Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion (Pro-Administrator's Companion) [Hardcover]

Walter J. Glenn (Author), Bill English (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 19, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0735619794 | ISBN-13: 978-0735619791

Get your mission-critical messaging and collaboration systems up and running quickly with the essential guide to deploying and managing Exchange Server 2003. This comprehensive administrator’s reference details system features and capabilities, sharing hands-on insights for exploiting new connectivity, information management, and security features; integration with Microsoft Windows Server 2003; and other enhancements. Whether you’re migrating from a previous version of Exchange or performing a clean installation, you’ll find the easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics you need for everyday, on-the-job results.

Discover how to:

• Perform an enterprise needs assessment and develop your deployment plan
• Plan a migration strategy from Exchange Server 5.5—including planning for coexistence
• Prepare servers and clients; verify the installation
• Create security policies, manage PKI and certificates, and configure other security services
• Configure Internet protocols—SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, NNTP, and LDAP
• Set up and manage recipients, public folders, storage groups, and administrative and routing groups
• Exploit new interoperability and mobile access features, including enhancements to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Outlook Web Access
• Implement backups and disaster recovery plans
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune server performance

Exchange Server 2003 evaluation software inside!

• Try Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, with 120-day evaluation software on CD.

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About the Author

Bill English, MCTS, MCT, CTT+, GSEC certified, is a Microsoft® MVP for SharePoint® Server. He runs a leading training and consulting company, has written 10+ books, and speaks at the Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Conference, Comdex, and other events.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619794
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619791
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,070,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Introduction to Exchange, October 22, 2004

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Ron Atkins "Ron" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion (Pro-Administrator's Companion) (Hardcover)

As an MCSE, I gave this book 4 stars for two reasons: the CD contains a 120 day trial version of Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition, and the text provides a good overview of Exchange 2003 features suitable for MCSE test prep. I did not rate this book with 5 stars because it is presented as an "Administrator's Companion," which I felt was stretching it a bit. As a previous reviewer has stated, there are better alternatives for strictly "desk reference companions" to Exchange; however, I was pleasantly surprised by how readable the book was, given that it is a Microsoft Press publication.

For example, on page 9, the authors define policies thus: "Policies are collections of configuration settings that are applied to one or more Exchange configuration objects." The authors continue to define various policies in pretty basic terms. On page 268, the authors describe how to create a policy using step by step directions: "To create a server policy, right click the Systems Policy container, point to New, and then choose Server Policy." The instructions are also accompanied by extensive screen shots. While other reviewers found the screen shots redundant to the narrative, I feel comforted by the screen shots that match my screen when I am attempting to implement a procedure by following the text.

The book begins with an introductory chapter that provides a good review of the uses and concepts of Exchange, but is probably a waste of time for experienced users of Exchange. The following chapters include detailed instructions relevant to: planning, deployment, upgrading and migrating to 2003, functionality, security, maintenance (including disaster recovery and troubleshooting), and a fairly decent glossary. The authors also invite commentary and suggestions to their email sites: [e-mail] and [e-mail]. Both authors are MCSE and MCT certified.

I would recommend this book for those new to Exchange or preparing for the Exchange Server exam. Administrators looking for a thorough desk reference on the subject should try Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 24seven, ISBN: 0782142508.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, February 28, 2004

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"jb4822000" (Austin Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion (Pro-Administrator's Companion) (Hardcover)

This book helped me come up to speed in Exchange Server 2003 when I got sort of thrown into supporting it at work. It sounds like that last reviewr didn't get past the intro material. The first part of this book is all about architecture and planning. It was kind of dry and a bit more than I was ready for just learning about Exchange. But, starting with chapter 7, the book is all action. It takes you through installing, setting up recipients, storage groups, routing groups, administrative groups, and everything you need to know to get a server up and going. It has a great section on security. I get asked a lot of questions about that at work. It even talks about disaster recovery and performance tuning. The writings pretty easy to follow. They use lots of supporting pictures and step by step explanations. I just skipped the first 6 chapters and plan to come back to them after I've been using it a while.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was looking for, December 22, 2003

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Roger McCarrick "spacemancw" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion (Pro-Administrator's Companion) (Hardcover)

The best thing about this book is the eval copy of Exchange 2003. The rest is architecture and concepts and not much on examples, real world senarios. Seems to me there's a lot of "Exchange can do this and can do that ..." but not much of ... "here's how u do this in Exchange". Not my cup of tea. Good reading for the geek that wants to understand how this all works ... and in time I will want to know that .. but not so good for those that want to get a good solution up and running. I'm bring it back and gonna buy MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-284): Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 ...