This document provides a guide for migrating an Exchange Server 2007 organization to Exchange Server 2010. It outlines the key phases of the project: planning, building the new Exchange 2010 environment, testing, migrating data and services, and removing the legacy Exchange 2007 servers. The guide uses an example migration scenario and environment but notes each organization's needs are unique and adjustments may be required. Careful planning is emphasized to understand the existing setup and ensure a smooth transition.
Microsoft exchange-server-2013-installationtakdirlovely09
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on a single server. It begins with an overview of Exchange Server 2013 and its roles. It then details the software prerequisites that must be installed before setup, including .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Management Framework 3.0, and various Windows features. The document outlines the installation process for the Mailbox Server role and Client Access Server role through the use of PowerShell commands. It concludes by recommending that updates be downloaded prior to running the Exchange 2013 setup file.
This document describes a case study of consolidating a client's MS-SQL databases using Always On availability groups. The client had 39 SQL servers across different versions and editions. The project consolidated the 149 databases onto a new 6-node Always On configuration with Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014 Enterprise. This reduced costs through optimized licensing, administration, and hardware while improving high availability, performance, security and manageability. The Always On configuration allows primary databases to accept read/write workloads while secondaries support read-only operations like reporting, backups and maintenance.
Joe Mc Glynn Sbs 2008 For The Small BusinessNathan Winters
Windows Small Business Server 2008 is an integrated server solution designed for small businesses. It provides key business services like Active Directory, Exchange email, file and print sharing, and backup in an affordable and easy to manage package. While it has some limitations like supporting up to 75 users and a single domain, these can be worked around. SBS 2008 can also be virtualized for added flexibility. Overall, SBS 2008 provides small businesses with an affordable way to have most of the infrastructure they need without having to purchase and configure separate servers.
24 Hours Of Exchange Server 2007 ( Part 6 Of 24)guestef2a2b
Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Part 1
[There may be some inconsistencies as I have not had a chance to go through and clean up. This usually involves terminology].
This document provides instructions for deploying and configuring Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. It consists of two exercises:
The first exercise has you prepare the Active Directory schema, forest, and domain on domain controllers to support the new server installation.
The second exercise walks through installing Office Communications Server 2007 on a server, configuring settings, assigning certificates, starting services, synchronizing the address book, and configuring DNS records.
This document provides an overview of installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including:
1) Preparing Active Directory by reviewing components like domains, forests, and trusts, and configuring DNS records and partitions for Exchange integration.
2) Installing Exchange server roles like Mailbox, Client Access, and Hub Transport on servers meeting hardware and software requirements.
3) Verifying a successful Exchange installation by testing services, logs, and mail functionality and deploying additional configuration.
24 Hours Of Exchange Server 2007 ( Part 4 Of 24)guestef2a2b
Installing Exchange Server 2007
[There may be some inconsistencies as I have not had a chance to go through and clean up. This usually involves terminology].
1. The document discusses migrating from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 and the options for transitioning or migrating to a new Exchange Server 2007 environment.
2. It provides an overview of the benefits of Exchange Server 2007 such as improved availability, security, compliance, unified messaging and increased productivity.
3. It also covers built-in protection features in Exchange Server 2007 like anti-virus, anti-spam, transport rules, clustering and edge transport servers.
Microsoft exchange-server-2013-installationtakdirlovely09
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on a single server. It begins with an overview of Exchange Server 2013 and its roles. It then details the software prerequisites that must be installed before setup, including .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Management Framework 3.0, and various Windows features. The document outlines the installation process for the Mailbox Server role and Client Access Server role through the use of PowerShell commands. It concludes by recommending that updates be downloaded prior to running the Exchange 2013 setup file.
This document describes a case study of consolidating a client's MS-SQL databases using Always On availability groups. The client had 39 SQL servers across different versions and editions. The project consolidated the 149 databases onto a new 6-node Always On configuration with Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014 Enterprise. This reduced costs through optimized licensing, administration, and hardware while improving high availability, performance, security and manageability. The Always On configuration allows primary databases to accept read/write workloads while secondaries support read-only operations like reporting, backups and maintenance.
Joe Mc Glynn Sbs 2008 For The Small BusinessNathan Winters
Windows Small Business Server 2008 is an integrated server solution designed for small businesses. It provides key business services like Active Directory, Exchange email, file and print sharing, and backup in an affordable and easy to manage package. While it has some limitations like supporting up to 75 users and a single domain, these can be worked around. SBS 2008 can also be virtualized for added flexibility. Overall, SBS 2008 provides small businesses with an affordable way to have most of the infrastructure they need without having to purchase and configure separate servers.
24 Hours Of Exchange Server 2007 ( Part 6 Of 24)guestef2a2b
Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Part 1
[There may be some inconsistencies as I have not had a chance to go through and clean up. This usually involves terminology].
This document provides instructions for deploying and configuring Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. It consists of two exercises:
The first exercise has you prepare the Active Directory schema, forest, and domain on domain controllers to support the new server installation.
The second exercise walks through installing Office Communications Server 2007 on a server, configuring settings, assigning certificates, starting services, synchronizing the address book, and configuring DNS records.
This document provides an overview of installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including:
1) Preparing Active Directory by reviewing components like domains, forests, and trusts, and configuring DNS records and partitions for Exchange integration.
2) Installing Exchange server roles like Mailbox, Client Access, and Hub Transport on servers meeting hardware and software requirements.
3) Verifying a successful Exchange installation by testing services, logs, and mail functionality and deploying additional configuration.
24 Hours Of Exchange Server 2007 ( Part 4 Of 24)guestef2a2b
Installing Exchange Server 2007
[There may be some inconsistencies as I have not had a chance to go through and clean up. This usually involves terminology].
1. The document discusses migrating from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 and the options for transitioning or migrating to a new Exchange Server 2007 environment.
2. It provides an overview of the benefits of Exchange Server 2007 such as improved availability, security, compliance, unified messaging and increased productivity.
3. It also covers built-in protection features in Exchange Server 2007 like anti-virus, anti-spam, transport rules, clustering and edge transport servers.
Exchange Server 2013 : upgrade migration et co-existence avec les anciennes v...Microsoft Technet France
The document discusses the upgrade and coexistence process for moving from Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 to Exchange Server 2013. Key steps include installing updates on the existing servers, deploying Exchange 2013 mailbox and client access servers, creating a legacy namespace for Exchange 2007, obtaining and deploying certificates, switching the primary namespace to the new Exchange 2013 servers, and moving mailboxes in batches between the existing and new servers. The upgrade process allows for coexistence between the new Exchange 2013 deployment and the existing Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 servers during the transition period.
The document summarizes 11 IT projects completed by Actra between 2014 and May 2015, including:
1) Migrating Exchange servers from 2010 to a new virtualized Exchange 2013 environment and decommissioning the old server.
