MCITP 70-663 Exam Ref: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010

Book description

Professional-level prep for the professional-level exam.

Prepare for MCITP Exam 70-663—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of enterprise messaging administration with Microsoft Exchange Server. Designed for experienced, MCTS-certified professionals ready to advance their status—Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCITP level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

  • Planning the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure

  • Deploying the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure

  • Designing and Deploying Security for the Exchange Organization

  • Designing and Deploying Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Recovery

  • Designing and Deploying Messaging Compliance, System Monitoring, and Reporting

  • Table of contents

    1. MCITP 70-663 Exam Ref: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010
    2. Introduction
      1. Microsoft Certified Professional Program
      2. Acknowledgments
      3. Support and Feedback
        1. Errata
        2. We Want to hear from You
        3. Stay in Touch
    3. Preparing for the Exam
    4. 1. Planning the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure
      1. Objective 1.1: Design the Exchange Server 2010 Installation
        1. Choosing Exchange Server Locations
          1. On-Premises Deployments
          2. Cloud-Only Deployments
          3. Coexistence
        2. Planning Exchange DNS Support
          1. Common Shared Namespace
          2. Disjointed Namespace
        3. Service Level Agreement Considerations
        4. Active Directory and Network Topology
        5. Multiple Domains
        6. Multiple Forests
        7. Directory Synchronization with the Cloud
        8. Exchange Federation
        9. Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer
        10. Exchange Deployment Assistant
        11. Objective Summary
        12. Objective Review
      2. Objective 1.2: Design Message Routing
        1. Design Message Transport
        2. Modifying Default Message Routing Topology
          1. Configure Hub Sites
          2. Configure Exchange-Specific Routing Costs
          3. Configure Expansion Servers for Distribution Groups
        3. Transport Server Scalability
          1. Message Throttling
          2. Back Pressure
        4. Message Queues and Shadow Redundancy
        5. Transport Storage Requirements
        6. Planning Accepted and Remote Domains
        7. Planning Send and Receive Connectors
          1. Planning Outbound Message Flow
          2. Planning Inbound Message Flow
          3. Internal SMTP Relay
        8. Planning DNS
          1. Edge Transport DNS Resolution
          2. Reverse Lookup Zones
        9. Planning Transport Server Ports
        10. Objective Summary
        11. Objective Review
      3. Objective 1.3: Design the Mailbox Server Role
        1. Plan Database Sizing
        2. Plan Log Sizing
        3. Storage Performance Requirements
        4. Mailboxes in Multiple-Forest Topologies
        5. Recipient Policies
        6. Distribution Group Policies
          1. Static Distribution Groups
          2. Dynamic Distribution Groups
        7. Public Folders
        8. Mailbox Provisioning Policies
        9. Objective Summary
        10. Objective Review
      4. Objective 1.4: Design Client Access
        1. Planning Client Access Servers Location
        2. CAS Proxying and Remote Access
        3. Planning Client Access Server Services
        4. Exchange Control Panel
        5. Exchange ActiveSync
        6. Testing Client Access Server Performance
        7. Client Access Server Hardware Requirements
        8. Planning Autodiscover
          1. Planning Site Affinity for Autodiscover
          2. Planning Autodiscover for Internet Clients
        9. Autodiscover in Multiple-Forest Environments
        10. Planning Client Access Server Certificates
        11. Objective Summary
        12. Objective Review
      5. Objective 1.5: Plan for Transition and Coexistence
        1. Exchange Consolidation
        2. Upgrade Approaches
        3. Multiple Sites
        4. Exchange 2003 Upgrade or Coexistence
        5. Exchange 2007 Upgrade or Coexistence
        6. Mixed Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 Environments
        7. Exchange Server Deployment Assistant
        8. Coexistence with SMTP-Based Messaging Systems
        9. Coexistence with non-SMTP Messaging Systems
        10. Global Address List Synchronization
        11. Objective Summary
        12. Objective Review
      6. Chapter Summary
      7. Answers
        1. Objective 1.1: Review
        2. Objective 1.1: Thought Experiment
        3. Objective 1.2: Review
        4. Objective 1.2: Thought Experiment
        5. Objective 1.3: Review
        6. Objective 1.3: Thought Experiment
        7. Objective 1.4: Review
        8. Objective 1.4: Thought Experiment
        9. Objective 1.5: Review
        10. Objective 1.5: Thought Experiment
    5. 2. Deploying the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure
      1. Objective 2.1: Prepare the Infrastructure for Exchange Server 2010 Deployment
        1. Active Directory Functional Level Requirements
        2. Domain Controller Role Requirements
        3. Preparing Active Directory with an Existing Exchange Deployment
        4. Preparing the Active Directory Schema
        5. Preparing Active Directory
        6. Preparing Domains
        7. Preparing Federation
