Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010: Best Practices

Exchange Mailbox Services Configuration

Much of the configuration that is done for the Mailbox server role is done during the hardware configuration and installation of the Mailbox role. After the Mailbox role is installed, creating and configuring databases usually completes most of what needs to be done. After the deployment is completed, management of mailboxes and public folders is usually the extent to which the Mailbox server is managed. When you install Exchange, you need to consider a number of important things.

One of the biggest considerations is where Exchange should be installed and how the disks should be configured for the databases. As best practice it is always good to have the operating system and the system page file configured ...