MS EXCHANGE SERVER

1.         Introduction.

(a)        Exchange Server allows you to thoroughly pick and choose which servers   will perform which tasks.  You’re provided with heavy–duty granularity in the way     that you design your e-mail databases, where you put your databases,  which servers            do which tasks, and so forth.  Assay the existing messaging environment to see if          you can discover which servers perform the following functions :

(i)   Mailbox server

(ii)   Public Folder Server

(iii)   Connector Server

(iv)   Site Connector Server

                                  (v)   Third Party Connectors.

(a)                Microsoft Exchange is a client/server enterprise messaging product. “OK”,

but what is a client/server enterprise messaging product.

2.         Client/Server Massaging Service.

(a)        An enterprise needs information in order to get work done. Information is its oxygen. Frequently information is the work and the product ( for example, a consulting company). In this context electronic messaging has become a mission-critical function in most organizations. While electronic mail (e-mail) is still the core ingredient, other applications are now included in this category. The category of messaging can be divided into the following sub categories :-

(i)   E – mail

(ii)   Workflow

(iii)   Electronic Forms

(iv)   Groupware

(v)   Other Messaging applications.

(b)        Exchange is a client/server messaging system. The Exchange Server            software runs as a on application on a Windows NT Server. It provides server side           messaging functions for the client applications. Exchange also ships with the client    applications noted earlier in this chapter. These programs, along with third-party    applications like Web browsers, provide the client side functions such as making    requests to the server and creating and manipulating data.

3.         Core Components.         The exchange components are executable programs that perform the Exchange functions. Some are in the form of exe files, others are in the form of Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). They are referred to as core components because they are necessary for Exchange to be operational. They are also referred to as services, because they run as services on the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system. The core components include the following :-

(a)        Directory Service (DS).         Its post Office Service is “Creation of a Comprehensive Address Book.

(b)        Information Store (IS).          Its post Office Service is “Storage and delivery of Mail.

(c)        Message Transfer Agent (MTA).    Its post Office Service is “Routing decisions for mail to be sent between post offices.

(d)       System Attendant (SA).             Its post Office Service is   “Creation of a             Comprehensive Address Book.

4.         Types of Recipient Objects.

(a)        Mailboxes.

(b)        Distribution list (DL).

(c)        Custom recipients.

(d)       Public folders.