Exchange 2003 FAQ

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Exchange 2003 FAQ

1. What is Exchange 2003 Forestprep?

Exchange 2003 Forestprep extends the AD schema to include Exchange specific information.

2. What is Exchange 2003 Domainprep?

Exchange 2003 Domainprep creates the groups and permissions necessary for Exchange

serers to read and modify user attri!utes.

3. What is a DC?

A D" is a Windo#s 2000 or 2003 Domain "ontroller that holds actie directory partitions for

a domain $used for things li%e user authentication&.

4. What is a GC?

A '" is a 'lo!al "atalog (erer. A '" holds a full set of attri!utes for the domain in #hich

it resides and a su!set of attri!utes for all o!)ects in the Actie Directory Forest.

*. What is DD+( and #hy do , need it?

Dynamic D+( $descri!ed in -F" 213& allo#s serers to dynamically update and create

records in D+(. Dynamic D+( is used !y the Exchange serer to create serer records and other

entries used !y the Exchange (erers for things li%e message routing. ,n a simple Exchange

organi/ation DD+( is not strictly necessary !ut ma%es administration much easier.

. What is a !order serer?

A !order serer is an Exchange serer that communicates #ith external serers. ,n a single

serer organi/ation your serer is !y default a !order serer. ,n a multiserer configuration you

may hae one or more dedicated serers that communicate directly or indirectly #ith foreign

serers and then pass the mail to other internal Exchange serers.

. What is a mixed mode Exchange enironment?

An Exchange enironment #hich contains Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 and Exchange

*.* serers.

. 4o# does an Exchange *.* site compare to an Exchange 2003 -outing 'roup or

Administratie 'roup?


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,n a mixed mode Exchange enironment the Exchange 2003 Administratie 'roup and

-outing 'roup correspond to the Exchange *.* site. ,n a natie Exchange 2000 enironment the

Administratie 'roup is a group of Exchange o!)ects sharing a common set of permissions and

routing groups define ho# those serers communicate #ith one another. A single Administratie

'roup can contain seeral -outing 'roups. Example5 6our +orth American Exchange serers

might !e grouped in a single Administratie 'roup !ut su!diided into seeral -outing 'roups

to optimi/e interserer communication. An Administratie 'roup contains /ero or more -outing

'roups.

7. What happened to the 85 drie?

9he E:,F( $85 drie& feature has !een disa!led !y default. ,f the feature is still needed it can !e

assigned to an aaila!le drie letter #ith a registry setting.

10. Do , need Windo#s :; to use


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'roup $-('& and the olume (hado# "opy (erice there is no !uilt in mechanism for !ac%ing

up a single Exchange mail!ox. 9his #ould still reBuire a 3rd party !ric% leel !ac%up utility.

1. "an , !ac% up the E:,F( drie using +9 ac%up or another !ac%up application?

6ou can !ut you #ill !e sad. Do +


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6es #ith the exception of the follo#ing Exchange 2000 componentsN >ey 8anagement (erer

Exchange ,nstant 8essaging "hat 8(8ail (chedule= Dir(ync cc58ail "onnectors

1. , created a secondary ;u!lic Folder 4ierarchy !ut only the original pu!lic folder hierarchy

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9hey are listed in Appendix A

2. ,s (ingle ,nstance (torage maintained #hen moing users !et#een serers O storage groups O

data!ases?

6es...

2*. ,n my natie E2>3 organi/ation is there any reBuirement for -;" connectiity !et#een

serers?

,n order to moe users !et#een serers -;" connectiity is reBuired.

2. 4o# can , archie messages sent or receied !y my users?

1. 8essages can !e archied on a per store !asis !y ena!ling the option on the general

properties ta! of the 8ail!ox (tore in the Exchange (ystem 8anager.

2. Cse an eent sin% $either #rite your o#n or use the simple one proided !y 8icrosoft anddescri!ed in RArchie (in% -eadme.txtS

3. Cse a 3rd party message archial tool.

2. Why #hen , try to add an additional mail!ox store do , receie the follo#ing error? 9his

storage group already contains the maximum num!er of stores allo#ed. ,D no5 c103aa

6ou are running the standard ersion of Exchange 2003 #hich is limited to a single 1'

priate information store.

2. 4o# do , get the Exchange Adanced 9a! in Actie Directory Csers and "omputers?


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Domain5 company.com

Tg.TsGcompany.com L 9ommy.UonesGcompany.com

T1gTsGcompany.com L 9UonesGcompany.com

TgT2sGcomapny.com L 9ommyUoGcompany.com

Hess commonly used aria!les include Tm $alias& and Td $display name&.

30. 4o# do , ma%e Exchange automatically send a #elcome message to all ne#ly created users?

9here is nothing in the product that #ill do this. 6ou can create a WEH"


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9here are 3rd party products such as Exchange -esource 8anager and AutoAccept (in% for

Exchange that #ill automatically acceptdecline meeting reBuests for conference rooms and other

resources.

3. 4o# do , find an (89; mail address in Actie Directory if Actie Directory Csers and

"omputers tells me it is in use #hen , try to create a ne# user?

Either open


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9his pro!lem has !een fixed in A+ 8icrosoft Exchange 2000 (erer ;ost(erice ;ac% 3 8D

patch. For more information see >323

0. 4o# do , limit #hich


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Q 2.12 L Exchange 2003 eta 1

Q 03. L Exchange 2003 eta 2

Q *1.10 L Exchange 2003 -elease "andidate 0

Q 7*.* L Exchange 2003 -elease "andidate 1 $"andidate&

. 4o# do , create users from an Excel ta!le?

9here is no !uiltin #ay to accomplish that. 4o#eer see

http5###.cdolie.netdo#nload!ul%addfromexcel./ip for a Windo#s (cripting 4ost script that

uses an Excel ta!le to create users and mail!ox ena!le them.

*. 4o# do , Ena!le the (ecurity 9a! for the (tart -egistry Editor $-egedt32.exe&.2.Hocate the follo#ing %ey in the registry5

H-E/C##E/&E#&otwa"eic"osotExchangeE5Ad)in

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*3. What do , need to get -;" oer 499; #or%ing?

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6ou configure the Actie Directory "onnector $AD"& for Exchange 2003 !et#een the Actie

Directory and Exchange *.* Directory (erice. ,nstall a ne# Exchange 2003 serer into the

enterprise and moe the Exchange *.* users to Exchange 2003.

*. "an , install Exchange 2003 on Windo#s 2000 serer?

6es !ut Windo#s 2000 must hae (;3 loaded first.

*. "an , rename or moe the default groups created !y Exchange during domainprep and

forestprep?


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3. "an , upgrade from the ealuation edition of Exchange 2003 Enterprise (erer to the -98

standard ersion of Exchange 2003 (erer?

+o this is technically a do#ngrade from enterprise to standard. 6ou can only upgrade the

ealuation ersion of Exchange 2003 Enterprise to Exchange 2003 Enterprise -98.

. 4o# can you tell ho# many days remain until the ealuation copy of Exchange 2000 (erer

expires?

9he Exchange (erer (etup ;rogress Hog includes the date on #hich the Exchange serer

#as installed. 9a%e the difference !et#een that date and todays date and su!tract it from 120 to

determine ho# many days remain in your ealuation.

*. 8y ealuation ersion has expired\ Are my data!ases toast?

+o. ,nstall a full ersion of Exchange 2000 Enterprise and you can continue to use your

existing data!ases.

. , plan to run Exchange in a hosted enironment #here can , find information on ho# to

configure my Exchange serer to host multiple companies

8icrosoft (erice ;roiders

. What ports does Exchange use?

A partial list of the ports your Exchange serer might use is included !elo#

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A5 Do +ot delete the Default Domain ;olicy or Default Domain "ontroller ;olicy in your

Actie Directory.

9he Exchange domain prep operation targets a policy #ith 'C,D A"1"01F11D2

7*F00"0f7F7 for its operations. ,f it doesnt find it domain prep #ill fail.

7. What are the (upported FEE scenarios? $i.e. E2003 FE #ith E2% E etc.&

,t is not sufficient to simply upgrade frontend serers to Exchange 2003 for users to get the ne#

interface.

