Lesson 1: Analyze Active Directory and Design an Administrative Plan

• Analyzing Your Current Environment
• Designing Active Directory Groups for an Exchange Server 2003 Organization
• Designing an Administrative Plan

Lesson 2: Design a Routing Topology and Server Roles and Placement

• Planning Routing Group Boundaries
• Planning Connectors Between Routing Groups
• Discussion: Planning Connectors and Cost
• Planning Server Roles and Placement
• Discussion: Planning Server Placement

Lesson 3: Design a Public Folder and Client Connectivity Strategy

• Planning Business and Logistical Requirements for Public Folders
• Planning Administrative and Permission Requirements for Public Folders
• Planning Hardware Requirements for Public Folders

Lesson 4: Design an Exchange Server 2003 Security Strategy

• Designing a Security Strategy
• Planning Exchange Server 2003 Perimeter Security
• Planning Exchange Server 2003 Intranet Security
• Planning an Encryption Strategy
• Discussion: Designing an Encryption Strategy

Lesson 5: Design for High Availability and Reliability

• Introduction to Designing a Highly Available Exchange Server Organization
• Providing Redundant Supporting Services for the Exchange Server Organization
• Designing a Highly Available Internet Client Access Strategy
• Designing a Highly Available Back-End Server Strategy
• Designing a Highly Available Data Storage Strategy

Lesson 6: Design Inter-organizational Connectivity

• Identifying Requirements for Inter-organizational Connectivity
• Planning for Inter-organizational Global Address List (GAL) Synchronization Strategy
• Planning an Inter-organizational Public Folder Strategy

Lesson 7: Design an Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Strategy

• Preparing to Migrate from Exchange Server 5.5
• Planning a Directory Upgrade Strategy
• Planning a Server Migration Strategy