2) Upgrading the core firewall from PFsense to Fortigate and documenting the new configuration.
3) Migrating the Hyper-V cluster to new hardware, virtualizing legacy systems, and improving cluster failover capabilities.
4) Deploying backup infrastructure including a Unitrends appliance for backups and replication to a remote site.
GWAVACon 2015: Microsoft MVP - Exchange Server Migrations & UpdatesGWAVA
This document discusses Exchange Server updates and migrations. It provides guidance on updating Exchange Servers, including why updates are important, the different types of updates, and the general update process. It also outlines the general server migration process, including preparing Active Directory, installing new Exchange Servers, configuring load balancing, testing the new environment, changing DNS records, and decommissioning legacy servers. Questions are taken at the end if time allows.
Exchange online real world migration challengesSteve Goodman
The document discusses real-world challenges encountered when migrating email from an on-premises Exchange deployment to Exchange Online. It covers planning considerations like directory synchronization, firewall configuration, and testing migration throughput. During the migration, it is important to communicate with users and use distribution groups to organize mailbox moves in batches. Thorough planning and testing are essential to overcome challenges and ensure a smooth migration.
This document provides an overview and agenda for migrating from Exchange Server 2003 and Active Directory 2008 to Exchange Server 2010 and Active Directory 2008 R2. The key steps include installing prerequisites, installing Exchange 2010, configuring Exchange 2010, migrating mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 2003, updating DNS, and removing the legacy Exchange 2003 servers once the migration is complete. PowerShell commands are provided as alternatives to the graphical user interface for many configuration tasks.
Attention Session en Anglais, animée par Scott Schnoll, Senior Content Developer à Microsoft Corp. Cette session vous expliquera comment architecturer une migration vers Exchange 2013 depuis d'ancienne versions d'Exchange avec comme speaker Scott Schnoll, Gourou Exchange en provenance directe de Redmond. La coexistence de serveurs de versions différentes sera aussi abordée.
Speaker : Scott Schnoll (Microsoft)
Deployment Cookbook: Quick Migration with Virtual Server Host ...webhostingguy
This document provides instructions for configuring a quick migration of workloads between two physical servers using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Windows Server 2003 clustering. It involves setting up a two node server cluster and creating a Virtual Server host cluster with one guest operating system. This allows services to continue running when one of the physical servers needs to be taken offline for maintenance, by migrating the virtual machines to the other server.
This document provides best practices for deploying Microsoft Exchange 2010 in a VMware vSphere environment. It discusses ESX host configuration guidelines for CPU, memory, storage and networking. It also covers Exchange performance, capacity planning, sizing examples, and how vSphere features can enhance deployments and operations. The goal is to help organizations virtualize Exchange to improve flexibility, reliability and reduce costs.
Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test LabVinh Nguyen
This document provides step-by-step instructions to configure an integrated test lab containing Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, and SharePoint Server 2013. The test lab consists of 5 servers - one domain controller, one SQL server, one SharePoint server, one Exchange server, and one Lync server. It also includes 2 client computers. The document outlines 9 steps to install and configure the servers and clients, and then integrate the Exchange, Lync and SharePoint servers by configuring server-to-server trust relationships.
This document provides guidance on deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment. It discusses the following key points:
- Server farm deployments involve multiple dedicated servers and provide better performance and scalability than a single-server deployment.
- The deployment process involves three phases - deploying and configuring server infrastructure, creating and configuring Shared Services Providers (SSPs), and deploying and configuring SharePoint sites.
- Server farm topologies can range from a small configuration with two servers, to a large configuration with clustered database servers and multiple application and frontend servers.
- Proper planning is important before deployment, including acquiring necessary credentials and accounts, installing prerequisites, and config
Sharepoint 2007 Install Best Practice Phase 1LiquidHub
This document provides instructions for installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm. It outlines hardware and software requirements and describes installing SharePoint on front-end, application, and database servers. The two-phase process involves installing SharePoint using a domain administrator account, then running the configuration wizard to configure authentication, databases, and other settings. Additional post-installation steps include configuring Internet Explorer security settings and designating SharePoint administrators.
This document provides instructions for deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment. It discusses:
- Deploying SharePoint in a multi-server farm configuration for performance, scalability and hosting large numbers of sites.
- Recommended server roles for small, medium, and large farms with database, application and front-end web servers.
- Requirements for accounts, software, hardware, and databases before deployment.
- A three phase process for deployment: configuring server infrastructure, creating shared services, and provisioning sites.
This is a step by step guideline which focuses on the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013. Every Screenshot is provided along with pre-requisities. YouTube Link to the installation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3aXBQVI1mg&list=PLbyG9S7zkpG-oTi3wVy0Yoy3R8Lx6ewcQ
This document summarizes the platform options for deploying Microsoft Exchange, including Exchange Online (Office 365), on-premises Exchange Server, and hybrid configurations. It outlines key considerations for each option such as administrative responsibilities, feature sets, costs, and architecture. A hybrid deployment leverages both Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange Server to allow users to be homed either locally or online while sharing the same address space.
Quest_Software_Best_Practices_for_Exchange_2007Balaji Ravi
This document provides best practices for planning and executing a migration from earlier versions of Exchange to Exchange Server 2007. It emphasizes the importance of a thorough pre-migration assessment to understand the existing Exchange environment. The assessment should answer questions about the Windows, infrastructure and Exchange environments. It also discusses archiving mailboxes before migrating to reduce migration data size. The migration process outlined includes deploying Exchange 2007, establishing coexistence, migrating mailboxes and decommissioning the source system. Ongoing management priorities for the new Exchange 2007 environment like availability and information management are also addressed.
Planning for clients and devices lync server 2010 (rc)Daniel Ullmark
A guide to the variety of unified communications clients and devices you can deploy for your users. (Planning for Clients and Devices Lync Server 2010 (RC).doc)
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This book is designed for those that want to take incorporate the benefits and power of Search Server Express 2010 into a Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Standard environment. Doing so is going to provide the ability to not only search SharePoint content but also information saved in locations such as network file shares, public folders and more.
Apart from learning how to install Search Server Express 2010 on SBS 2011 Standard you’ll learn how to correctly configure it to crawl a variety of content. You’ll also learn how to enable indexing of PDF documents. Most importantly, you’ll be shown how to create and configure a network search center in Companyweb to take advantage of the functionality that Search Server Express 2010 will bring to your network.
If you want to take your Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Standard installation to the next level and leverage the power of search then this book is for you.
The checklist for preparing your Exchange 2010 infrastructure for Exchange 20...Eyal Doron
The checklist for preparing your Exchange 2010 infrastructure for Exchange 2013 coexistence |10#23
http://o365info.com/the-checklist-for-preparing-your-exchange-2010-infrastructure-for-exchange-2013-coexistence/
A short preparation checklist for the project of: Exchange 2013/2010 coexistence environment, in which we review some of the components and infrastructure that we will need to prepare.
