10133 - First Look: What’s New in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Summary

Exchange Server 2010 provides several new features, many of which enhance the user experience with the messaging system. This session introduces some of the design principles that Microsoft used when designing the new Exchange Server 2010 features. This session also introduces the new Exchange Server 2010 client access and compliance features.
 
The new Exchange Server 2010 features make it easier for administrators to manage and maintain a messaging environment. The goal of this clinic is to describe the new message transport features, database and high availability options, and administrative tools and features. This clinic also provides an overview for upgrading from previous Exchange Server versions to Exchange Server 2010.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this clinic are Information Technology (IT) professional messaging administrators and messaging engineers who serve as their organization's technical decision makers and therefore evaluate new software and assess new software capabilities that:

• Enable new business solutions
• Improve IT services
• Improve IT operations
• Those IT technical decision makers have at least three years experience working with Exchange Server and are familiar with Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 administration, basic Exchange design concepts, and the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this clinic, students should have a working knowledge of:

• Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008
• The Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems, and Microsoft Office Outlook.
• Familiarity with Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007.

At Clinic Completion

After completing this clinic, students will be able to:

• Describe the design priorities for Exchange Server 2010.
• Configure the new client access features.
• Configure the new messaging policy and compliance features.
• Describe the new Unified Messaging features.
• Describe the new Federated Sharing features.
• Configure the new message transport features.
• Configure the new mailbox server features.
• Configure high availability in Exchange Server 2010.
• Administer Exchange Server 2010 by using the new administration tools and permission assignments.
• Describe the upgrade path from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010.

Clinic Outline

Module 1: Exchange Server 2010: Enhancing the User Experience
This session describes some of the significant enhancements that Exchange Server 2010 provides, and provides an overall description of the most important design priorities for Exchange 2010. This session also provides additional details on the enhancements that Exchange Server 2010 users will experience, and describes how these features work and how users can configure them.

Lessons

• Design Priorities for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
• Client Access Features
• Message Policy and Compliance Features
• Unified Messaging Features
• Federated Sharing Features

After completing this session, students will be able to:

• Describe the Exchange Server 2007 server roles.
• Describe how Exchange Server 2010 improves flexibility and reliability in the Exchange deployment.
• Describe how Exchange Server 2010 improves access to e-mail using multiple applications and from multiple locations.
• Describe how Exchange Server 2010 provides new options for messaging protection and compliance.
• Describe the new architecture for remote procedure call (RPC) client access services.
• Describe the features in Exchange Server 2010 that provide Anywhere Access to e-mail.
• Describe how to manage user mailboxes and distribution lists with Exchange Control Panel.
• Demonstrate the New Exchange Certificate Wizard.
• Describe RPC Client Access Services, which are a significant change in architecture from previous Exchange versions where MAPI clients all connected to the mailbox servers directly. In Exchange Server 2010, they connect to the CAS server.
• Describe the new Microsoft Outlook Web App, which has features that mirror Microsoft Office Outlook 2010.
• Describe how MailTips work.
• Demonstrate MailTips and the conversation view.
• Describe the Exchange Control Panel's new tool for self-service management of user mailboxes and distribution lists.
• Describe the new features in Exchange ActiveSync.
  Describe the new features of Exchange Web Services and how it has a central role as the development application programming interface (API).
• Demonstrate the new Exchange Certificate Wizard.
• Describe Transport rules.
• Describe the Exchange 2007 option for messaging records management and the Exchange 2010 enhancements to messaging records management.
• Describe the compliance requirements for cross mailbox searches and how Exchange Server 2010 implements discovery.
• Describe how Exchange Server 2010 incorporates Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) functionality with transport rules.
• Describe how to configure message archiving by configuring and implementing an archive mailbox.
• Describe the new features available for Unified Messaging users and administrators.
• Describe what Federated Sharing is in Exchange Server 2010.
• Describe how Federated Sharing and Federated Delivery work.
• Describe how to configure Federated Sharing.

Module 2: Exchange Server 2010: Enhancing the Exchange Administrator Experience
This session provides a description of some of the new Exchange Server 2010 features that will make is easier for administrators to manage and maintain the messaging environment. This module also describes the new message transport features, database and high availability options, and administrative tools and features. This module also provides an overview of how you upgrade from previous Exchange Server versions to Exchange Server 2010.

Lessons

• Message Transport Features
• Mailbox Server Features
• Database Availability and Site Resilience
• Administration and Management Tools
• Transitioning from Previous Versions of Exchange Server

After completing this session, students will be able to:

• Describe how shadow redundancy works for transport servers.
• Describe and configure disclaimers and moderated transport.
• Describe the enhancements to transport dumpster.
• Describe the Edge Transport improvements.
• Describe the new database architecture and improvements.
• Describe how to configure mailbox databases.
• Describe how the new database features can result in storage design changes.
• Compare how high availability is implemented in Exchange Server 2010 versus in previous Exchange versions.
• Describe how continuous replication works.
• Describe and configure database availability groups.
• Describe how to implement high availability for public folders.
• Compare the options for configuring administrative permissions in Exchange Server 2010 with previous Exchange versions.
• Describe and configure role based access control.
• Describe and configure the remote Exchange Management Shell.
• Describe the options for upgrading previous Exchange versions.
• Describe the process of upgrading from Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007 to Exchange Server 2010.
• Describe how client coexistence works during a transition.
• Describe how client access coexistence works during a transition.
• Describe the process of removing previous Exchange Server versions.