6ou must upgrade !ac%end serers to Exchange 2003 as #ell

,nterface matrix

Ex2000 FE = Ex2000 E L Ex2000


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3. 4o# many 'lo!al "atalog serers should , deploy?

9here is no hard and fast rule in this regard. (ome potential guidelines include5

1. At least 1 per routing group2. 3132 and >310

. What additional Bueues hae !een exposed?

All the system Bueues li%e the failed message retry Bueue D+( messages pending

su!mission and messages Bueued for deferred deliery are no# exposed to enhance trou!le

shooting.

. What do the arious Bueue names mean?

D+( messages pending su!mission "ontains deliery status notifications $D(+& also

%no#n as nondeliery reports that are ready to !e deliered !y Exchange. 9he Delete All

8essages $no +D-& and Delete All 8essages $+D-& functions are unaaila!le for this Bueue.

8essages Bueued for deferred deliery "ontains the messages mar%ed !y the client for

deferred deliery or messages simply a#aiting deliery at a different time.

Failed message retry "ontains messages that hae !een mar%ed as retry due to a deliery

failure. 9his Bueue also does not hae the +D- functions mention in the D+( messages pending

su!mission Bueue.


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. 4o# do you restrict Distri!ution Hists?

(u!missions can !e restricted to a limited num!er of security principles though the standard

Windo#s Discretionary Access "ontrol Hist $DA"H&. 9his feature preents nontrusted senders

such as unauthori/ed ,nternet users from sending mail to an internal only distri!ution list. An

example of this #ould !e an RAll EmployeesS distri!ution list #hich should not !e aaila!le toanyone outside the company $!y spoofing or other#ise&. +ote -estricted distri!ution lists #ill

only #or% on the !ridgehead serers or (89; gate#ay serers running Exchange 2003.

9o set restrictions on a distri!ution list

1. "lic% (tart point to All ;rograms point to 8icrosoft Exchange and then clic% Actie

Directory Csers and "omputers.

2. Expand your organi/ational unit container and dou!leclic% Csers.

3. -ightclic% the distri!ution list for #hich you #ant to restrict su!missions and then clic% ;roperties.

. "lic% the Exchange 'eneral ta!.

*. Cnder 8essage -estrictions under Accept messages select one of the follo#ing options5

Q "lic% From eeryone to allo# anyone to send to this distri!ution list. 9his includes

anonymous users from the ,nternet.

Q "lic% From authenticated users only to allo# only authenticated users to send mail to

this distri!ution list.

Q "lic%


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1. "reate the recipient filter using the "onnection Filtering ta! on the 8essage Deliery

;roperties under 'lo!al (ettings.

2. Apply the filter at the (89; irtual serer leel.

9he Directions are in the document entitled RExchange 9itanium 'etting (tarted 'uideS

1. 4o# do , moe (89; Bueues and !admail directories?

Exchange 2003 allo#s you to change the location of Bueue directories for (89; irtual

serers and :.00.

9he Directions are in the document entitled RExchange 9itanium 'etting (tarted 'uideS

2. 4o# do , filter incoming mail !y su!)ect or attachment?

Exchange 2003 does not hae any !uiltin function to accomplish that. Either loo% for a third

party tool or deelop your o#n Windo#s (89; 9ransport Eent (in%.

(ee http5###.cdolie.netdo#nload(89;9ransportEentAttachmentFilter./ip and

http5###.cdolie.netdo#nload(89;9ransportEent(enderFilter./ip for t#o samples to get

you started. 8ore information a!out Windo#s (89; 9ransport Eent (in%s can !e found at

http5msdn.microsoft.com

3. 4o# do , limit the maximum amount of messages the (89; Bueue can hold?

6ou hae to use the 8ax8essage2*

. 4o# do , strip the attachment from an +D-?

6ou can do this through a registry entry. ut there are t#o dra#!ac%s. 30303

*. What is the (98 file?

9he .stm file is part of the information store data!ase that contains the natie internet formatted

items. ,t is used to improe the performance of the data!ase.