Eyal Doron | o365info.com
This document provides an overview of the key features for deploying a standard Exchange Server 2007 organization with more than 1,000 mailboxes across multiple servers. It describes new functionality for administration using the Exchange Management Console and Shell. New features are also outlined for unified messaging, clients, messaging policy, antivirus, transport/routing, databases, information workers, and deployment. The document is intended to help with planning a standard Exchange 2007 deployment.
Active Directory must be prepared before installing Exchange Server 2010. This includes ensuring the forest and domain controllers meet the minimum version requirements and running commands to prepare the schema, AD, and domains. Hardware and software requirements for the Exchange server must also be met, including minimum RAM and disk space. Roles, role services, and features must be configured using PowerShell commands before roles like Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access can be installed. The order of deployment and site-specific requirements must also be considered.
Amr Hussein provides his contact information and experience working as a system administrator for the Egyptian Sales Tax Authority and Gate2Egite. He has 8 years of experience working with servers including Microsoft Windows, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, VMware, Hyper-V, Active Directory, and backup solutions. His skills include server administration, virtualization, networking, storage, security, and cloud technologies.
Exchange Server 2013 : upgrade migration et co-existence avec les anciennes v...Microsoft Technet France
The document discusses the upgrade and coexistence process for moving from Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 to Exchange Server 2013. Key steps include installing updates on the existing servers, deploying Exchange 2013 mailbox and client access servers, creating a legacy namespace for Exchange 2007, obtaining and deploying certificates, switching the primary namespace to the new Exchange 2013 servers, and moving mailboxes in batches between the existing and new servers. The upgrade process allows for coexistence between the new Exchange 2013 deployment and the existing Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 servers during the transition period.
The document summarizes 11 IT projects completed by Actra between 2014 and May 2015, including:
1) Migrating Exchange servers from 2010 to a new virtualized Exchange 2013 environment and decommissioning the old server.
2) Upgrading the core firewall from PFsense to Fortigate and documenting the new configuration.
3) Migrating the Hyper-V cluster to new hardware, virtualizing legacy systems, and improving cluster failover capabilities.
4) Deploying backup infrastructure including a Unitrends appliance for backups and replication to a remote site.
GWAVACon 2015: Microsoft MVP - Exchange Server Migrations & UpdatesGWAVA
This document discusses Exchange Server updates and migrations. It provides guidance on updating Exchange Servers, including why updates are important, the different types of updates, and the general update process. It also outlines the general server migration process, including preparing Active Directory, installing new Exchange Servers, configuring load balancing, testing the new environment, changing DNS records, and decommissioning legacy servers. Questions are taken at the end if time allows.
Exchange online real world migration challengesSteve Goodman
The document discusses real-world challenges encountered when migrating email from an on-premises Exchange deployment to Exchange Online. It covers planning considerations like directory synchronization, firewall configuration, and testing migration throughput. During the migration, it is important to communicate with users and use distribution groups to organize mailbox moves in batches. Thorough planning and testing are essential to overcome challenges and ensure a smooth migration.
This document provides an overview and agenda for migrating from Exchange Server 2003 and Active Directory 2008 to Exchange Server 2010 and Active Directory 2008 R2. The key steps include installing prerequisites, installing Exchange 2010, configuring Exchange 2010, migrating mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 2003, updating DNS, and removing the legacy Exchange 2003 servers once the migration is complete. PowerShell commands are provided as alternatives to the graphical user interface for many configuration tasks.
Attention Session en Anglais, animée par Scott Schnoll, Senior Content Developer à Microsoft Corp. Cette session vous expliquera comment architecturer une migration vers Exchange 2013 depuis d'ancienne versions d'Exchange avec comme speaker Scott Schnoll, Gourou Exchange en provenance directe de Redmond. La coexistence de serveurs de versions différentes sera aussi abordée.
Speaker : Scott Schnoll (Microsoft)
Deployment Cookbook: Quick Migration with Virtual Server Host ...webhostingguy
This document provides instructions for configuring a quick migration of workloads between two physical servers using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Windows Server 2003 clustering. It involves setting up a two node server cluster and creating a Virtual Server host cluster with one guest operating system. This allows services to continue running when one of the physical servers needs to be taken offline for maintenance, by migrating the virtual machines to the other server.
This document provides best practices for deploying Microsoft Exchange 2010 in a VMware vSphere environment. It discusses ESX host configuration guidelines for CPU, memory, storage and networking. It also covers Exchange performance, capacity planning, sizing examples, and how vSphere features can enhance deployments and operations. The goal is to help organizations virtualize Exchange to improve flexibility, reliability and reduce costs.
Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test LabVinh Nguyen
This document provides step-by-step instructions to configure an integrated test lab containing Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, and SharePoint Server 2013. The test lab consists of 5 servers - one domain controller, one SQL server, one SharePoint server, one Exchange server, and one Lync server. It also includes 2 client computers. The document outlines 9 steps to install and configure the servers and clients, and then integrate the Exchange, Lync and SharePoint servers by configuring server-to-server trust relationships.
This document provides guidance on deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment. It discusses the following key points:
- Server farm deployments involve multiple dedicated servers and provide better performance and scalability than a single-server deployment.
- The deployment process involves three phases - deploying and configuring server infrastructure, creating and configuring Shared Services Providers (SSPs), and deploying and configuring SharePoint sites.
- Server farm topologies can range from a small configuration with two servers, to a large configuration with clustered database servers and multiple application and frontend servers.
- Proper planning is important before deployment, including acquiring necessary credentials and accounts, installing prerequisites, and config
Sharepoint 2007 Install Best Practice Phase 1LiquidHub
This document provides instructions for installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm. It outlines hardware and software requirements and describes installing SharePoint on front-end, application, and database servers. The two-phase process involves installing SharePoint using a domain administrator account, then running the configuration wizard to configure authentication, databases, and other settings. Additional post-installation steps include configuring Internet Explorer security settings and designating SharePoint administrators.
This document provides instructions for deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment. It discusses:
- Deploying SharePoint in a multi-server farm configuration for performance, scalability and hosting large numbers of sites.
- Recommended server roles for small, medium, and large farms with database, application and front-end web servers.
- Requirements for accounts, software, hardware, and databases before deployment.
- A three phase process for deployment: configuring server infrastructure, creating shared services, and provisioning sites.
