This 5-day instructor-led course teaches IT professionals how to administer and support Exchange Server. Students will learn how to install Exchange Server, and how to configure and manage an Exchange Server environment.
The course covers how to manage mail recipients and public folders, including how to perform bulk operations using Exchange Management Shell. Students also will learn how to manage client connectivity, message transport, and hygiene, how to implement and manage highly available Exchange Server deployments, and how to implement backup and disaster recovery solutions. The course also teaches students how to maintain and monitor an Exchange Server deployment.
In addition, students will learn how to administer Exchange Online in an Office 365 deployment.
This course is primarily intended for people aspiring to become enterprise-level messaging administrators for Exchange Server. IT generalists and help-desk professionals who want to learn about Exchange Server might 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, help desk, or system administration. They are not expected to have experience with previous Exchange Server versions.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Before attending this course, students must have:
Module 1: Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server
This module describes the key features and enhancements in Exchange Server. The module also describes the deployment requirements and options for implementing Exchange Server.
Lessons
Lab: Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: Managing Microsoft Exchange Server servers
This module describes the built-in management tools that you can use to manage maintain and maintain Exchange Server. The module also explains the features and functionality of a Mailbox server role and procedures for configuring a Mailbox server.
Lessons
Lab: Configuring Mailbox servers
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 3: Managing recipient objects
This module describes the types of recipient objects in the Exchange Server, and explains how to manage these objects. The module also describes how to manage address lists and policies on the Mailbox server role.
Lessons
Lab: Managing Exchange Server recipients and public folders
Lab: Managing Exchange Server email address lists and policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 4: Managing Microsoft Exchange Server and recipient objects by using Exchange Management Shell
This module provides an overview of the Exchange Management Shell, and describes how to use it to manage Exchange Server configuration and recipient objects.
Lessons
Lab: Managing Exchange Server and recipient objects by using Exchange Management Shell
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 5: Implementing client connectivity
This module describes how to configure and manage Client Access Services in Exchange Server. The module also explains the options for configuring client connectivity, Microsoft Outlook on the web, and mobile messaging.
Lessons
Lab: Deploying and configuring client access services on Exchange Server
Lab: Deploying and configuring client access services on Exchange Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 6: Module 6: Managing high availability in Exchange Server
This module describes the high availability options built into Exchange Server. The module also explains how to configure high availability for Mailbox databases and Client Access services.
Lessons
Lab: Implementing DAGs
Lab: Implementing and testing high availability
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 7: Implementing disaster recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server
This module describes the backup and recovery options in Exchange Server and explains the factors you must consider when you use these options.
Lessons
Lab: Backing up Exchange Server
Lab: Implementing disaster recovery for Exchange Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 8: Configuring and managing message transport
This module provides an overview of message transport, and describes how to configure message transport. The module also describes how to configure transport rules and DLP policies to manage message transport.
Lessons
Lab: Configuring message transport
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 9: Configuring antivirus, antispam, and malware protection
This module describes the key features and functionality of an Edge Transport server role in Exchange Server. The module also explains how to configure message security by implementing an antivirus and antispam solution.
Lessons
Lab: Configuring message security
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 10: Implementing and managing Microsoft Exchange Online deployments
This module describes the key features of Exchange Online and Office 365. The module also describes how to manage and migrate to Exchange Online.
Lessons
Lab: Managing Exchange Online
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 11: Monitoring and troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server
This module describes how to monitor and troubleshoot Exchange Server. The module explains how to collect and analyze performance data for various Exchange Server recipients and objects. The module also describes how to troubleshoot database issues, connectivity issues, and performance issues.
Lessons
Lab: Monitoring and troubleshooting Exchange Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 12: Securing and maintaining Exchange Server
This module describes how to maintain and update an Exchange Server organization. The module explains how to plan and configure administrative security and administrative auditing in Exchange Server.
Lessons
Lab: Securing and maintaining Exchange Server 2016
After completing this module, students will be able to:
