The SysAdmin Handbook

Mailbox Server Role......Page 24
Client Access Server Role......Page 28
Unified Messaging Server Role......Page 29
Summary......Page 30
Message Hygiene in Exchange Server 2007: A Defense-in-Depth Approach......Page 31
Connection Filtering Agent......Page 33
Sender Filtering Agent......Page 34
SenderID Filter Agent......Page 35
Content Filtering Agent......Page 36
Introduction......Page 38
Creating or Migrating resource mailboxes......Page 39
Feature Investigation ......Page 40
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Controlling Email Messages using Exchange's Transport Rules......Page 47
What types of messages do Transport Rules work against?......Page 48
Anatomy of a Transport Rule......Page 49
Message Classifications......Page 51
Creating a new Transport Rule......Page 52
Backing up Transport Rules......Page 58
Exchange 2007 Single Copy Cluster......Page 59
Replication Techniques......Page 62
Local Continuous Replication......Page 63
Clustered Continuous Replication......Page 64
Conclusion......Page 69
Top Tips for Exchange Admins......Page 70
Exchange Database Technologies......Page 72
What's on the disk?......Page 73
The mailbox database......Page 74
Database pages......Page 75
How does it fit together?......Page 76
Introduction......Page 80
Creating the XML File......Page 81
Locating the XML File......Page 82
Creating a Classified Message......Page 83
Creating Custom Classifications......Page 86
Manipulation With Transport Rules......Page 88
Designing a solution......Page 92
Building a new mail server......Page 93
Conclusion......Page 98
Creation of the database......Page 99
Offline backups......Page 101
Offline Restore......Page 103
Offline defragmentation......Page 105
Worst case scenario: Repairing your database......Page 107
Conclusion......Page 109
New Rights Management Features......Page 110
Rights Management Functions......Page 111
Preparing to Use the Prelicensing Agent......Page 112
Using Microsoft Outlook with Rights Management Services......Page 113
Conclusion......Page 115
Top Tips for SysAdmins No 1.......Page 116
NTBackup......Page 120
Creating a full backup......Page 121
Creating an incremental backup......Page 122
-1018 Errors......Page 123
Online restore......Page 124
VSS or snapshot backups......Page 126
VSS Restore......Page 130
Conclusion......Page 131
Optimizing Exchange Server 2007......Page 132
The Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer......Page 133
Storage Groups......Page 134
Mailbox Distribution......Page 135
Backups......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 137
Backup and Restore......Page 138
Recovery Storage Group in Exchange Server 2007......Page 142
Recover Mailbox Data......Page 145
Conclusion......Page 147
Exchange E-mail Addresses and the 
Outlook Address Cache......Page 148
Exchange Server 2003 environment......Page 152
Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007......Page 154
Upgrading the Active Directory......Page 155
Installing the first Exchange Server 2007 server......Page 158
Certificates......Page 160
The Mailbox Server Role......Page 161
Goodbye Exchange ExMerge, 
Hello Export-Mailbox......Page 162
Performance – The Big Three......Page 167
LogicalDisk vs. PhysicalDisk......Page 169
What do I measure?......Page 170
What Defines Good Performance?......Page 171
Upgrade to Exchange Server 2007 – Part II......Page 172
Changing the Internet e-mail acceptance......Page 173
Changing the Internet facing Client Access......Page 176
Replicate Public Folders System Folders to Exchange Server 2007......Page 177
Move the Recipient Policies......Page 179
Moving Mailboxes from 2003 to 2007......Page 180
Removing the Exchange Server 2003 servers......Page 182
Configuring Message Tracking......Page 183
Searching Message Tracking Logs......Page 185
Advanced Searches......Page 186
Third Party High Availability and Disaster 
Recovery Tools for Microsoft Exchange Server......Page 188
Advantages and Disadvantages of Third Party Exchange Server DR tools:......Page 189
Guidelines for Selecting DR Tool......Page 190
Best Practices......Page 191
Resources......Page 192
So, what's new?......Page 193
Installing Exchange Server 2010......Page 194
Clients….......Page 196
Emulating the Exchange 2003 RUS for Out-of-Band Mailbox Provisioning in Exchange 2007......Page 199
Using Exchange 2007 Transport Rules to Protect the First Entry in the Address Book......Page 201
Introduction......Page 205
Network Teaming......Page 206
Choose Replication Host Names and IP Addresses......Page 207
Mixed Cluster Networks......Page 208
Name Resolution......Page 210
Enable NetBIOS (Windows 2008)......Page 212
Enable Continuous Replication Host Names......Page 213
Log Shipping Using Continuous Replication Host Names......Page 216
Building an Exchange Server 2007 environment......Page 218
Exchange Server 2003......Page 219
Hardware used for Exchange Server 2007......Page 220
Performance......Page 222
Conclusion......Page 223
An Introduction to Messaging Records 
Management......Page 224
Installing Hyper-V......Page 228
Virtual Networks......Page 232
Virtual Machines......Page 234
Using a dedicated or pass-through disk......Page 237
Conclusion......Page 238
Determining Which Client Versions are in use......Page 239
Determining Which Client Versions to Block......Page 240
To implement a per-server restriction......Page 241
To implement a per-mailbox restriction......Page 242
Getting Started......Page 243
Twitter Clients......Page 245
PowerShell and Twitter......Page 248
Conclusion......Page 253
Changes and new features in Exchange Server 2010......Page 254
And how does it work?......Page 257
Exchange backups on Windows Server 2008......Page 258
Windows Server Backup......Page 259
Backup schedules......Page 262
Restore the Exchange Backup......Page 263
Conclusion......Page 267
Back- to Front-End......Page 268
