How Is This Book Organized?

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Pocket Consultant is designed to be used in the daily administration of Exchange Server 2007 and, as such, the book is organized by job-related tasks rather than by Exchange Server 2007 features. If you are reading this book, you should be aware of the relationship between Pocket Consultants and Administrator's Companions. Both types of books are designed to be a part of an administrator's library. While Pocket Consultants are the down-and-dirty, in-the trenches books, Administrator's Companions are the comprehensive tutorials and references that cover every aspect of deploying a product or technology in the enterprise.

Speed and ease of reference is an essential part of this hands-on guide. The book has an expanded table of contents and an extensive index for finding answers to problems quickly. Many other quick reference features have been added as well. These features include quick step-by-step instructions, lists, tables with fast facts, and extensive cross-references. The book is also broken down into both parts and chapters.

Part I, "Exchange Server 2007 Administration Overview," provides an overview of Exchange servers and Exchange clients. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Exchange Server 2007 administration concepts, tools, and techniques. Chapter 2 discusses deploying Exchange Server. Chapter 3 covers Exchange client setup and management. Chapter 4 extends the Exchange client discussion and looks at mobile Outlook users as well as Exchange ActiveSync, Outlook Web Access, and Outlook Anywhere. With more and more users working on the road or from home, this chapter helps ensure that you can give these mobile users the best support possible.

In Part II, "Exchange Server 2007 Administration Essentials," I cover the fundamental tasks you need for Exchange Server administration. Chapter 5 details how Exchange environments are organized, how information is stored in Exchange Server, and how Exchange Server works. The chapter also explores Exchange message queues and Exchange Server service management. Chapter 6 discusses Windows PowerShell and Exchange Management Shell, providing the essential background for using these powerful command-line environments for Exchange Server administration. Chapter 7 takes a look at creating and managing users and contacts. You'll learn all about Exchange aliases, enabling and disabling exchange mail for individual users, forwarding mail offsite, and more. Chapter 8 discusses mailbox administration, including techniques for configuring special-purpose resource mailboxes, moving mailboxes, and configuring mailbox delivery restrictions. In Chapter 9, you'll find a detailed discussion of how to use distribution groups and address lists. You'll also learn how to manage these resources. The final chapter in this part covers implementing Exchange security.

In Part III, "Server and Group Administration," I discuss advanced tasks for managing and maintaining Exchange organizations. Chapter 11 provides the essentials for managing the Exchange information store, implementing Local Continuous Replication, managing storage groups, and using full-text indexing. Chapter 12 examines administration of mailbox and public folder databases. The chapter also covers how to recover disconnected mailboxes and deleted messaging items. Chapter 13 discusses how you can use messaging resource management to help retain messaging content that your organization may need for business or legal reasons and to delete messages that are no longer needed. Chapter 14 looks at how you can use public folders in the enterprise.

Chapter 15 provides a comprehensive discussion of deploying and managing Hub Transport and Edge Transport servers. The chapter examines SMTP connectors, Active Directory sites, Active Directory links, and connecting to Exchange 2000 and Exchanged 2003 routing groups. The chapter also examines configuring Edge Sync subscriptions, journal rules, transport rules, and anti-spam features. Chapter 16 provides a comprehensive discussion of deploying and managing Client Access servers. The chapter examines HTTP virtual servers, POP3, IMAP4, and Outlook Anywhere. The chapter also examines configuring Exchange Server features for mobile devices including Autodiscovery, Direct Push, Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policy, Remote Device Wipe, Password Recovery, Direct File Access, Remote File Access, and WebReady Document Viewing.

Part IV, "Exchange Server 2007 Optimization and Maintenance," discusses optimization and maintenance. Chapter 17 discusses troubleshooting essentials as well as Exchange maintenance, monitoring, and queuing. You'll learn key techniques for using message tracking, protocol logging, and connectivity logging for troubleshooting. You'll also learn techniques for automated monitoring and managing Exchange message queues, both of which can help ensure your Exchange organization runs smoothly. Finally, Chapter 18 details how to back up and restore Exchange server. You'll learn key techniques that can help you reliably back up and, more important, recover Exchange server in case of failure.