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What is Exchange Server? Exchange Server is a Microsoft͛s Messaging d collaboration system which provides Industry leading Email, calendaring and unified Messaging Solutions. What are the minimum hardware requirements for Exchange Server 2003? Processor ʹ Pentium 133 MHz Operating System ʹ Windows 2000 SP3 Memory ʹ 256 MB Disk Space ʹ 200 MB for system files and 500 MB where Exchange Server installation. File System ʹ NTFS What are the steps involved in Exchange Server installation? Prerequisites Installation ʹ ASP .Net, IIS, SMTP, NNTP and WWW services Installation Forest Preparation Domain Preparation Exchange Server 2003 Installation What are the differences between Exchange Sever 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions? Standard Edition : 1 Storage group 2 Database per Storage Group 16 GB Limit per Database. Exchange Cluster is Not Supported. X.400 Connector is not included. Enterprise Edition 4 Storage Group 5 Databases per Storage Group 16 TB or limited to hardware Exchange Clustering is Supported. X.400 Connector is included. 5. What are the main differences between Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000/2003? - Exchange 2000 does not uses its own Directory Service as Exchange 5.5 but rely on Active Directory. - Exchange 2000/2003 uses native components of windows (SMTP, NNTP,Asp.net. IIS, W3SVC and many more) for many core functions. - Active/Active Clustering is now supported in Exchange 2000/2003 - It now provided better Conferencing and Instant Messaging Solution. Name a Few Configuration options for Exchange Recipients ? Exchange Recipient parameters are values/attributes which can change exchange recipients message behaviour. 1. MicrosoftExchangeRecipientEmailAddresses: This parameter specifies one or more email address for the same user, maybe internal email associated with external email. 2. MicrosoftExchangeRecipientEmailAddressPolicyEnabled : This parameter specifies whether the default email address is automatically applied to the Exchange Recipient. 3. MicrosoftExchangeRecipientPrimaySmtpAddress : It specifies the primary return SMTP email Address for Microsoft Exchange Recipient. 4. MicrosoftExchangeRecipientReplyRecipient : It Specifies the recipient the should receive messages that are sent to the Exchange Recipient. 6. What are the Major Network Infrastructure for insetting Exchange 2003 Server? We should Assess our Network Infrastructure from the following Prespectives : - Geographical Consideration - Bandwidth and latency - Current Usage - Current Messaging System 7. What are Exchange Server 2003 deployment tools? The Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Tools are a compilation of old and new Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) support tools that you can use to prepare Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and the Microsoft Active Directory directory service infrastructure for the installation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. · Installation and Upgrade Prerequisites · Enabling Windows Services · DCDiag Tool · NetDiag Tool · ForestPrep · DomainPrep 8. What are the Windows versions supported by Exchange Server 2003? 1. Windows 2000 Service pack 3 ( Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Edition) 2. Windows 2003 Service pack 1 ( Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Edition) 9. What are core Exchange Server 2003 services? - Microsoft Exchange System Attendant - Microsoft Exchange Information Store - Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent(MTA) - Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine - POP3 - IMAP4 -SMTP - SRS - Exchange Installable File System (EXIFS) Exchange server 2003 services are 1>Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service: It has many responsibilities, including maintaining communication with Active Directory, generating offline address lists, performing message tracking, and so forth. 2> Exchange Information Store service: It maintains the messaging databases that contain all server- based mailboxes and public folders. 3> Exchange Installable File System: (EXIFS) The Exchange installable file system is a kernel-mode driver, implemented in ExIfs.sys, which IIS protocol engines and Web applications can use to read and write items from and to messaging 4> SMTP Service: It id the service which helps to send and receive emails. 5> Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks service: It routes messages through X.400 and gateway connectors to non-Exchange messaging systems. 6> Microsoft Routing Engine Service: It provides topology and routing information to servers running Exchange Server 2003. The advanced queuing engine within the SMTP transport subsystem uses this service to provide next-hop information when routing messages within the Exchange organization. 