Exam Essentials

Understand how Certificate Services works. Exchange Server 2003 features full integration with the Windows Server 2003 PKI, eliminating the need to use the complex and complicated Key Management Service in Exchange 2000 Server. You should understand the basics of how public-key encryption works and how Exchange and the Outlook client work together once a user has a digital certificate to send and received secure messages.

Know the ports associated with common services. Knowing the ports that are associated with the common Exchange and Windows services is important not only for your exam experience but also for your daily routine as the Exchange administrator. There are some things that you should just commit to permanent memory, and the ports assigned to common services are one of those things.