Exchange server 2003

Mail system
Four components
• Mail user agent (MUA) to read and compose
mail
• Mail transport agent (MTA) route messages
• Delivery agent that stores messages for later
retrieval by users
• Optional access agent to connect user agent
to message store
– Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) and Internet
Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4)
 What is exchange server
• software that runs on servers that enables you
to send and receive electronic mail and other
forms of interactive communication through
computer networks. Designed to interoperate
with a software client application such as
Microsoft Outlook, Exchange Server also
interoperates with Outlook Express and other
e-mail client applications.
• E-mail messages are sent and received
through a client device such as a personal
computer, workstation, or a mobile device
including mobile phones or Pocket PCs.
 ? how it is work
• The client typically connects to a network
contains exchange where the e-mail
mailboxes are stored. The centralized e-mail
servers connect to the Internet and private
networks where e-mail messages are sent to
and received from other e-mail users.
 Communication between client and
exchange server
• computers running Microsoft Office Outlook
communicates with the server running Exchange
Server through the MAPI protocol that includes
powerful messaging and rich collaboration capabilities.
• Exchange Server also accommodates other client
access through its support for
– Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
– Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4)
– Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
• Microsoft Outlook Web Access, a service in Exchange
Server, accommodates what are known as thin clients
(Web browser–based access clients).
 installing Exchange Server 2003
• Prior to installing Exchange Server 2003, there are
certain Windows Server 2003 components that must
be enabled on the server because of the level of
integration Exchange has with Active Directory and the
Windows operating systems. For Setup to complete
successfully, you must have the following services
installed and enabled on your server:
– Microsoft .NET Framework
– Microsoft ASP.NET
– World Wide Web service
– Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service
– Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) service
• After having installed the Windows
components required by Exchange Server
2003, the next step is to prepare Active
Directory for the Exchange installation.
Preparing Active Directory involves running
– ForestPrep
– DomainPrep
-two utilities that prepare the forest and
domains.
 ForestPrep
Active Directory consists of three partitions that store
data:
• The schema partition
• The configuration partition
• Domain partition.

- ForestPrep updates the schema and configuration

partitions in Active Directory. Therefore, the account
used to run ForestPrep must be a member of the
Schema Admins and Enterprise Admins security
groups.
- ForestPrep is a setup switch for Exchange that, when
run, extends the Active Directory schema to include
Exchange Server 2003–specific classes and attributes.
 ForestPrep
• To run ForestPrep, insert the Exchange Server
2003 installation CD, and from the Run you
start Setup with the /forestprep switch

• ForestPrep is run once (in the forest root

domain)
 DomainPrep
• DomainPrep prepares the domain partition.
• must be run in each of the following domains:
– he forest root domain
– All domains that will contain Exchange Server 2003
– All domains that will contain Exchange mailbox-enabled
objects (users and groups), even if the domain does not
have its own Exchange Server 2003 server
NOTE: You must install the exchange service (run
domainprep in each domain you want its user to use the
exchange email service
• To run DomainPrep from the Run you start Setup with
the /domainprep switch
 DomainPrep
• The DomainPrep switch creates the groups and
permissions required by Exchange Server 2003. Two
security groups are created by DomainPrep:
• Exchange Enterprise Servers A domain local group that
contains all Exchange servers running in the forest
• Exchange Domain Servers A global group that contains
all Exchange servers running in the domain you have
selected
• To run DomainPrep, you must use a user account that
is a member of the Domain Admins group in the local
domain.
 Installing
• After the preparation start the installation
setup program
• Main steps:
• Choose the installation type
• Choose the name of the Organization
• Choose component to setup
 Installation Types
• There are two primary types of installations
available when the Microsoft Exchange
Installation Wizard starts. They are:
• Create a New Exchange Organization
new Exchange Server 2003 organization will be
created in the forest. Because Active Directory
supports only one Exchange Server organization
per forest, you can create a new organization in a
forest only if one does not already exist.
• Join Or Upgrade An Existing Exchange Server 5.5
Organization
• The previous will install the service but if you
want to manage the exchange organization
(which is different as concept from the forest)
install exchange management tool
 Client’s Setting
• We start with the server where the
administrator will give the client an account
on the exchange server when she create a
new account
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• Second step is to prepare the client
workstation to download the messages from
the exchange server which usually done by
using MS outlook
- Add new account
- Choose the server
Of the new account
To be the exchange
server
• To activate the account you must sent a
message to it and you can make it done
automatically (batch script or send it
manually)
• The exchange sever must installed in a domain
environment and uses NTFS files