Microsoft Exchange

Managing Exchange Server 2003 Mailboxes

Management Tools for administering Exchange Server 2003

The Active Directory Users and Computers management console

The Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in is extended to support the management of mailbox configurations and settings. The Active Directory Users and Computers management console is the central tool used for creating and managing user account and computer account objects and configuration settings in Windows domains.

You can apply different permissions to different...

Configuring and Maintaining Exchange Server 2003 Virtual Servers

Configuring Exchange Virtual Server Settings

Exchange System Manager can be used to create new Exchange Server 2003 virtual servers. A Protocols container exists below each server object. Expand the nodes in the console tree of Exchange System Manager to view this. Each Internet protocol is signified by a different container. Any related virtual protocol servers are bundled together. To add a new virtual server, right click on the particular protocol container, select New, and then...

Installing Exchange Server 2003

Preparing for Exchange Server 2003 Installation

Before you can install Exchange Server 2003 you have to perform the activities discussed in this section of the Article.

The following Windows services must be installed and enabled:Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service World Wide Web service Microsoft ASP.NETMicrosoft .NET Framework

You can use the Services applet to verify that these services are installed and running.

You have to...

Configuring and Managing SMTP Transport

Understanding SMTP Connections and Commands

The process that occurs to establish a connection between a SMTP client and SMTP server is illustrated below:

The SMTP client initiates a TCP connection to SMTP server.
The SMTP server replies with a ready response – 220 response.
The SMTP client sends a helo command to indicate that a SMTP session is to be started.
The server returns a response 250. This signifies that the request has been completed.
The SMTP...

Exchange Server 2003 Maintenance and Management Activities

Managing the Different Server Roles

The different roles that can be configured for Exchange Server 2003 are listed here:

Mailbox Store server (back-end server): The mailbox store server is mainly responsible for the following functions:

Storing of messages of mail-enabled users

Storing attachments

Storing files and foldersManaging the mailbox store server includes configurations and tasks performed through Exchange System Manager and standard server maintenance tasks.

Public Folder...

Understanding Outlook Web Access Client

New features in Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003

Outlook Web Access (OWA) is used to send and receive e-mail through the Web. Outlook Web Access 2003 includes different levels of feature availability or user modes. Some OWA 2003 features are only available in premium mode.

The different OWA 2003 user modes are:

Premium mode - Premium Client Version: All OWA 2003 features and enhancements are accessible when using premium mode. The downside to using premium mode is that it uses more...

Configuring Exchange Server 2003 Administrative Permissions

Understanding Exchange Server 2003 Administrative Groups

With Exchange Server 2003, an administrative group is a collection of Exchange Server 2003 objects. Here, Exchange Server 2003 objects are grouped for the intent of delegating permissions and managing permissions.

An administrative group can be created to support different administrative models:

Centralized

Decentralized

Mixed administrative model

The Exchange Server 2003 objects that can exist in an administrative group are...

creating and managing public folders

Public Folder Overview

In Exchange Server 2003, public folders can be used to share information between a group of users. In smaller organizations where only one Exchange server is typically installed, one public folder instance can exist. Where there are multiple Exchange servers and you need to provide fast access to public folder information, then you would probably have to create an additional public folder instance.

Public folders can be created through:

Outlook 2003

Outlook...

disabling services and protocol logging on exchange 2003 servers

Understanding the Exchange Server 2003 Services

Exchange Server 2003 uses a number of components, services, and processes that communicate between each other on the local computer and remote computers. The role of the Exchange server and the clients that it has to support determines which services are necessary and unnecessary on your front-end and back-end Exchange servers.

All unnecessary services can be disabled. The security of your Exchange Server 2003 system is enhanced when you disable...

Understanding Microsoft Outlook Client

New Features of Outlook 2003

The graphical user interface (GUI) of Outlook bears resemblance to the Outlook Web Access (OWA) graphical user interface. In fact, with regard to end user experience, there are a number of similarities between Outlook 2003 and Outlook Web Access (OWA).

The Outlook 2003 interface has a new four-pane view. You can use the buttons in the Shortcut pane to access a number of Outlook features. For the viewing of email, the Preview pane allows for more space now than...