This is a step by step guideline which focuses on the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013. Every Screenshot is provided along with pre-requisities. YouTube Link to the installation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3aXBQVI1mg&list=PLbyG9S7zkpG-oTi3wVy0Yoy3R8Lx6ewcQ
This document summarizes the platform options for deploying Microsoft Exchange, including Exchange Online (Office 365), on-premises Exchange Server, and hybrid configurations. It outlines key considerations for each option such as administrative responsibilities, feature sets, costs, and architecture. A hybrid deployment leverages both Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange Server to allow users to be homed either locally or online while sharing the same address space.
Quest_Software_Best_Practices_for_Exchange_2007Balaji Ravi
This document provides best practices for planning and executing a migration from earlier versions of Exchange to Exchange Server 2007. It emphasizes the importance of a thorough pre-migration assessment to understand the existing Exchange environment. The assessment should answer questions about the Windows, infrastructure and Exchange environments. It also discusses archiving mailboxes before migrating to reduce migration data size. The migration process outlined includes deploying Exchange 2007, establishing coexistence, migrating mailboxes and decommissioning the source system. Ongoing management priorities for the new Exchange 2007 environment like availability and information management are also addressed.
Planning for clients and devices lync server 2010 (rc)Daniel Ullmark
A guide to the variety of unified communications clients and devices you can deploy for your users. (Planning for Clients and Devices Lync Server 2010 (RC).doc)
SharePoint Foundation Master Class: Search Server Express on SBS 2011 StandardRobert Crane
This book is designed for those that want to take incorporate the benefits and power of Search Server Express 2010 into a Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Standard environment. Doing so is going to provide the ability to not only search SharePoint content but also information saved in locations such as network file shares, public folders and more.
Apart from learning how to install Search Server Express 2010 on SBS 2011 Standard you’ll learn how to correctly configure it to crawl a variety of content. You’ll also learn how to enable indexing of PDF documents. Most importantly, you’ll be shown how to create and configure a network search center in Companyweb to take advantage of the functionality that Search Server Express 2010 will bring to your network.
If you want to take your Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Standard installation to the next level and leverage the power of search then this book is for you.
The checklist for preparing your Exchange 2010 infrastructure for Exchange 20...Eyal Doron
The checklist for preparing your Exchange 2010 infrastructure for Exchange 2013 coexistence |10#23
http://o365info.com/the-checklist-for-preparing-your-exchange-2010-infrastructure-for-exchange-2013-coexistence/
A short preparation checklist for the project of: Exchange 2013/2010 coexistence environment, in which we review some of the components and infrastructure that we will need to prepare.
Eyal Doron | o365info.com
This document provides an overview of the key features for deploying a standard Exchange Server 2007 organization with more than 1,000 mailboxes across multiple servers. It describes new functionality for administration using the Exchange Management Console and Shell. New features are also outlined for unified messaging, clients, messaging policy, antivirus, transport/routing, databases, information workers, and deployment. The document is intended to help with planning a standard Exchange 2007 deployment.
Active Directory must be prepared before installing Exchange Server 2010. This includes ensuring the forest and domain controllers meet the minimum version requirements and running commands to prepare the schema, AD, and domains. Hardware and software requirements for the Exchange server must also be met, including minimum RAM and disk space. Roles, role services, and features must be configured using PowerShell commands before roles like Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access can be installed. The order of deployment and site-specific requirements must also be considered.
Amr Hussein provides his contact information and experience working as a system administrator for the Egyptian Sales Tax Authority and Gate2Egite. He has 8 years of experience working with servers including Microsoft Windows, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, VMware, Hyper-V, Active Directory, and backup solutions. His skills include server administration, virtualization, networking, storage, security, and cloud technologies.
This plugin monitors the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010 servers using a series of system commad and the software already installed on the system. For more information visit the following webpage: http://pandorafms.com/index.php?sec=Library&sec2=repository&lng=en&action=view_PUI&id_PUI=274
This document provides an overview of the key operations in the Subversion (SVN) version control system life cycle. It describes creating a repository, checking out a working copy, updating changes from the repository, performing edits and other changes locally, reviewing pending changes, fixing mistakes by reverting changes, and resolving conflicts when merging changes. The main operations covered are checkout, update, commit, status, diff, revert, and merge.
This document provides an overview of Apache Subversion (SVN), a version control system. It discusses basic SVN concepts like repositories, trunks, tags, and branches. It also covers setting up the SVN environment, including installing SVN, configuring Apache, setting up users and repositories. The document then outlines the typical SVN lifecycle of creating a repository, checking out a working copy, making changes, reviewing changes, resolving conflicts, and committing updates. It provides details on key SVN processes like checking out, making changes, updating, fixing mistakes, and resolving conflicts. Finally, it briefly discusses tags and branching in SVN. The document serves as a tutorial for understanding and using SVN for software version control.
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How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
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Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
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Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
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Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
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Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
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Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
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INSIDE THIS GUIDE
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................1
Planning the Exchange Server 2010 Migration Project..........................................................6
Project Checkpoint: Planning Phase ...................................................................................37
Preparing to Install Exchange Server 2010 SP1..................................................................38
Installing Exchange Server 2010.........................................................................................54
Configuring Exchange Server 2010...................................................................................105
Configuring Co-Existence..................................................................................................146
Configuring Application and Device Integration .................................................................164
Project Checkpoint: Build Phase .......................................................................................165
Testing the New Exchange Server ....................................................................................166
Project Checkpoint: Testing Phase....................................................................................179
Migrating to Exchange Server 2010 ..................................................................................180
Project Checkpoint: Migration Phase.................................................................................236
Removing the Exchange 2007 Servers .............................................................................237
What to Do Next?..............................................................................................................253
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Exchange Server 2007 to 2010 Migration Guide, the step by step guide to a smooth migration for your organization to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
This guide will walk you through the process of migrating your existing Exchange Server 2007 Organization to Exchange Server 2010 following a simple step by step process covering each of the important phases of the migration.
Ideally you are the administrator of an existing Exchange Server environment that is relatively simple and contains only a few Exchange servers.
However if you have a more complex environment to work with then you can still benefit from the advice and processes in this guide, and simply scale them out to meet the size of your environment.
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Before undertaking an Exchange Server 2010 migration in your production environment I highly recommend following this guide at least once in a lab environment so that you are familiar with each of the stages of the migration.
Although the migration is a relatively low risk activity when done correctly, the potential impact of a failure is very high.
Above all you must ensure that your environment is properly backed up and that you have a working disaster recovery plan in place before you attempt a migration to Exchange Server 2010.
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YOUR UNIQUE EXCHANGE SERVER ENVIRONMENT
It is impossible for a migration guide such as this one to perfectly align itself with every Exchange Server environment out there in the real world.
Your Exchange Server environment is unique to your organization and has its own specific needs.
As you work through this guide you should expect to make several decisions of your own to adjust the examples shown to suit your own environment.
For example, where this guide walks through the deployment of Exchange Server 2010 server roles in a particular topology, you may choose to distribute your server roles onto fewer servers, or onto more servers.
In some parts of the guide multiple deployment scenarios are presented, such as the use of Client Access Server Arrays and Database Availability Groups. But you might be planning to deploy single servers only. So in those cases you will be told which sections you can skip if they do not apply to you.
THE EXAMPLE EXCHANGE SERVER ENVIRONMENT
This guide will go step by step through a migration project for an example Exchange Server environment.
THE EXCHANGE SERVER 2007 ORGANIZATION
For this guide an Active Directory and Exchange Server 2007 environment has been configured as the starting point of the migration project.
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The network consists of:
• A head office with…
o 1 x Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller
o 1 x Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server
o 1 x Exchange Server 2007 Hub Transport server
o 1 x Exchange Server 2007 CCR Clustered Mailbox server
o 1 x Exchange Server 2007 Public Folder server
o 1 x ISA Server 2006 firewall/proxy
o A connection to the internet
• A branch office with…
o 1 x Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller
o 1 x Exchange Server 2007 Client Access/Hub Transport
o 1 x Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox server
o A WAN connection to the head office site
During the Planning stage of this migration guide we’ll cover what sort of information to collect from the existing environment to help you design the Exchange Server 2010 servers that are to be installed. We’ll also cover how to prepare the environment for the first Exchange Server 2010 installation.
THE TRANSITIONAL ORGANIZATION
As we work through this guide the environment will become a Transitional Organization once the Exchange Server 2010 servers are installed.
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We’ll look at not only the process for installing Exchange Server 2010 at each location, but also some of the special considerations for managing the Exchange environment during this co-existence period.
THE EXCHANGE SERVER 2010 ORGANIZATION
To complete the migration project all of the legacy Exchange servers are removed from the organization.
We’ll cover the migration process for moving all of the data and services from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010, as well as the removal of the legacy Exchange servers from the environment, and the final configuration tasks required to complete the migration.
Due to the same server roles being available in Exchange Server 2010 as with 2007 the resulting Exchange environment will be very similar to the Exchange Server 2007 environment that we begin with.
However the Exchange Server 2010 environment that is demonstrated in this migration guide will take advantage of some of the new high availability features such as Client Access Server Arrays and Database Availability Groups.
A WORD ON CHANGE CONTROL
Different organizations have their own ways of managing changes to their production environments. This guide does not dictate that any particular change control procedures are used; that is entirely up to you.
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However, note that as you move through your migration project some configuration items are more sensitive to changes than others.
As one example, if you use Transport Rules in your existing Exchange 2007 organization these are something you will want to manage changes to during the migration project. The reason is that when Exchange 2010 is first installed it makes a copy of the existing Transport Rules configuration into another container in Active Directory for the Exchange 2010 Hub Transport servers to read from. However it does not synchronize them on a continual basis after that, so it is important that any changes to Transport Rules during the migration project be managed so that they are applied to both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010.
Other examples of changes that may impact your migration project are server IP addresses, firewalls, network routing, DNS, group policies, and mailbox storage quotas.
Hopefully you get the idea. The most important thing is that you maintain awareness of all changes in your environment, and investigate each one for potential impact on your migration project.
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PLANNING THE EXCHANGE SERVER 2010 MIGRATION PROJECT
Before you begin the migration to Exchange Server 2010 you should first:
• Download the essential software and tools for an Exchange Server 2010 transition
• Collect information about your existing Exchange Server 2007 environment
• Verify that your existing network environment is ready for Exchange Server 2010
DOWNLOADING THE EXCHANGE SERVER 2010 SP1 SOFTWARE AND TOOLS
Download the following software so that you have everything you need on hand for the installation.
• Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 21
• Exchange Server 2010 SP12
• Exchange Profile Analyzer3
• Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer4
• 2010 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack5 (64-bit version)
1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=4C4BD2A3-5E50-42B0-8BBB- 2CC9AFE3216A&displaylang=en2CC9AFE3216A&displaylang=en
2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=50b32685-4356-49cc-8b37-d9c9d4ea3f5b
3 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=8F575F60-BD80-44AA-858B- A1F721108FAD&displaylang=en
4 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=88b304e7-9912-4cb0-8ead- 7479dab1abf2&displaylang=en
5 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5cd4dcd7-d3e6-4970-875e- aba93459fbee
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Place all of these files in a folder where you can access them as we work through this guide.
Tip: You might be wondering why we are downloading the Exchange Server 2007 SP2 setup files for an Exchange Server 2010 deployment.
The Exchange Server 2007 SP2 schema update is a pre-requisite to installing Exchange Server 2010. If your Exchange 2007 environment is already installed with SP2 or SP3 then you don’t need to download the files again.
COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR EXISTING EXCHANGE SERVER 2007 ENVIRONMENT
A successful migration to Exchange Server 2010 depends a lot on your understanding of the existing Exchange Server 2007 environment.
There are many pieces of information that you should collect before you can begin installing Exchange Server 2010. Some of these will be collected by using software tools, while others must be collected manually through inspection of the current servers or speaking with other people in the organization.
As you progress through this section you can use the planning worksheet that is included with this guide to record the information that you collect.
RUNNING THE EXCHANGE PROFILE ANALYZER
The Exchange Profile Analyzer is used to collect statistical information about the Exchange organization that is helpful for understanding the size and makeup of the Exchange data that is to be migrated.
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Install the Exchange Profile Analyzer by running the setup MSI file you downloaded earlier. For this demonstration I am installing the Exchange Profile Analyzer on the head office domain controller, HO-DC.
The Exchange Profile Analyzer will need an account to perform its analysis of the Exchange environment. The account should be delegated Exchange View-Only Administrator rights only, and can’t be a member of Domain Admins or Enterprise Admins.
In this example I have created a domain user account named “epa” (remember, don’t make the account a Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin). Then on an existing Exchange Server 2007 server launch the Exchange Management Shell and run the Add-ExchangeAdministrator command.
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[PS] C:>Add-ExchangeAdministrator -Identity epa -Role ViewOnlyAdmin
Identity Scope Role
-------- ----- ----
exchangeserverpro.net/Serv Organization wide ViewOnlyAdmin
ice Accounts/epa
Next, use the Add-ADPermission command to grant the account Send-As and Receive-As rights on each existing Exchange 2007 Mailbox server.
[PS] C:> Get-ExchangeServer HO-EX2007-MB1 | Add-ADPermission -user epa - AccessRights extendedright -ExtendedRights "send-as"
[PS] C:> Get-ExchangeServer HO-EX2007-PF1 | Add-ADPermission -user epa - AccessRights extendedright -ExtendedRights "receive-as"
[PS] C:> Get-ExchangeServer BR-EX2007-MB | Add-ADPermission -user epa - AccessRights extendedright -ExtendedRights "receive-as"
Launch the Exchange Profile Analyzer from the Start Menu.
