Tue, June 15, 2005. Every 2 nd Tuesday of the Month. Same Time and Place

1. New York Exchange User Group Tue, June 15, 2005. Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month. Same Time and Place Visit www.nyexug.com for Presentation Downloads, Meeting Announcements, and NY based Exchange information. Agenda -Enjoy pizza & soda, thanks to TechNet - Introduction to group Meeting Sponsor says a few words about new technet offerings by Michael Murphy of Microsoft’s TechNet Group 2 Main Presentations: 1) Bob Hunt / Microsoft discussing Exchange SP2 for 2003 2) Ben Serebin / REEF Solutions discussing Intro to Exchange and DNS) - Raffle Items (Microsoft software and more…) Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

2. Intro to NYExUG • NYExUG = New York [Microsoft] Exchange [Server] User Group • Who we are? • www.nyexug.com • Plan to accomplish! • Upcoming Topics (ISA & Clustering in July) Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

3. Intro to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Exchange: To give in return for something received Microsoft Exchange Server is an email based collaborative software solution. Designed for exchanging information within a company and saving it server-side (e.g. Outlook, OWA, IMAP, PDA). Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

4. Exchange Is Designed For: • Enterprise class email reliability • Enormous storage capacity • Ability to handle thousands of users • Easy Windows OS desktop integration • Fast Backup Capability Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

5. Exchange Is Not Designed for: • Use by an ISP with lots of users downloading email once • An inexpensive email server • Using Public Folders like a file server • Email solution that requires no maintenance and little overhead Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

6. The Required Specs Slide • Exchange 2003 comes in 2 version levels, Standard (S) and Enterprise (E). E has all the features of S, but many limits are eliminated and clustering requires E. E is designed for larger installations. • Exchange Requirements: P133, Win 2000 Srv, 256MB, 500MB on Exchange install partition, 200MB on System partition (these are unacceptable requirements, and I would NEVER run Exchange on this.) Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

7. The Exchange Servers I Buy • If a company is going to run Exchange, here are the minimums I would recommend on a server: • Pentium 4 • 1GB of RAM • RAID 1 or 5 (2 or 3 HDs at min) • 50GB of storage • Antivirus is a requirement (current favorite is TrendMicro) Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

8. Let’s Get Exchange Running… Ideally install Exchange on a separate server from the DC. To get the most functionality, install on Windows Server 2003. Select Exchange Deployment Tools to get Exchange up and running. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

9. For those with 0, 1 or more… Microsoft made it a lot easier for Exchange 2003 installs since the installation is a step by step process. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

10. Are we in a sharing mood? • For folks with an existing Windows Server environment, and no Exchange, 4 option is your pick. • Coexistence can be used for migration or backward compatibility • Make sure server is part of domain Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

11. Check, Check, and Check Important -> DCDiag, NetDiag, ForestPrep, & DomainPrep Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

12. For additional Servers, Same Checks minus ForestPrep Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

13. Install Complete. Maintenance Not. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

14. Managing Exchange Server • Even if your AD name is not your planned email address, not a problem. You can customize Exchange to handle email for any domain (recipient policy or user Exchange attribute). • If you installed Exchange on a separate server from the DC, you should install the Exchange System Management Tools. This provides fully Exchange configuration from the DC. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

15. Helpful Exchange Features • If all GCs are Windows 2003 Servers, you can enable RPC over HTTP (aka Outlook w/o VPN) • No more open relays (2003 vs 2000) • For a complete Exchange security solution, look into Microsoft ISA 2004 Firewall (July Meeting) Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

16. Let’s Talk Domain Name System (DNS) • Install Exchange and your done. NO! • Exchange Requires DNS configuration What I Plan To Answer: • What are DNS records? • Which DNS records are required? • How do I configure the DNS records? Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

17. DNS is the answer. • DNS Records are the yellow pages for servers to find each other. • For email to work, 2 records are required. One A record and one MX record of a domain name (e.g. abc.com). An A record is called a host record which is used to translate a domain name to IP. And a MX record called a mail exchanger record to identify which A record is the mail server. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

18. A + MX = Email A record configuration for abc.com: mail.abc.com 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 would your Exchange Servers public static IP. MX record configuration for abc.com: mail.abc.com 10 abc.com 10 is a relative number for priority. MX indicates host responsible for email. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

19. And All the Fine Print… • And the firewall YOU are running needs to be forwarding SMTP (port 25) to the Exchange Server. • Make sure you apply all the latest OS and Exchange updates. • Buy that SSL certificate for OWA. • Backup, Backup, bring off-site. • Is your anti-virus updated? • Monitor your install to insure uptime. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com

20. Conclusion • Now you know about Exhange 2003 and DNS configuration for email servers. • Questions or comments: email me @ ben A-T reefsolutions . com • This presentation will be online, check out www.nyexug.com. Presented by Ben Serebin www.reefsolutions.com