Deploying Exchange Server 2016

Learn how to deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2016. Review configuration settings, mailboxes, users, client access roles, Edge servers, and databases.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before taking this course

1. Planning for Exchange Deployment

• Migration considerations from Exchange 2010 or 2013
• AD preparation and domain controllers
• Exchange 2016 installation
• Exchange Management tools
• Accepting domain setup

2. Deploying the Mailbox Role

• Plan for database size and storage performance requirements
• Plan for virtualization requirements and scenarios
• Plan mailbox role capacity and placement
• Design public folder placement strategy
• Create and configure Offline Address Book (OAB)
• Setting up journaling
• Create different types of users

3. Deploying the Client Access Role

• Plan for MAPI over HTTP and Outlook Anywhere
• Configure an address list
• Order and install certificates
• Configure authentication methods
• Plan the namespace model

4. Deploying Email Transport

• Design inter-site mail flow
• Plan for domain security and TLS
• Design Edge transport
• Design message hygiene solutions
• Configure Send/Receive connectors
• Configure transport rules
• Configure Edge servers

5. Deploying High Availability

• Plan for Exchange clustering
• Create a database availability group (DAG)
• Replicate databases in a DAG
• Add an administrator to manage Exchange
• Troubleshoot DAG database replication
• Manual database cluster failover

6. Command-Line Setup Options

• Installing roles through CLI
• Export mailboxes to PST files
• Check database integrity
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy setup

7. Deploying Mobile Solutions

• Set up MAPI over HTTP and Outlook Anywhere
• Control mobile device functionality
• Outlook web access
• Test using Remote Connectivity Analyzer
• Access Exchange using Outlook

Conclusion

• Next steps