Managing Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft Exchange is a messaging system developed by Microsoft. It has became something that is a powerful and the most used program for messaging and collaboration. You will read a brief review managing of the Exchange Server 2020. Exchange Server 2010 and Active Directory have a closely intertwined relationship; managing an Exchange Server 2010 environment automatically implies managing, to some degree, aspects of an Active Directory environment.
For those not familiar with it, Active Directory can be managed using the default tools, such as:
-the Active Directory users and computers MMC snap-in
-the Active Directory sites and services MMC snap-in
-and the Active Directory domains and trusts MMC snap-in.
Exchange Server 2010 can be managed using:
-Exchange Management Console (EMC)
– Exchange Management Shell (EMS)
-Exchange Control Panel (ECP).
I’m going to focus primarily on getting to grips with the three Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 management tools, and touch upon the Active Directory methods where relevant. The Exchange Management Console is the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for managing an Exchange environment. In a Windows environment, especially smaller environments, lots of Exchange Administrators are used to GUIs and, as such, the EMC will almost certainly be the primary means of Exchange Management.
Alternatively, the Exchange Management Shell is also a complete management interface, and can manage all aspects of an Exchange organization. The EMS is actually also the primary management interface, as the EMC is built “on top” of it. Every action taken in the EMC is translated on the fly into an EMS command and executed. Under the hood, the EMS uses Windows PowerShell 2.0 which, combined with the Remote Management capabilities in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, gives Exchange administrators the ability to remotely manage their Exchange environment.
As an aside, a combination of the EMC and EMS is a great environment for learning more about using PowerShell 2.0 in Exchange Server 2010, and I’ll explain this later when I go into detail about the Management Console. Exchange Server 2010 also has a new management feature, called the Exchange Control Panel (ECP). The ECP is a part of the Outlook Web App which gives both users and administrators some administrative control. Regular users can, of course, do as much as they were able to in Outlook Web Access options page in Exchange Server 2007, but Exchange administrators and users with appropriate delegated permissions now have the additional ability to manage some basic information in their Exchange environment. In this chapter, I’ll go through each of these management tools in enough detail for you to pick them up and use them in your own environment as soon as you put the book down. Once I’ve done that, I’ll also take you through some of the finer points of the new Role Based Access Control system, and give you a deeper understanding of Exchange Server 2010’s new Archiving and Compliancy features. So without further ado, let’s get started.
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