Exam Essentials

Understand Outlook ‚ s new features. While the list of new features in Outlook is long, two of the most important ones that you will want to understand are the cache mode of operation and RPC over HTTP. These represent two of the largest selling points of the new Outlook client over previous versions. As well, you should remember the requirements to use RPC over HTTP.

Understand the authentication mechanisms available. Although we will examine Exchange security again in Chapter 15, it is important for now that you understand the mechanisms available for user authentication on IIS servers. Recall that SSL combined with Basic authentication is the preferred method of authentication and encryption for both secure Outlook Web Access and Outlook RPC over HTTP connections.

Remember that Exchange is not just for MAPI clients . While you do get the best experience from Exchange Server 2003 when using a MAPI client such as Outlook 2003, you can still use other clients such as POP3 and IMAP4 clients to access Exchange Server 2003.