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ESE

See Extensible Storage Engine (ESE).

eseutil utility

A command-line utility that defragments Microsoft Exchange databases.

Exchange Deployment Tools

A collection of pre-installation tools that can be run individually or through a wizard-like interface. The Exchange Deployment Tools are used to collect information about the current environment and to prepare the environment for a successful deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

Exchange System Manager

The primary administrative tool for configuring a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 organization.

Exchange Task Wizard

A wizard used to enable or disable Microsoft Exchange Server–related services on Active Directory objects. The Exchange Task Wizard can be used to create or delete a mailbox, create or delete an e-mail address, move a mailbox, and so on.

Exchange virtual server

The Exchange virtual server is the Default HTTP virtual server. It manages the default Web page. By default, it manages Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) access.

expansion server

A server that is used to resolve or expand the membership of a mail-enabled group whenever a message is sent to that group.

Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP)

An extension of the basic Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) that provides additional commands for server communication.

Extensible Storage Engine (ESE)

The Active Directory database engine, ESE is an improved version of the older Jet database technology.