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When the tool has launched click on Connect to Active Directory.
The Profile Analyzer will choose a domain controller by default. You can choose another one if you wish.
Untick the Current User checkbox and enter the “epa” user credentials.
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Click on Connect to continue. If an error appears that the topology can’t be loaded you may not have the account permissions configured correctly, or you may need to wait for replication of the permissions changes to occur before trying again.
Configure the scan options. In the demonstration I am going for the most detailed analysis possibly by including individual mailbox information, and by not specifying a date range for the analysis.
Depending on the size of your environment you may need to use a less aggressive analysis. It is also recommended that you do not start the analysis during normal business hours for your environment.
The Exchange Profile Analyzer will progress at a rate of about 500 kilobytes per second, so the total time taken to perform the analysis will depend on how large your Exchange databases are.
When you’re ready to proceed with the scan click on Start Collect.
If the collection processes fails validation for one or more mailbox servers, double-check that you have set up the permissions correctly. You may then just need to wait for the changes to fully replicate through your environment.
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After the Exchange Profile Analyzer has completed its data collection click on View Report to see the results.
Here are some examples of the useful information that the Exchange Profile Analyzer will tell you about for your Exchange Server 2010 deployment project planning.
Mailbox size statistics let you know the average and largest mailbox sizes in the organization, as well as the total number of mailboxes and total data size.
System folder sizes lets you know whether you can reduce your migration load by purging deleted items or junk mail from mailboxes.
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Message size statistics lets you know whether most messages in the databases are likely to contain large attachments.
As you can see the Exchange Profile Analyzer reports contain a lot of very useful information that you can use when planning your migration from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the key statistics reported by the Exchange Profile Analyzer. You should also spend some time inspecting the report data for any anomalies or obvious issues that may impact the mailbox migration.
IDENTIFYING MAILBOX STORAGE QUOTAS
Most Exchange organizations will have storage quotas configured on the mailbox databases, because unlimited mailbox growth makes capacity planning difficult to maintain.
Exchange Server 2010 mailbox databases have a default storage quota of 2 gigabytes that is quite generous, but you still need to make sure that it is not smaller than what is currently allowed for the Exchange Server 2007 mailbox users.
You can find out the Exchange Server 2007 storage quotas using either the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell.
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In the Exchange Management Console navigate to each mailbox database, then right-click and select Properties. On the Limits tab are the three mailbox storage quota settings.
If you’ve got a lot of mailbox databases to inspect you may find it easier to use the Exchange Management Shell to retrieve the quota information.
[PS] C:>Get-MailboxDatabase | ft server,name,prohibit*,issue*
Server Name ProhibitSendRec ProhibitSendQuo IssueWarningQuo
eiveQuota ta ta
------ ---- --------------- --------------- ---------------
BR-EX2007-MB Mailbox Data... 2355MB 2GB 1945MB
ho-ex2007-mb1 Mailbox Data... 2355MB 2GB 1945MB
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the storage quotas configured for each of the existing mailbox databases on Exchange Server 2007.
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IDENTIFYING ROOM AND EQUIPMENT MAILBOXES AND PUBLIC FOLDERS
Exchange Server 2007/2010 both have dedicated mailbox types for managing room and resource scheduling.
These special mailboxes have additional calendar options available for them and can be configured in various ways to suit the business and lower administrative costs, such as by enabling auto-acceptance of bookings.
In Exchange Server 2003 there was only one type of mailbox available and so organizations would have to manually configure calendar permissions, and assign staff or administrators to manage bookings. In other organizations public folder calendars were used instead.
Some organizations continued to use regular user mailboxes even with Exchange Server 2007 introducing Room and Equipment mailboxes.
It is important to identify these resource mailboxes during the planning phase of the project, for the following reasons:
• To take advantage of the new features of Exchange Server 2010 by converting the mailboxes into proper Room and Equipment mailboxes after the mailbox migration is complete
• To understand whether public folders used for resource bookings need to be migrated to Exchange Server 2010
You can quickly list the Room Mailboxes by using the Exchange Management Shell.
[PS] C:>Get-Mailbox | where {$_.RecipientTypeDetails -eq "RoomMailbox"}
Name Alias ServerName ProhibitSendQuo
ta
---- ----- ---------- ---------------
BR Meeting Room 1 brmeetingroom1 br-ex2007-mb unlimited
HO Meeting Room 1 homeetingroom1 ho-ex2007-mb1 unlimited
HO Meeting Room 2 homeetingroom2 ho-ex2007-mb1 unlimited
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You can use a similar command to list the Equipment Mailboxes as well.
[PS] C:>Get-Mailbox | where {$_.RecipientTypeDetails -eq "EquipmentMailbox"}
Name Alias ServerName ProhibitSendQuo
ta
---- ----- ---------- ---------------
Loan Laptop 1 loanlaptop1 ho-ex2007-mb1 unlimited
Loan Laptop 2 loanlaptop2 ho-ex2007-mb1 unlimited
But if your organization is using standard user mailboxes for managing rooms and equipment, you may need to manually search for them. If the mailboxes all follow a similar naming standard it might make the task a bit easier.
You should consider converting the mailboxes before migrating to Exchange Server 2010, but it is not essential.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to identify and list the room and resource mailboxes or public folder calendars in your organization.
IDENTIFYING PST FILE USAGE
PST files are a legacy hangover from years ago when Exchange servers could not handle large databases, and high speed disk storage was too expensive to allow unrestricted mailbox growth.
Exchange Server 2010 has a highly optimized database format that is designed to perform well for large mailboxes and databases even on relatively low cost disk storage.
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This makes it possible to consider importing legacy PST file data back into the Exchange database where it can be properly stored for backup, discover, and more efficient archiving at a later stage. However to do this you need to understand how much PST file data exists in your environment, and be able to plan enough Exchange Server 2010 storage to accommodate it.
Tip: Audit your network for PST files and make a decision as to whether they will be imported into the Exchange Server 2010 mailboxes. Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the results of your audit and the decision that is made about how to handle them.
IDENTIFYING PUBLIC FOLDER USAGE
Public folders are supported by Exchange Server 2010 however they are not necessarily a requirement. Microsoft has made it clear that public folders are being deprecated and so organizations that do not need them should not deploy them or begin using them.
In an Exchange Server 2010 environment there are only two reasons to consider retaining public folders:
• You have existing public folder data that is still in use by the business, and can’t be migrated to a different platform such as SharePoint
• You have Outlook 2003 clients on the network which require public folders for accessing Free/Busy information
If you have existing public folder databases in your organization it is useful to check for storage limits configured on the databases.
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In the Exchange Management Shell run the following command.
