Exchange Server

Installing, configuring, and managing Exchange Server is a set of detailed tasks. In this course, you will learn how to install, configure and manage Exchange Server.

Information

• Exchange Server Edition comparison
• Exchange Server licensing explained
• Exchange Server in DMZ or LAN network
• Consider Exchange Server High Availability
• Exchange database size recommendations
• Exchange database best practices
• Exchange database naming convention

Before you start

• Configure pagefile in Exchange Server
• Configure power plan in Exchange Server
• Disable NIC Power Management in Exchange Server
• Configure ReFS volume Exchange 2013/2016/2019

Install

• Install Exchange Server prerequisites
• Prepare Active Directory and domains for Exchange Server
• Install Exchange Server step by step

Configure

• Enter product key in Exchange Server
• Rename Exchange database with PowerShell
• Move Exchange database to another drive
• Create send connector in Exchange
• Exchange namespace design and planning
• Configure internal DNS for Exchange
• Configure Internal and External URL in Exchange
• Configure external DNS for Exchange
• Setup SPF record for Exchange Server
• Exchange firewall ports for mail flow and clients
• Add accepted domain in Exchange Server
• Create email address policy in Exchange Server
• Create mailbox database in Exchange Server
• Antivirus exclusions for Exchange Server
• Install FREE Let’s Encrypt certificate in Exchange Server
• Configure Download Domains
• Configure Exchange Server TLS settings
• Enable PowerShell serialization payload signing in Exchange Server
• Set TCP KeepAliveTime in Exchange Server
• Configure Extended Protection in Exchange Server

Manage

• Configure mailbox database storage quotas
• Create user mailbox in Exchange Server
• Create bulk mailboxes in Exchange Server with PowerShell
• Move mail queue to another location in Exchange Server
• Move mailbox in Exchange Admin Center

Mail flow

• Test internal mail flow in Exchange Server
• Test inbound mail flow in Exchange Server
• Test outbound mail flow in Exchange Server

Maintain

• Install Exchange Cumulative Update
• Install Exchange Security Update
• Get mailbox database size and white space
• Clear white space in Exchange database
• Cleanup Exchange logs automatically with scheduled task

Health

• Check Exchange arbitration mailboxes
• Check Exchange health mailboxes
• Exchange Server health check with PowerShell script

Uninstall

• Remove last Exchange Server in organization

The course is finished but kept up to date with the highest standards.

Updated on May 6, 2023

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