| This book is divided into 11 chapters. Here is a brief overview of each chapter: Chapter 1, Getting Started, lays the foundation for the book. It explains the relationship between Exchange and Active Directory, when to use the graphical user interface (GUI), the command line, or scripting, lists the different scripting interfaces involved in automating Exchange management, and tells you where to find additional tools and information for Exchange. Chapter 2, Installation and Infrastructure, covers the list of tasks and issues you will face when deploying your Exchange organization or installing additional Exchange servers, including preparing forests, domains, and servers for Exchange, using automated deployment methods, managing administrative groups, and dealing with miscellaneous deployment scenarios. Chapter 3, Active Directory Integration, covers the interaction between Exchange and Active Directory in detail, including controlling Exchange's domain controller affinity, removing Exchange from Active Directory, using Group Policy to control Exchange, managing the Recipient Update Service, and describing various troubleshooting tasks. Chapter 4, Exchange Server and Organization Management, covers various server- and organization-level tasks such as installing the Exchange System Manager on a workstation, controlling Exchange services, using message tracking, managing server roles, using Exchange system policies, using diagnostic logging, measuring performance, and delegating administrative privileges. Chapter 5, Recipient Management, covers the care and feeding of the various types of Exchange recipients: user accounts, mailboxes, mail-enabled groups, mail-enabled contacts, address lists, query-based distribution groups, and recipient policies. Chapter 6, Mailbox and Public Folder Database Management, covers the Exchange message store, including storage groups, mailbox stores, public folder stores, databases and log files, and maintenance processes. Chapter 7, Transport, Routing, and SMTP, covers the message routing and transport functions, including virtual servers, queues, routing groups, connectors, and the SMTP protocol. Chapter 8, Client Connectivity, covers the various client protocols and access methods for Exchange. It includes MAPI and Outlook, OWA administration and customization, use of SSL and form-based authentication with OWA, mobile access devices, POP3, IMAP4, NNTP, and protocol logging. Chapter 9, Public Folder Management, covers the use of the PFMigrate tool, rehoming public folders, setting permissions, managing replication, setting and retrieving properties, mail-enabling public folders, and troubleshooting. Chapter 10, Exchange Security, covers how to secure your Exchange deployment, including patches, SMTP authentication, IPSec connections, SSL offloading, S/MIME, and other miscellaneous topics. Chapter 11, Backup, Restore, and Recovery, covers backup methods and types and explains how to backup and restore mailboxes, mailbox storage databases,and entire storage groups. It also introduces some new Exchange Server 2003 features, such as the Mailbox Recovery Center and Recovery Storage Groups.
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