[PS] C:>Get-PublicFolderDatabase | ft server,name,prohibit*,issue*,max*
Server Name ProhibitPostQuo IssueWarningQuo MaxItemSize
ta ta
------ ---- --------------- --------------- -----------
HO-EX2007-PF1 Public Folde... 2GB 1945MB 10MB
BR-EX2007-MB Public Folde... 2GB 1945MB 10MB
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the results of your investigation into public folders in your organization.
IDENTIFYING EMAIL ROUTING TOPOLOGY
Email routing within the Exchange organization is handled by the Active Directory Sites topology, and this unchanged with Exchange Server 2010.
However the routing topology that exists outside of the immediate Exchange organization needs to be understood prior to the migration.
Exchange environments usually use one of the following inbound/outbound email topologies:
• Incoming email is received directly from the internet to a Hub Transport server, and outgoing email is sent out directly to the internet from a Hub Transport server
• Incoming email is received by a smart host (either an on-premise server or a hosted service) and then routed to a Hub Transport server, and outgoing email is sent out again via the smart host
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The smart host may be a third party email security product or appliance, or an ISP hosted mail server. It is important to identify what this server or product is, as well as any firewall access that is required to connect to it, so that the email routing can be changed later on to Exchange Server 2010.
To determine your outbound email route you can use the Exchange Management Shell to list all Send Connectors for the organization.
[PS] C:>Get-SendConnector
Identity AddressSpaces Enabled
-------- ------------- -------
Internet Email Outbound {SMTP:*;1} True
Running the same command piped to Format-List will give you more details about whether a smart host is used or not.
[PS] C:>Get-SendConnector | fl
For inbound email routing, if a Hub Transport server accepts mail directly from the internet or from a smart host it likely will have its permissions configured to be enabled for Anonymous Users. You can find any Receive Connectors with this configuration by running the following Exchange Management Shell command.
[PS] C:>Get-ReceiveConnector | where {$_.PermissionGroups -like "*Anonymous*"}
Identity Bindings Enabled
-------- -------- -------
HO-EX2007-HT1Default HO-EX2007-HT1 {:::25, 0.0.0.0:25} True
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If you still aren’t sure about the routes that incoming and outgoing emails are taking in your organization you can send some test emails between an internal and external mailbox and then inspect the message headers to determine the path that they took.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the details of the email routing topology. Note down the details of any non-Exchange systems involved, how they are accessed, what process is required to change their configuration, and any firewall access that is also relevant.
IDENTIFYING CLIENT SOFTWARE VERSIONS
Exchange Server 2010 is compatible with the following Microsoft Outlook versions:
• Outlook 2003 with Service Pack 2
• Outlook 2007
• Outlook 2010
In addition, Exchange Server 2010 may be used by third email clients such as:
• Apple Mail/Entourage
• POP3/IMAP4 clients
Each client version in use on the network should be identified and checked for Exchange Server 2010 compatibility
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You should also look for any special configurations that may be required on Exchange Server 2010 to cater for them (e.g. POP3 and IMAP4 are not enabled by default on Exchange Server 2010, and WebDAV is not available at all).
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to identify each of the email clients in use on the network, whether they are compatible with Exchange Server 2010, and any special server configurations that need to be made.
IDENTIFYING MAIL-INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES
When you migration your organization to Exchange Server 2010 and remove the legacy servers it is very likely to cause a disruption to mail-integrated applications in your network.
To avoid such problems it is recommended that you audit your network for applications or devices that rely on the Exchange servers for their email functionality. These systems may interact with your legacy Exchange using MAPI, IMAP, POP or SMTP.
Examples of mail-integrated systems include:
• Backup servers (for emailed backup reports and notifications)
• Blackberry Enterprise Server (mobile messaging)
• Line of business (e.g. payroll and CRM)
• Telephony systems (e.g. voicemail to email, and presence)
• Microsoft SQL servers
• Third party email signature software
• Antivirus and anti-spam products
• Printers and scanners
• UPS and SANs
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In some cases it may be necessary to have discussions with key people within the organization to ask them which applications and systems that they rely on day to day use email in some way.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to identify each of the mail- integrated systems on the network, the details of how they integrate, and a plan to upgrade or migrate them for Exchange Server 2010.
IDENTIFYING PUBLIC NAMES
The public DNS names used for connecting to Exchange remotely need to be identified so that the configuration of the new Exchange servers, and the migration plan for transitioning to the new servers, are both performed correctly.
Investigate whether your organization uses Exchange remote access methods such as:
• Outlook Web Access
• ActiveSync
• RPC-over-HTTPS
• POP3 or IMAP4
In this guide we’ll be using the mail.exchangeserverpro.net public name as an example.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to identify each of the remote access methods used, and the public DNS names that are configured for them.
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PLANNING FOR SSL CERTIFICATES
Exchange Server 2010 requires HTTPS (SSL) encrypted connections by default for certain remote access services such as Outlook Web App (OWA) and ActiveSync, as well as internal access such as Autodiscover and Exchange Web Services (EWS).
An Exchange Server 2010 server may be configured to answer to several different names, such as:
• The server’s fully qualified domain name
• One or more public names such as “mail.exchangeserverpro.net”
• One or more Exchange Web Services names such as “autodiscover.exchangeserverpro.net”
To provide this functionality the Exchange server will need to be configured with a type of SSL certificate known as a Subject Alternative Names (SAN) certificate.
Although SAN certificates were recommended for use with Exchange Server 2007 there were ways to configure servers so that a SAN certificate was not required, so this concept may still be new to some Exchange administrators.
At this planning stage you need to be aware of this SSL requirement, and understand that a new certificate will likely need to be purchased from a commercial Certificate Authority. Although the cost of a few hundred dollars seems expensive, it is less than the time and effort you will spend trying to work around it.
You can use a private Certificate Authority to issue some certificates for internal servers, but that is not recommended for internet-facing servers as it will create certificate trust issues in a lot of situations.
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If you want to take a look at your existing SSL certificate (if one is in use) simply browse to your current Outlook Web Access URL, and in the browser address bar click on the padlock icon.
Next, click on View Certificates to open the certificate.
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In the Details tab of the certificate properties click on the Subject field. The information in that field will be useful soon when configuring the new SSL certificate for Exchange Server 2010.
In addition to at least one new SSL certificate for your Exchange Server 2010 servers, you may also need to provision a new SSL certificate for your existing internet-facing Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server (even if it already has one).
This is only necessary if your migration project will involve a gradual migration of mailboxes over a period of days or weeks. This is known as the co-existence period.
During the co-existence period Outlook Web App is published to the Exchange Server 2010 Client Access server, which is configured with a legacy namespace to redirect Exchange Server 2007 mailbox users to the Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server.
