Outlook Web Access
• Implement backups and disaster recovery plans
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune server performance

Exchange Server 2003 evaluation software inside!

• Try Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, with 120-day evaluation software on CD.

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