Management Tools for Administering Exchange Server 2003
The Active Directory Users and Computers Management Console
The Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in is extended to support the management of mailbox configurations and settings. The Active Directory Users and Computers management console is the central tool used for creating and managing user account and computer account objects and configuration settings in Windows domains.
Users can apply different permissions to different
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Preparing for Exchange Server 2003 Installation
Before you can install Exchange Server 2003 you have to perform the activities discussed in this section of the Article.
The following Windows services must be installed and enabled:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service
Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service
World Wide Web service
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You can use the Services applet to verify that these services are installed and running.
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Managing the Different Server Roles
The different roles that can be configured for Exchange Server 2003 are listed here:
Mailbox Store server (back-end server): The mailbox store server is mainly responsible for the following functions:
Storing of messages of mail-enabled users.
Storing attachments.
Storing files and folders.
Managing the mailbox store server includes configurations and tasks performed through Exchange System Manager and standard server maintenance tasks.
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Exchange Server 2003 Virtual Servers Overview
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Virtual Servers
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an industry standard protocol used for the Internet. SMTP controls the communication of email messages and the message formats between messaging hosts. SMTP Service Extensions (ESMTP) is an extension of SMTP that enables users to request delivery status notifications on outgoing messages. It also makes it possible for a message size to be defined for inboun
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Understanding Exchange Server 2003 Administrative Groups
With Exchange Server 2003, an administrative group is a collection of Exchange Server 2003 objects. Here, Exchange Server 2003 objects are grouped for the intent of delegating permissions and managing permissions.
An administrative group can be created to support different administrative models:
Centralized.
Decentralized.
Mixed administrative model.
The Exchange Server 2003 objects that can exist in an administrative group
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Understanding the Different Combinations of Exchange and Windows Server
The different supported combinations of Exchange and Windows Server are listed here:
Exchange Server 5.5 is supported on the following Windows versions:
Windows NT 4 Server.
Windows 2000 Server.
Can only replicate data to Active Directory and from Active Directory through the Active Directory Connector (ADC).
Exchange 2000 Server is supported on the following Windows versions:
Windows 2000 Server with
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Monitoring Exchange Server 2003 Server Daily
To ensure that your Exchange Server 2003 environment is operating and operating optimally, you have to monitor your Exchange Server 2003 server services daily. You have to monitor performance, and recognize and eliminate bottlenecks if you want to have a system that is optimized. You can use System Monitor, Task Monitor, Network Monitor, Event Viewer, and Performance Logs And Alerts to monitor the system. You can use System Monitor and Performance
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Understanding Digital Signatures
You can through digital signatures secure an Exchange Server 2003 messaging system. Digital signatures are used to verify the identities of the senders of data messages. With Exchange Server 2003, a digital signature can be attached to an e-mail message to ensure that the sender of the message is actually who he/she claims to be. If the content of the e-mail message is modified as the message is being transported, the signature becomes invalid.
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Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2003 Installation
A few reasons for an Exchange Server 2003 installation failing are listed here:
The permissions being used for the installation are incorrect: To install Exchange Server 2003, the following permissions are needed:
To initially run ForestPrep in a forest to update/extend the Active Directory schema - Member of the Schema Admins group and Enterprise Admins group.
To run ForestPrep in a forest after the initial instance - Exchange Adminis
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Configuring Exchange Virtual Server Settings
Exchange System Manager can be used to create new Exchange Server 2003 virtual servers. A Protocols container exists below each server object. Expand the nodes in the console tree of Exchange System Manager to view this. Each Internet protocol is signified by a different container. Any related virtual protocol servers are bundled together. To add a new virtual server, right click on the particular protocol container, select New, and then select the a
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