Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Companion

Understanding Basic Concepts

Chapter 3, gives you an in-depth look at the architecture of Exchange Server 2007. Before learning the specifics of Exchange Server, however, you need to understand some of the concepts that form its foundation. This section describes the basics of messaging systems, how an Exchange Server environment is organized, and how Exchange Server stores information.

Messaging Systems

When most people think of electronic messages, they first think of e-mail, but an electronic messaging system can do more than just deliver e-mail. The term electronic messaging describes a more generalized process that can be used to deliver many different types of information to many different locations. A messaging system has several specific ...