Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out

Exchange Management Console

Exchange has always included a management console. The first generation of Exchange included the ADMIN program; the second had the Exchange System Manager (ESM); and Exchange 2007 introduced the EMC. Both ESM and EMC are snap-ins for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). EMC leverages Microsoft .NET Windows Forms extensively for other elements of its graphical user interface (GUI) such as the many wizards used to create and configure objects.

Changes to EMC in Exchange 2010

Overall, the version of EMC used by Exchange 2010 (Figure 5-1) presents a familiar environment for an administrator accustomed to Exchange 2007. Even though it is different than the Exchange 2003 ESM console, its layout is understandable because ...