. Why does the si/e of the ED file not change #hen , moe users out of that store?

9he .ed! file #ill only decrease in si/e once a data!ase defrag is performed.


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. 4o# do , moe the log files?

9he ne# E(8 allo#s the administrator to moe the log files through the 'C,.

. ,s there an easier #ay to moe mail!oxes grouped !y mail!ox.store?

6es you can no# moe mail!oxes through E(8 grouped !y mail!ox store.

7. Will an in place upgrade from Exchange 2000 remoe the 85 drie?

6es ,n !oth the clean install and upgrade from Exchange 2000 scenarios Exchange 2003 does

not present E:,F( as drie letter 85

70. ,f there is still an 85 drie mapped #hy does the free space num!er loo% funny?

9he free space num!er sho#n on the 85 drie is !ased on the main install drie for Exchange. ,t

is not related to the drie space on the dries #here the stores actually exist.

71. Which cluster configuration is preferred?

8icrosoft recommends Actie;assie clustering !ecause it5

Q (cales !etter

Q si/es the same #ay as a stand alone Exchange serer

Q can hae up to nodes in the cluster

Q al#ays fails oer to a fresh node

72. What happened to ActieActie "lustering?

ActieActie clustering is only supported #ith a 2node cluster limited to 1700 concurrent

connections.

73. Do , still hae to cycle the serices on fail !ac% li%e in 2000 Actie;assie mode?

9he Exchange serices are automatically shutdo#n on failoer so #hen fail !ac% happens the

serices are automatically !rought !ac% online for a clean address space.

7. 4o# many cluster nodes are supported !y each ersion of Exchange?

Exchange 2003 and Windo#s 2003 (tandard Edition #ill run up to a node cluster.

Exchange 2003 and Windo#s 2003 Enterprise #ill run an node cluster #ith at least one

passie node.

7*. Are there any other differences !et#een Win2% and Win2%3 clustering?


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Win2%3 Enterprise and Datacenter !oth support node clusters. 8("( $8icrosoft

"lustering (erices& is no# aaila!le for high aaila!ility. +H 8anager allo#s the

administrator to configure the +H serice in a central location thus aoiding mista%es from

repetitie actions. For more information see the R9echnical


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100. What are the (upported FEE scenarios? $i.e. E2003 FE #ith E2% E etc.&

,t is not sufficient to simply upgrade frontend serers to Exchange 2003 for users to get the

ne# interface.

6ou must upgrade !ac%end serers to Exchange 2003 as #ell

,nterface matrix

Ex2000 FE = Ex2000 E L Ex2000


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F"e7!ent*% As8ed Q!estions a+o!t Exchange &e"$e" 2009

Gene"a* Q!estions

Q

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What is Exchange Server 2007?

A

. Exchange (erer 200 is the next ersion of Exchange (erer the industrys leading serer for email calendaring and unified messaging. 9he release of Exchange (erer 200 is closely

aligned #ith the 8icrosoft


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use ;u!lic Folders read the Exchange 9eam log on the topic of pu!lic folders for more

guidance.

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Q

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Wh( did Microsoft a)e the decision to o*er Exchange Server 2007 as a +,-bit

application?

A

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Exchange has !een operating #ithin the same 32!it architecture for the past 10 years since

Exchange .0. 9he messaging enironment has eoled oer time into a missioncritical

application for most !usinesses today and demands placed on messaging systems #illcontinue to gro#. We #itness this gro#th through the increase of email traffic and larger

attachments that no# reBuire larger mail!oxes to store these messages. Csers are also

accessing their email in more #ays such as #ith mo!ile deices through We! !ro#sers using


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Q

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Which +,-bit processors will be s"pported b( Exchange Server 2007?

A

. Exchange (erer 200 #ill support serers #ith x processors. 8ost ne# serers today ship

#ith processors from ,ntel and A8D that include this x support called ,ntel Extended8emory 9echnology $E89& !y ,ntel and A8D !y A8D. Exchange (erer 200 #ill

not offer support for ,tanium $,A& processors #hich are intended for more processor

intensie data!ase and !usiness applications.

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