Communications Web Access......Page 269
The Director and Edge......Page 270
Conclusion......Page 271
Monitoring and Scheduling Exchange 2007 
Database Online Maintenance......Page 273
Event Log Entries for Online Defragmentation......Page 274
Performance Monitor Counters for Online Defragmentation......Page 278
Setting the Online Maintenance Window......Page 283
Exchange 2010 High Availability......Page 284
Database Availability Groups......Page 285
Mailbox Servers and Databases......Page 287
The Active Manager......Page 288
Client Access Server Changes......Page 289
Summary......Page 290
Planning the Cluster......Page 291
Creating the Cluster......Page 292
Creating a Majority Node Set File Share Witness......Page 294
Conclusion......Page 295
Authoritative Restore......Page 296
Active Directory Recycle Bin......Page 297
Active Directory Recycle Bin PowerPack for PowerGUI......Page 307
Summary......Page 311
Using Group Policy to Restrict the use 
of PST Files......Page 312
Applying PST Group Policy for Outlook 2007......Page 313
Under The Hood: What's changed?......Page 317
What's been removed from Exchange Server 2010?......Page 318
What's new in Exchange Server 2010?......Page 319
Exchange Server 2010 and Active Directory......Page 324
Exchange Server coexistence......Page 326
Exchange Server 2010 Server roles......Page 327
The Ego and the System Administrator......Page 334
Implementing Windows Server 2008 File System Quotas......Page 336
Quota Example – Home directories with a 5GB limit......Page 340
Quota Exceptions / Folder-Specific Quotas......Page 347
How Quotas Affect Clients......Page 351
Viewing Quotas......Page 353
Deploying the Failover Cluster Feature......Page 354
Creating the Cluster......Page 355
Configuring Networking for the Cluster......Page 357
Configure the Node and File Share Majority Quorum......Page 359
Installing Exchange Server......Page 360
Configuring the Active Node......Page 361
Conclusion......Page 364
Active Directory Scripting......Page 365
Getting Started......Page 366
Active Directory Provider......Page 367
Active Directory Cmdlets......Page 369
FSMO Roles......Page 374
Upgrade Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010......Page 375
Coexistence with Exchange Server 2010......Page 376
Mailbox Storage Design......Page 382
Installing the Mailbox Server role......Page 383
Unified Communications Certificate......Page 384
Public Folder Replication......Page 385
Summary Part I......Page 387
Customizing the Outlook Address Book......Page 388
Overcoming the Status Quo......Page 394
Design and Scheduling......Page 395
Training and Support......Page 396
Summary......Page 397
User Trust......Page 398
User Support......Page 399
The Bottom Line......Page 400
Why Change Management?......Page 401
Creating a change control board......Page 402
The Framework......Page 405
Sample Change Management Documentation......Page 406
All in the mind?......Page 407
Stress management......Page 408
Planning......Page 409
Execution......Page 410
An Experience in Hiring......Page 411
Increase Your Value as a Professional in the 
Technical Industry......Page 412
Join an On-Line Professional Community......Page 413
Write......Page 414
The Art of Dealing with People......Page 415
Lesson #1: Get a Mirror......Page 416
Lesson #3: It's not your Thesis Defense – stop proving how smart you are......Page 417
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V......Page 419
Virtual Exchange Servers......Page 421
Exchange database and Log Files......Page 424
Backup and Restore......Page 425
Conclusion......Page 426
Is it supported?......Page 427
Benefits of Exchange Virtualization......Page 429
Summary......Page 430
The Big Picture......Page 431
The Journey Begins......Page 433
Messaging Service......Page 434
The Client Side......Page 435
Extend Your Reach......Page 436
The Final Pieces......Page 440
Wrapping Up......Page 442
A Beginner's Guide to Virtualizing Exchange 
Server – Part 1......Page 443
Server Roles......Page 444
Resource Consumption......Page 446
The Anatomy of a Virtual Machine......Page 448
Hyper-V Introduction......Page 450
Windows Architecture......Page 451
Hyper-V Architecture......Page 452
Micro-kernelized hypervisor......Page 453
Integration Components......Page 454
Conclusion......Page 456
Monitoring CPU Utilization......Page 457
Planning for Exchange......Page 458
Gathering Performance Data......Page 459
Viewing the Results......Page 460
Terms......Page 461
Virtual Machines and High Availability......Page 462
How does Hyper-V Virtual Machine Resource DLL help in the failover process?......Page 467
Microsoft Hyper-V Networking and 
Configuration - Part 1......Page 470
Terms Used Throughout This Article:......Page 471
Hyper-V Virtual Network Switch Overview......Page 472
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Network Switch Types......Page 473
Hyper-V Virtual Networking Maximum Configuration......Page 474
What happens when you create a Virtual Network Switch?......Page 475
Conclusion......Page 478
What is Unified Messaging?......Page 479
The Benefits of Unified Messaging......Page 483
The Future of Unified Messaging......Page 484
Moving to Office Communications Server 2007 R2......Page 485
Migration Strategies......Page 486
Pre-Migration Tasks......Page 487
Let the Show Begin......Page 489
Administration......Page 491
References......Page 492
Customizing Quota Messages......Page 493
Retrieving Mailbox Sizes and Quotas......Page 495
Setting Mailbox Quotas......Page 496
Configuring the Mailbox Information Cache Refresh Interval......Page 498
What Do I Need To Get Started......Page 500
Querying Event Logs Using WMI......Page 501
Exchange 2003 WMI classes......Page 504
Querying Active Directory to Determine Exchange Information in a Network......Page 508
Exchange 2003 Powerpack for PowerGUI......Page 510
Conclusion......Page 513