          1. Create a Federation Trust
          2. Create a Text (TXT) Record in DNS for Federation
        8. Active Directory Synchronization
        9. Configuring DNS Support for SMTP
        10. Objective Summary
        11. Objective Review
      2. Objective 2.2: Deploy Edge Transport Server Role
        1. Edge Transport Role
        2. Edge Subscriptions
        3. Direct Configuration
        4. Clone Edge Transport Configuration
        5. Configure Transport Agents
        6. Third-Party Email Gateways
        7. Configure Address Rewriting
        8. Objective Summary
        9. Objective Review
      3. Objective 2.3: Deploy Client Access Server Role
        1. Deploying the Client Access Role
        2. Requesting a CAS Certificate
        3. Configuring Outlook Web App
          1. Configuring Virtual Directories
          2. WebReady Document Viewing and Direct File Access
          3. Managing OWA Advanced Features
        4. Outlook Anywhere
        5. ActiveSync
        6. Autodiscover
        7. Availability Service
        8. POP3 and IMAP4 Access
        9. Verifying Client Access Server Functionality
          1. Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
          2. Exchange Server User Monitor
          3. Diagnosing CAS Functionality with EMS
        10. Objective Summary
        11. Objective Review
      4. Objective 2.4: Deploy Hub Transport Server Role
        1. Hub Transport Servers in Multi-Site and Multi-Forest Environments
        2. Configuring Accepted Domains
        3. Configuring Transport Rules
        4. Configuring Remote Domains
        5. Manage Send Connectors
        6. Manage Receive Connectors
        7. Message Size Restrictions
        8. Special Case Scenarios
          1. Internet Mail Flow Through Exchange Hosted Services
          2. Deploying Email Relay
          3. Direct Internet Mail Flow
        9. Objective Summary
        10. Objective Review
      5. Objective 2.5: Deploy Mailbox Server Role
        1. Deploy Mailbox Servers
        2. Deploy Mailbox Databases
        3. Database Configuration and Quota Policies
        4. Database Mailbox Provisioning Policies
        5. Deploy Address Lists
        6. Deploy Offline Address Books
        7. Deploy Public Folders
          1. Configure Public Folder Replication
          2. Configure Public Folder Permissions
        8. Validate Mailbox Server Access
        9. Objective Summary
        10. Objective Review
      6. Objective 2.6: Deploy Server Roles for Coexistence and Migration
        1. Upgrading and Coexistence with Exchange 2003
        2. Upgrading and Coexistence with Exchange 2007
        3. Installing Exchange 2010 in a Mixed Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 Environment
        4. Validating Exchange Server Deployment
        5. Coexistence with Third-Party Email Systems
          1. Foreign Connectors
          2. Delivery Agents
        6. Transport Rule Coexistence
        7. Converting LDAP to OPATH Filters
        8. Routing Group Connector Configuration
        9. Objective Summary
        10. Objective Review
      7. Chapter Summary
      8. Answers
        1. Objective 2.1: Review
        2. Objective 2.1: Thought Experiment
        3. Objective 2.2: Review
        4. Objective 2.2: Thought Experiment
        5. Objective 2.3: Review
        6. Objective 2.3: Thought Experiment
        7. Objective 2.4: Review
        8. Objective 2.4: Thought Experiment
        9. Objective 2.5: Review
        10. Objective 2.5: Thought Experiment
        11. Objective 2.6: Review
        12. Objective 2.6: Thought Experiment
    6. 3. Designing and Deploying Security for the Exchange Organization
      1. Objective 3.1: Design and Deploy Messaging Security
        1. Define Message Security Requirements
        2. Certificates
        3. Secure Relaying
          1. Externally Secured Receive Connector
          2. Anonymous Permissions on Receive Connector
        4. Signing, Encrypting, and S/MIME
        5. MTLS and Domain Security
        6. Information Rights Management (IRM)
          1. ActiveSync with IRM
        7. IRM in Multiple-Forest Environments
        8. Transport Protection and Decryption
        9. Outlook Protection Rule
        10. Objective Summary
        11. Objective Review
      2. Objective 3.2: Design and Deploy Exchange Permissions Model
        1. Role-Based Access Control
          1. Management Roles and Management Role Entries
          2. Built-in Role Groups
          3. Custom Management Role Groups
          4. Management Role Scopes
          5. Management Role Assignments
        2. Exchange Control Panel
        3. Split Permissions Model
        4. Objective Summary
        5. Objective Review
      3. Objective 3.3: Design and Deploy Message Hygiene
        1. Antivirus Features
        2. Anti-Spam Features
          1. Safelist Aggregation
          2. Sender ID
          3. Block Lists
          4. Sender Reputation Level
          5. Phishing Confidence Level
          6. Spam Confidence Level
          7. Content Filtering
          8. Attachment Filtering
          9. Recipient Filtering
        3. Objective Summary
        4. Objective Review
      4. Objective 3.4: Design and Deploy Client Access Security
        1. ActiveSync Policies
        2. OWA Authentication
        3. OWA Segmentation
        4. Objective Summary
        5. Objective Review
      5. Objective 3.5: Design and Deploy Exchange Object Permissions
        1. Public Folder Security
        2. Mailbox Permissions
        3. Distribution Group Security
          1. Configuring Distribution Group Ownership
          2. Configuring Group Membership Approval
          3. Distribution Group Mail Flow Settings
          4. Block Creation of Distribution Groups
        4. Objective Summary
        5. Objective Review
      6. Chapter Summary
      7. Answers
        1. Objective 3.1: Review
        2. Objective 3.1: Thought Experiment
        3. Objective 3.2: Review
        4. Objective 3.2: Thought Experiment
        5. Objective 3.3: Review
        6. Objective 3.3: Thought Experiment
        7. Objective 3.4: Review
        8. Objective 3.4: Thought Experiment
        9. Objective 3.5: Review
        10. Objective 3.5: Thought Experiment
    7. 4. Designing and Deploying Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Recovery
      1. Objective 4.1: Design and Deploy High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Exchange Dependencies
        1. Active Directory Redundancy and Recovery
          1. Active Directory Recovery
        2. DNS
        3. Storage
        4. Site
        5. Updates
          1. System Center Configuration Manager
          2. Deploying Updates to DAG members
        6. Change Management
        7. Backup and Recovery Objectives
        8. Objective Summary
        9. Objective Review
      2. Objective 4.2: Design and Deploy High Availability and Disaster Recovery for CAS Role
        1. Back Up CAS
        2. Recover CAS
        3. Deploy CAS Arrays
        4. Design Multi-Site CAS Deployment
        5. CAS Site Failover
        6. Objective Summary
        7. Objective Review
      3. Objective 4.3: Design and Deploy High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Mailbox Server Role
        1. Back Up Mailbox Servers
        2. Recover Mailbox Servers
        3. Recover Mailbox Databases and Data
        4. Design Database Availability Groups
          1. Continuous Replication
          2. Witness Server Resiliency
          3. Activation Preference and Auto Activation
          4. Datacenter Activation Coordination
          5. Lagged Mailbox Database Copies
          6. Design and Deploy DAGs Across Multiple Locations
          7. DAG Backup
        5. Design and Deploy Public Folder Replication
        6. Repair Mailbox Databases
        7. Objective Summary
        8. Objective Review
      4. Objective 4.4: Design and Deploy High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Hub Transport Role
        1. Hub Transport Backup
        2. Hub Transport Server Recovery
        3. Redundant Hub Transport Deployment
        4. Resilient Receive Connectors
        5. Send Connector Resiliency
        6. Objective Summary
        7. Objective Review
      5. Objective 4.5: Design and Deploy High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Edge Transport Role
        1. Edge Transport Server Backup and Recovery
        2. Redundant Edge Transport Server Deployment
        3. Configure DNS to Support Redundant Edge Transport
        4. Objective Summary
        5. Objective Review
      6. Chapter Summary
      7. Answers
        1. Objective 4.1: Review
        2. Objective 4.1: Thought Experiment
        3. Objective 4.2: Review
        4. Objective 4.2: Thought Experiment
        5. Objective 4.3: Review
        6. Objective 4.3: Thought Experiment
        7. Objective 4.4: Review
        8. Objective 4.4: Thought Experiment
        9. Objective 4.5: Review
        10. Objective 4.5: Thought Experiment
    8. 5. Designing and Deploying Messaging Compliance, System Monitoring, and Reporting
      1. Objective 5.1: Design and Deploy Auditing and Discovery
        1. Administrator Audit Logging
        2. Mailbox Audit Logging
        3. Message Tracking
        4. Protocol Logging
        5. Discovery Searches
        6. Records Management
        7. Information Rights Management Logging
        8. Objective Summary
        9. Objective Review
      2. Objective 5.2: Design and Deploy Message Archival
        1. Understanding Recoverable Items
        2. Single Item Recovery
        3. Litigation Hold
        4. Personal Archives
        5. Managed Folders
        6. Retention Tags and Policies
        7. Migrate from Managed Folders to Retention Policies
        8. Retention Hold
        9. Objective Summary
        10. Objective Review
      3. Objective 5.3: Design and Deploy Transport Rules for Message Compliance
        1. Ethical Firewalls
        2. Message Journaling
        3. Alternate Journaling Mailbox
        4. MailTips
        5. Disclaimers
        6. Objective Summary
        7. Objective Review
      4. Objective 5.4: Design and Deploy for Monitoring and Reporting
        1. Monitoring Exchange
        2. Connectivity Logging
        3. Exchange 2010 Performance Monitoring
          1. Monitoring Mailbox Servers
          2. Monitoring CAS
          3. Monitoring Transport Servers
        4. ActiveSync Reporting
        5. Objective Summary
        6. Objective Review
      5. Chapter Summary
      6. Answers
        1. Objective 5.1: Review
        2. Objective 5.1: Thought Experiment
        3. Objective 5.2: Review
        4. Objective 5.2: Thought Experiment
        5. Objective 5.3: Review
        6. Objective 5.3: Thought Experiment
        7. Objective 5.4: Review
        8. Objective 5.4: Thought Experiment
    9. A. About the Author
    10. Index
    11. About the Author
    12. Copyright

    Product information

    • Title: MCITP 70-663 Exam Ref: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010
    • Author(s): Orin Thomas
    • Release date: December 2011
    • Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
    • ISBN: 9780735667112