Introduzione

This course teaches IT professionals how to administer and support Exchange Server. The course covers how install and configure Exchange Server. It also covers how to manage mail recipients and public folders, including how to perform bulk operations by using Exchange Management Shell. In addition, the course covers how to manage client connectivity, message transport and hygiene, and highly available Exchange Server deployments. It also covers how to implement disaster recovery solutions. Finally, the course covers how to maintain and monitor an Exchange Server deployment and how to administer Exchange Online in a Office 365 deployment.

The audience for this course includes enterprise-level messaging administrators on Exchange Server. IT generalists and helpdesk professionals who want to learn about Exchange Server may also take this course. Students taking this course are expected to have at least two years of experience working in the IT field—typically in the areas of Windows Server administration, network administration, helpdesk, or system administration. They are also expected to have some experience with Exchange Server concepts but previous experience managing Exchange Server is not a requirement.

Obiettivi del corso

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Deploy Exchange Server

Plan and configure storage for Exchange Server

Create and manage various recipient objects in Exchange Server

Perform recipient management and Exchange server management tasks by using Exchange Server cmdlets

Deploy Client Access services in Exchange Server

Manage high availability in Exchange Server

Implement disaster recovery for Exchange Server

Configure and manage message transport in Exchange Server

Configure message security in Exchange Server

Monitor and troubleshoot Exchange Server

Configure Exchange Server role-based access control permissions and configure audit logging for both administrators and users

Implement and manage integration with Exchange Online

Prerequisiti

In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

Minimum of two years of experience administering Windows Server.

Minimum of two years of experience working with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Minimum of two years of experience working with name resolution, including Domain Name System (DNS).

Understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.

Understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization.

Understanding of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

Working knowledge of public key infrastructure (PKI) technologies, including Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).

Struttura del Corso

MODULE 1: Deploying Exchange Server

This module explains the key features and architecture of Exchange Server. 

It also explains the prerequisites and requirements for deploying Exchange Server. 

Additionally, it explains how to use the Exchange admin center and the Exchange management shell to manage Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe and verify the key features and functionality of Exchange Server

Describe the Exchange Server architecture

Describe the requirements and options for deploying Exchange Server

Evaluating requirements and prerequisites for an Exchange Server 2019 installation

Deploy Exchange Server 2019 on Windows Server Core 2019 (optional)

Describe how to use management tools to manage Exchange Server

Lab : Deploying Exchange Server

MODULE 2: Managing Exchange Server 2016 storage

This module explains the features of Exchange Server mailbox databases and the storage options available for Exchange Server. 

It also explains how to configure Exchange Server mailbox databases and storage.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the features of Exchange Server mailbox databases.

Explain the storage options available for Exchange Server.

Create and Configure Exchange Server mailbox databases and storage.

Lab : Configuring Exchange Server storage

MODULE 3: Managing recipient objects

This module explains how to manage the user, shared, resource, public folder, arbitration mailboxes in Exchange Server. 

It also explains how to manage contacts, mail users, and distribution groups in Exchange Server. Finally, it explains how to configure address lists and email address and address book policies in Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Manage user mailboxes in Exchange Server

Manage shared, resource, public folder, and arbitration mailboxes in Exchange Server

Manage contacts, mail users, and distribution groups in Exchange Server

Configure address lists, and email address and address book policies in Exchange Server

Lab : Managing recipient objects

Lab : Configuring address lists and policies

MODULE 4: Managing recipients and Exchange servers by using Exchange Server cmdlets

This module describes how to manage recipients by using Exchange Server cmdlets. 

It also explains how to manage Exchange servers by using Exchange Server cmdlets and scripts.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe and overview of the Exchange Management Shell

Manage recipients by using Exchange Server cmdlets.

Manage Exchange servers by using Exchange Server cmdlets.

Manage Exchange servers by using scripts.

Use Exchange Management Shell to manage recipients

Use Exchange Management Shell to manage Exchange Server

Lab : Managing Exchange Server and recipient objects by using Exchange Management Shell

MODULE 5: Implementing client connectivity

This module explains how to configure and manage client access services in Exchange Server. 

It also explains the client connectivity options for Exchange Server and how to configure Outlook on the web. 

Additionally, it explains how to configure mobile messaging for Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure client access services in Exchange Server

Manage client access services

Describe client connectivity and publishing of Exchange Server services

Configure Outlook on the web

Configure Exchange Server for Outlook

Configure mobile messaging on Exchange Server

Configure namespaces for client access

Configure certificates for client access

Configure custom MailTips

Configure Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

Lab : Configuring client access services

Lab : Deploying and configuring client access services on Exchange Server

MODULE 6: Managing high availability in Exchange Server

This module describes the high availability options for Exchange Server. 

It also explains how to configure highly available mailbox databases and Client Access services by using load balancing methods.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the high availability in Exchange Server

Configure highly available mailbox databases

Configure and deploy high available solution for Client Access services

Teste the high availability configuration

Creating and configuring a DAG

Lab : Implementing DAGs

Lab : Implementing and testing high availability

MODULE 7: Implementing disaster recovery for Exchange Server

This module describes Exchange Server backup and restore features and the details that you need to consider when you create a backup plan.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement Exchange Server backup.

Implement Exchange Server recovery

Implement Backup an Exchange Server mailbox database

Restore Exchange Server mailbox

Restore a database availability group (DAG) member (optional)

Lab : Backing up Exchange Server data

Lab : Restoring Exchange Server data

MODULE 8: Configuring and managing message transport

This module explains messaging transport in Exchange Server. 

It also explains how to configure message transport in Exchange Server and manage transport rules in Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe messaging transport in Exchange Server

Configure message transport in Exchange Server

Manage transport rules in Exchange Server

Monitor and verify message delivery

Configure a disclaimer transport rule

Configure a DLP policy for financial data

Lab : Configuring and managing message transport

MODULE 9: Configuring message security

This module describes how to deploy and manage an Edge Transport server for message security. 

It also explains how to implement antivirus and antispam solutions for Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Deploy and manage an Edge Transport server for message security.

Implement an antivirus solution for Exchange Server

Configer and testing EdgeSync

Implement an antispam solution for Exchange Server

Implement an malware protection features

Lab : Configuring message security in Exchange Server

MODULE 10: Monitoring and troubleshooting Exchange Server

This module explains how to configure performance monitoring and troubleshoot issues in Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure performance monitoring in Exchange Server.

Troubleshoot issues in Exchange Server.

Monitoring Exchange Server

Troubleshoot Database availability

Troubleshoot Client Access servers

Lab : Monitoring and troubleshooting Exchange Server

MODULE 11: Securing and maintaining Exchange Server

This module explains how to secure Exchange Server by using role-based access control (RBAC). 

It also explains how to configure audit logging in Exchange Server and how to maintain and update Exchange Server.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Secure Exchange Server by using RBAC

Configure audit logging in Exchange Server

Maintain and update Exchange Server

Configure Exchange Server permissions

Configure audit logging

Maintain Exchange Server

Lab : Securing and maintaining Exchange Server

MODULE 12: Implementing and managing Exchange Online deployments

This module explains Exchange Online and Office 365 and how to manage it. It also explains how to implement a migration to Exchange Online.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Provide an overview of Exchange Online and Office 365.

Manage Exchange Online

Implement a migration to Exchange Online

Managing a hybrid environment

Managing Exchange Online

Lab : Managing Exchange Online