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The legacy namespace is simply a DNS record that resolves to your internet-facing Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server. It can be any name you like but the convention is to use “legacy”, e.g. legacy.exchangeserverpro.net.
Because this redirected connection uses SSL it requires that the Exchange Server 2007 includes that legacy name in the SSL certificate configured on the internet-facing Client Access server.
With all of these details in mind there are a few ways you can approach the provisioning of SSL certificates for your Exchange migration project. You can consider:
• Using commercially bought SAN certificates on all Exchange servers
• Using commercially bought SAN certificates only on the internet-facing Exchange servers, and privately issued SAN certificates for the internal servers
• Using privately issued SAN certificates for all servers (not recommended)
Ultimately each Client Access server needs a valid SSL certificate installed with the correct names on it.
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For this guide we’ll be using the following approach:
• The internet-facing Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server will have a new SSL certificate provisioned that includes the fully-qualified domain name of the server, the public names, as well as the legacy namespace
• The internet-facing Exchange Server 2010 Client Access servers will have a new SSL certificate provisioned that includes the fully-qualified domain names of the servers, as well as the public names
• The branch office Exchange Server 2010 server will have a new SSL certificate provisioned from an internal Certificate Authority that includes the fully-qualified domain name of the server
• The branch office Exchange Server 2007 server does not need any new certificates provisioned
This means that we will be provisioning the following SSL certificates:
Server
SSL Certificate Names
Head Office Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Server
ho-ex2007-ca1.exchangeserverpro.net
mail.exchangeserverpro.net
legacy.exchangeserverpro.net
Head Office Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Servers
ho-ex2010-caht1.exchangeserverpro.net
ho-ex2010-caht2.exchangeserverpro.net
mail.exchangeserverpro.net
autodiscover.exchangeserverpro.net
Branch Office Exchange Server 2010 Client Access Server
br-ex2010-caht.exchangeserverpro.net
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Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the existing SSL certificate details including the name on the certificate, the name of the provider, and the organization details. Also work out the details of each of the SSL certificates you will need to acquire for the new servers.
PLANNING IP ADDRESSES
Each of the new Exchange Server 2010 servers will need an IP address allocated to it. In addition to the normal server IP addresses you may also need additional IP addresses.
• If you are deploying a Client Access Server array using Windows NLB you will need an additional IP address for each NLB member, as well as at least one IP address for the virtual cluster IP.
• If you are deploying a Database Availability Group you will need at least one IP address to assign to the DAG, and IP addresses for any network interfaces that will be used for a dedicated replication network.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to record the IP addresses that you are allocating to each server.
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ENVIRONMENT PRE-REQUISITES FOR EXCHANGE SERVER 2010
ACTIVE DIRECTORY PRE-REQUISITES
Active Directory requires the following to support Exchange Server 2010.
Component
Requirement
Schema Master
The Schema Master must be running one of the following operating systems:
• Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise with SP1 (x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise with SP1 (x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise (x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise
Global Catalog
In each Site that will contain an Exchange server there must be at least one Global Catalog running one of the above operating systems.
Domain Controller
In each Site that will contain an Exchange server there must be at least one writable Domain Controller running one of the above operating systems.
Functional Level
Windows Server 2003 Functional mode or higher.
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EXCHANGE ORGANIZATION PRE-REQUISITES
The existing Exchange Organization in this guide is Exchange Server 2007, and all Exchange servers must be at least Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 2. There are no other specific requirements however you should run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer to look for health or configuration issues that might prevent a successful migration.
RUNNING THE EXCHANGE PRE-DEPLOYMENT ANALYZER
The Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer performs a readiness scan of your existing environment and reports on configuration items that are either critical (i.e. will prevent Exchange Server 2010 deployment) or warning (i.e. will not prevent deployment but may cause issues in some scenarios).
You can download the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer from Microsoft and run it from any server that meets these system requirements:
• Installed operating system is either:
o Windows 7
o Windows Server 2008 R2
o Windows Server 2008 with SP2
o Windows Vista with SP2
o Windows Server 2003 with SP2
• .NET Framework 2.0 or later
Installation of the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer is very simple. Apart from the license agreement there is nothing to configure and you can accept the default install options.
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After the install is complete there is an option to launch the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer immediately, or you can launch it later from the Start Menu under All Programs Exchange Readiness Tools.
When you first launch the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer it will ask you whether you want to check for updates, and whether you want to join the Customer Experience Improvement Program.
I recommend always checking for the latest updates before running the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer, but the Customer Experience Improvement Program opt-in is up to you.
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After updating the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer you can run a readiness scan of the environment. Click on Select options for a new scan.
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The Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer will select a Global Catalog server automatically to use for the scan. You can also manually specify the Domain Controller that you wish to connect to. The scan will run using the currently logged on user credentials so you also have the option to specify different credentials if your current logon does not have the necessary rights to the Active Directory.
If you’re happy with the selected Domain Controller and credentials click on Connect to the Active Directory server.
You can enter an identifying label for the scan to make it a little easier to locate the report later on, however it is optional.
The default scope for the readiness can is the entire Exchange organization. In more complex environments you might wish to limit the scope of the scan to particular servers or an administrative group, but in this example I will scan the entire organization.
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When the scan is complete click on View a report of this Best Practices scan.
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The Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer report will open and display the Critical Issues. These are the issues that will prevent an Exchange Server 2010 deployment from commencing and must be resolved before you can proceed with your deployment project. Click on any of the reported issues to see more details about that item.
The All Issues tab of the report will display both critical and warning items. Warning items are those issues that will not prevent an Exchange Server 2010 deployment but that may cause problems under some circumstances.
You should investigate each warning item to determine whether it applies to your situation or not. If you are uncertain then err on the side of caution and resolve the warning items before you begin the deployment project.
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The Informational Items tab of the report presents some useful information for planning your deployment of Exchange Server 2010, such as the Active Directory domains in the Forest and the number of Exchange mailboxes in the organization.
Tip: Use the planning worksheet included with this guide to note down the results of the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer report, and follow the advice from Microsoft to resolve each issue.
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PROJECT CHECKPOINT: PLANNING PHASE
Before proceeding further with your Exchange Server 2010 project, ensure that you have:
Downloaded the Exchange Server 2010 SP1 software and tools (page 6)
Run the Exchange Profile Analyzer (page 7)
Identified mailbox storage quotas (page 13)
Identified room and equipment mailboxes and public folders (page 15)
Audited the network for PST file usage (page 16)
Identified public folder usage (page 17)
Identified the email routing topology, and the configuration processes for all involved systems (page 18)
Identified all Outlook and other mail clients on the network (page 20)
Identified mail-integrated applications and devices (page 21)
Planned your SSL certificates (page 23)
Planned your IP addresses (page 28)
Run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer and resolved all issues (page 30)