Chapter 5 -- Assessing Needs

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Chapter 5

Proper planning is valuable in any project. In a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server deployment, planning is critical. Many Exchange Server components are difficult or impossible to change after installation. Poor planning can cause problems that range from inadequate performance to outright failure of components.

We've broken our discussion of planning into two chapters. This chapter helps you gather the information you will need to plan your implementation of Exchange 2000 Server. It looks at the business requirements of the enterprise, examines how to assess the needs of future Exchange users, and describes how to evaluate the resources of the current environment for the new messaging system. Chapter 6 discusses how to plan specific elements of your Exchange organization based on those assessments. Exchange Server is a complex program, but with suitable preparation, implementation of the new Exchange organization becomes a much easier task.

If you are reading this book from start to finish, you might want to skim these two planning chapters and then go on to read the rest of the book. After you have a firm understanding of how the various components in an Exchange organization work, come back and read these two chapters more carefully. In the real world, planning should always come before implementation, but it helps to understand the implementation before working on your plan.

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This chapter and Chapter 6 provide an overview of planning an Exchange 2000 Server deployment that, coupled with the specific component knowledge you'll find throughout this book, should put you well on your way to designing an effective Exchange organization. You can also find many other books that can help you make detailed plans for certain aspects of your Exchange system. One of our favorites is Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 (Notes from the Field), also from Microsoft Press.



Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Adminstrator's Companion
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Adminstrator's Companion
ISBN: N/A
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Year: 1999
Pages: 193

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