70-285:  Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization

Skills being measured:

285.1. Designing an Upgrade or Migration and Coexistence Strategy [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.1. Design an upgrade strategy from previous versions of Exchange. Considerations include upgrading from Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 5.5, whether to upgrade the existing organization or create a new organizational structure, and designing connection agreements. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.1.1. Upgrade from Exchange Server 5.5. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.1.2. Upgrade from Exchange 2000 Server. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.2. Design coexistence and migration of Exchange Server 2003 with other messaging systems. Considerations include cc:Mail, MSMail, previous versions of Exchange, Lotus Notes, X.400 messaging systems, PROFS, SNADS, and GroupWise. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.2.1. Plan for coexistence/migration with foreign mail systems, such as Notes, cc:Mail, GroupWise, MS Mail, PROFS, TAO, and SNADS. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.2.2. Plan for coexistence with Exchange Server 5.5. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.2.3. Plan for coexistence with Exchange 2000 Server. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.3. Design the integration with the existing or planned Active Directory. Considerations include potential changes to the current or planned Active Directory structure, and inter-organizational connectivity and synchronization. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.3.1. Identify any changes needed to the Active Directory. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.1.3.2. Design inter-organizational connectivity and synchronization. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2. Designing the Exchange Server 2003 Infrastructure [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.1. Design an Exchange Server 2003 administrative model. Considerations include business factors, existing and planned administrative model, organizational unit (OU) structure, policies, administrative group placement and boundaries, and permissions. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.2. Designate and design servers. Server configurations include server placement, connectors, client computer access, and multiple protocols. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.2.1. Design server placement. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.2.2. Design Server Specialization. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.3. Design Exchange Server 2003 Public Folder Infrastructure. Considerations include company structure, geographical structure, maintenance policies, permissions, replication and indexing. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.3.1. Determining Public Folder Referrals. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.3.2. Design Public Folder Security. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.4. Design the storage strategy. Considerations include optimal database sizing, logging strategy, stores and storage group configurations. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.5. Design servers to achieve fault tolerance and increased performance. Considerations include server scalability, storage fault tolerance, front-end back-end topology, and clustering. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.5.1. Determine approach for scalability. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.5.2. Hardware fault tolerance (RAID). [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.5.3. Design the front-end/back-end servers. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.5.4. Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) Clustering. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.2.6. Design a backup and recovery solution. Considerations include planning backup scope, defining the backup schedule, media storage and rotation, backup type, recovering the entire messaging system, individual databases, and servers; re-associating user mailboxes with accounts; and designing mailbox stores to support recovery. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3. Designing Connectivity for Exchange Server 2003 [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.1. Design an Exchange Server 2003 routing group topology. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.1.1. Plan traffic flow. Considerations include ADC computer and bridgeheads, routing group boundaries, bandwidth, public folder replication, and existing network connections. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.2. Design Exchange 2003 Connectors. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.3. Design Exchange 2003 Virtual (protocol) Server Strategy. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.4. Design a fault-tolerant DNS solution. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.5. Design Client strategy for Exchange Server 2003. Considerations include hardware, operating system, access method, existing message store requirements, and existing message clients. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.5.1. Design a strategy for mail access. Messaging clients include MAPI, IMAP4, POP3, RPC over HTTP, and HTTP mail. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.3.5.2. Plan deployments of messaging clients. Considerations include policies and profiles. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4. Designing the Security Strategy [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.1. Design an authentication and encryption strategy. Considerations include user authentication and encryption requirements, such as S/MIME, IPSec, NTLM, Digest authentication, and SSL. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.1.1. Outlook Web Access (OWA) [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.1.2. Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.1.3. Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2. Design protection from external threats. Considerations include protection from unsolicited commercial e-mail, viruses, spoofing, and firewalls. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.1. Block SMTP Relay [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.2. Virus protection [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.3. Protect from unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.4. Protect from spoofing [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.5. Firewall configuration [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.6. Content filtering [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.2.7. Blacklists [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.3. Protect the Exchange Server 2003 infrastructure against internal attacks. [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.3.1. Physical security of the computer [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.3.2. Virus protection [Exam 70-285 only] -   

285.4.3.3. Permissions [Exam 70-285 only] -