7> Site Replication Service: It provides directory integration between Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange Server 2003. SRS runs on Exchange Server 2003 and serves as a modified Exchange Server 5.5 directory ͶͶͶͶͶͶͶͶͶ- SETUP ͶͶͶͶͶͶͶͶ What is Exchange 2003 Forestprep? Exchange 2003 Forestprep extends the AD schema to include Exchange specific information. Before we run Forest Prep we should be member of Schema Admin Group and Enterprise Admin Group. What is Exchange 2003 Domainprep? Exchange 2003 Domainprep creates the 2 diff. groups and provide permissions necessary for Exchange servers to read and modify user attributes. Before we run this we need to be member of Domain Administrator and Local Machine Administrator. 1. Exchange Enterprise Servers ʹ Domain Local group contains all Exchange Server in a forest 2. Exchange Domain Server ʹ Global Group that contains all Exchange servers running in the Domain that you have selected. What is name of log file that Exchange Server 2003 setup creates during installation? C:\ExchangeServerSetup.log What is location of Exchange Server Setup Progress? It is in root of C:drive with name as ͞ExchangeServerSetup.log͟ What is a GC? A GC is a Global Catalog Server. A GC holds a full information about the users and there attributes for the domain in which it resides and partial information of attributes for all objects in the Active Directory Forest. What is a border server? A border server is an Exchange server that communicates with external exchange servers. In a single server organization, your server is by default a border server. what is a Bridgehead Server ? It is one or more servers that have physical links to exchange servers in other routing groups. What is the difference between µreceive as¶ and µsend as¶? ͚Receive as͛ allows a user object to open a mailbox. ͚Send as͛ allows a user to send out a mail message as the mailbox that has been opened. Can I upgrade Exchange 5.5 in place to Exchange 2003? NO. In place upgrades to Exchange 2003 must already be Exchange 2000 SP3 and Windows 2000 SP3 or later. The only upgrade paths from 5.5 to 2003 are; an in place upgrade to Exchange 2000 then an in place upgrade to Exchange 2003 or the leap frog migration which requires another server. How can you tell how many days remain until the evaluation copy of Exchange 2000 Server expires? The Exchange Server Setup Progress Log includes the date on which the Exchange server was installed. Take the difference between that date and today͛s date and subtract it from 120 to determine how many days remain in your evaluation. What ports does Exchange use? A partial list of the ports your Exchange server might use is included below o 25 SMTP o 53 DNS o 67 DHCP o 80 HTTP o 88 Kerberos o 102 X.400 o 110 POP3 o 119 NNTP o 135 RPC o 143 IMAP4 o 379 LDAP (SRS) o 389 LDAP o 993 IMAP4 (SSL) o 3268 GC o 3269 GC (SSL) How do you re-install Exchange on a server that has crashed but with AD intact? We will try to install Exchange using ͞Setup.exe /DisasterRecovery switch What does setup.exe /ChooseDC dcName command do ? This command will Specify a domain controller to be used for Setup. What does setup.exe /DisasterRecovery command do ? This command will allow recovery of an Exchange installation after the server configuration has been restored from backup. This allows you to recover data from missing files, registry keys, and deleted folders. You must make sure that there is a valid backup of the data, and if there is not a valid backup, check to make sure that the databases that are located on the server are consistent. You should not use this switch to upgrade Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003. This switch is read-only and makes no changes in Active Directory. What does command REMOVEORG option does on Exchange Server 2003? Removeorg option removes all Exchange organization information (such as administrative groups, routing groups, and server objects) from the configuration naming context in Active Directory. What is Cached Mode in OL2003/2007? Cached Exchange Mode permits Outlook 2003 to use a local copy of a user͛s mailbox while Outlook 2003 maintains an online connection to a remote copy of the user͛s mailbox in Microsoft Exchange 2003. What is the difference between µreceive as¶ and µsend as¶? ͚Receive as͛ allows a user object to open a mailbox. ͚Send as͛ allows a user to send out a mail message as the mailbox that has been opened. What is DSACCESS ? DSAccess created a directory access cache that stores recently accessed information for a configurable length of time. This reduces the number of queries made to global catalog servers. What is DSProxy ? It creates an Address Book for Older MAPI Clients that cannot access the Global Catalog Server. The older clients prior to Outlook 2000. What is Message Categorizer ? The Message Categorizer is a component of Exchange Server transport engine that delivers mail messages to their proper destination. The Categorizer