Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Deployment and Migration (HP Technologies) [Paperback]

Kieran McCorry (Author)

Book Description

Series: HP Technologies | Publication Date: September 6, 2004

Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Deployment and Migration describes everything that you need to know about designing, planning, and implementing an Exchange 2003 environment. The book discusses the requisite infrastructure requirements of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. Furthermore, this book covers, in detail, the tools and techniques that messaging system planners and administrators will require in order to establish a functioning interoperability environment between Exchange 2003 and previous versions of Exchange including Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000. Since Microsoft will drop support for Exchange 5.5 in 2004, users will have to migrate to Exchange 2003. Additionally the book describes various deployment topologies and environments to cater for a multitude of different organizational requirements.

* Details for consultants and system administrators to migrate from older versions of Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000
* Critical information on integration with Outlook 2003 and Windows 2003
* Based on actual implementations of both beta and final release versions of Exchange 2003 in larger enterprise environments

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Clearly the topic of migration and deployment is in Kieran's sweet spot. The entire topic is like a fastball floating right down the middle for him because he absolutely hits a home run in this book. He doesn't just talk about what different components are involved with migration and deployment, he describes how everything works and why you might take different approaches in your deployment. It's right on the money!"- Donald Livengood,
Senior Solution Architect (MCSE, MVP, HP Certified Architect), Hewlett-Packard Company

"In his new book, Kieran outlines clear, concise, and crisp guidelines for migration and deployment of Exchange messaging systems. Armed with this generally hard to find knowledge, you'll be prepared for most Exchange 2003 implementation projects. His principles have been well used in the past-not least for the implementation of a 350,000 user Exchange system in my own organization." - Roy Beattie, Messaging and Integration Director, NI Schools C2k Project

"Kieran has been working with us since 1999, originally on the AstraZeneca merger work and more recently on our Exchange 2003 project. This book demonstrates Kieran's expertise in deployment and migration and is particularly strong on Directory Synchronization, which is a fundamental component of a migration from Exchange 5.5 to 2003. You'll get quite the level of detail that you need, presented in a format that is easily digestible in this work." -- Dave Cook, Global Messaging Architect, Astra Zeneca Healthcare

Book Description

Designed to meet the needs of Exchange users as they migrate their email systems from 5.5 and 2000 to Microsoft's "platform of the future".

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press; 1 edition (September 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555583164
• ISBN-13: 978-1555583163
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,659,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An abyss of information, November 9, 2005

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M. Christianson (IT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Deployment and Migration (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

The other reviewer was correct in saying this book goes to deep into how exchange 2003 works. The information presented in this book would be helpful to an engineer upgrading thousands of computers. Small to midsize businesses are not represented in this book. This book is good for reference only, do not buy this if you need a step by step guide for a small or midsize migration. Use the microsoft help, you will get more use out of it than this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, but a work in progress, February 23, 2005

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kc2kth (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Deployment and Migration (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

It seems this book was rushed to press with little proof reading of its content. While there is plenty of helpful info, there are also plenty of items that are not technically correct. Many of these can be pitfalls if they are not caught early enough in the process.

For example, the book claims that to execute Forestprep one needs to be a domain admin. This is not correct. To execute Domainprep one needs to be a domain admin. To execute Forestprep one needs to be a schema admin, enterprise admin, and local admin on the machine where forestprep is run. This isn't a big issue in single domain implementations, but in a typical parent/child enviro this can be a pitfall.

Overall, this is a great compilation of information that is otherwise difficult to find. I certainly found the book to be extremely useful when used alongside other documentation such as the MS deployment and planning guides. However, I believe the book could use another round of editing and a release as a second edition.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reference but not a step-by-step, March 12, 2005

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Paul S (Cleveland, Oh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Deployment and Migration (HP Technologies) (Paperback)

The author is obviously well versed in the migration process and the tools and structures that live under the surface. However, the level of detail presented is simply too deep to be useful as a step-by-step guide, which is what I was hoping for. This book will serve as a book shelf reference to backup more detailed walkthroughs I have found on Microsoft's websites.