Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 marks the biggest advancement in the history of the Exchange Product group. The completely re-engineered server system will change the face of how IT administrators approach Exchange.

Tony Redmond, one of the world’s most acclaimed Exchange experts, offers insider insight from the very basics of the newly transformed architecture to understanding the nuances of the new and improved Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0 and the two new administrative interfaces—the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and the Exchange Management Shell (EMS).

• How Exchange works with Active Directory
• How the new management model works
• How to use the Exchange Management Shell to automate administrative operations
• How Outlook, Outlook Web Access, and Windows Mobile clients work with Exchange
• How Exchange 2007 message routing differs from previous versions
• How to help your users to use Exchange intelligently
• How to select hardware for Exchange 2007

• Cover Page 2
• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 3
• Copyright Page 6
• Contents 7
• Preface 19
• Foreword 23
• Chapter 1 Introduction 25
  • 1.1 A decade and counting of Exchange deployments 25
  • 1.2 Microsoft’s themes for Exchange 2007 36
  • 1.3 Preparing for Exchange 2007 44
  • 1.4 Installing Exchange 2007 46
  • 1.5 Server roles 52
  • 1.6 Licensing 60
  • 1.7 Support 66
  • 1.8 Challenges for Exchange 2007 66