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Exchange 2007 Overview

James Whelan

What Will We Cover?• New features in Microsoft Exchange 2007

• The Exchange Management Console

• The Exchange Management Shell

• New features in Outlook Web Access

• Transport rules

Agenda

• Use Exchange Server 2007 to give you more

control

• Get anywhere access to your mailbox with

Exchange Server 2007

• Protect against e-mail threats with Exchange

Server 2007

Exchange Roadmap Update

2005

Already Available Exchange 2003 SP2 ExBPA v2.5, add’l tools Hosted Exchange Exchange Hosted

Services Sybari Antivirus

December 2005 Exchange 2007 Beta1

Mid-2006 Exchange

2007 Beta 2

2007

Late 2006/Early 2007 Exchange 2007 planned

availability Control Access Protection

Exchange 2007 optimized services

2006Today

Exchange 2007 Themes

• E-mail is mission-critical

• E-mail systems too complex/ expensive

• Management tasks tedious, not automated

ControlControl

IT Pro Situation

Anywhere Anywhere AccessAccess

• Users want easy access to all their communications

• Mobile devices are increasingly common

• Calendaring is frustrating

Info Worker Situation

• Security a top concern

• Spam and viruses compromise the e-mail experience

• Regulatory compliance critical in many industries

Built-in Built-in ProtectionProtection

Organization-wide Situation

Agenda


control




Server 2007

Simplify Deployment and Management

• Server role-based deployment

• Exchange Management Console

• Exchange Management Shell

• Native 64-bit

• Local and clustered continuous replication

• AutoDiscover

Exchange 2007 Server Roles

Perimeter

Exchange 2007 Edge Server

Intranet

Exchange 2007 Server

Exchange 2007 Server Roles

Perimeter Intranet

• Five server roles

• Server roles chosen at install

• Smart default settings for

each server role

• Automated Server install

(Exchange Management

Shell)

Role Based Server Configurations

Improved Exchange Management ConsoleSide by Side Comparison



1. Console Tree: segmented into four work centers

Organization

Server

Recipients

Toolbox

2. Result Pane: rich list of objects

3. Work Pane: child objects of result pane object, only used by Servers and System nodes

4. Action Pane: tasks for selected object(s) and node (work center)

1

4

3

2

Improved Exchange Management ConsoleBasics

Exchange 2007 Enterprise Topology

Enterprise network

OtherSMTP

Servers

Hub Transport

Routing Policy

Applications:OWA, Outlook

Anywhere

Protocols:EAS, POP, IMAP,

Outlook Anywhere

Programmability:Web services, Web

parts

Client Access

EdgeTransport

Routing

Hygiene

PBX or VoIP

INTERNET

Mailbox

Mailbox

PublicFolders

Voice Messagin

g

Unified Messaging

Fax

Demo

Understanding the Exchange Understanding the Exchange Management ConsoleManagement ConsoleNavigate the Exchange Management

Console Use the Exchange Management Console

to Change User Properties

demonstration

New Exchange Management Shell

• Built upon new command line PowerShell technology from Windows• Enables the same operations that are in Exchange Server 2007 EMC GUI at

the Command Line

• Supports automation and bulk operations

• Enables IT Pros to write secure automation scripts that run locally or remotely

• Enables developers to add command-line management capabilities using .NET • PowerShell SDK available

for Exchange Server 2007

Msh> Get-mailbox –Server “smbex01”

Name Alias Server StorageQuota

---- ----- ------ -----------

John Kelly johnk smbex01 unlimited

Beth Aker betha smbex01 unlimited

Verb Noun NameArgument

String

Property Names

Property Values

Command Parameter

New Exchange Management ShellCommand Line Structure

New Exchange Management ShellCommand Line Structure

Verbs

• Update

• New

• Get

• Remove

• Set

• Add

• Enable

• Mount

• Dismount

• Disable

• Test

Sample Nouns

• Mailboxdatabase

• Storagegroup

• Sendconnector

• Umautoattendant

• Transportagent

• Mobiledevice

• Systemhealth

• Servicehealth

• Journalrule

• MAPIconnectivity

• Distributiongroup

• Get-excommand | out-file c:\excommand.txt

New Exchange Management Shell

Exchange 2003 (VBScript) Exchange Server 2007 (“One-Liner”)

Set listExchange_Mailboxs = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\COMPUTERNAME\ROOT\MicrosoftExchangeV2").InstancesOf("Exchange_Mailbox")

For Each objExchange_Mailbox in listExchange_Mailboxs

WScript.echo "AssocContentCount =” + objExchange_Mailbox.AssocContentCount

WScript.echo " DateDiscoveredAbsentInDS =” + objExchange_Mailbox.DateDiscoveredAbsentInDS

WScript.echo " DeletedMessageSizeExtended =” + objExchange_Mailbox. DeletedMessageSizeExtended

WScript.echo " LastLoggedOnUserAccount =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LastLoggedOnUserAccount

WScript.echo " LastLogoffTime =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LastLogoffTime

WScript.echo " LastLogonTime =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LastLogonTime

WScript.echo " LegacyDN =” + objExchange_Mailbox. LegacyDN

WScript.echo " MailboxDisplayName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. MailboxDisplayName

WScript.echo " MailboxGUID =” + objExchange_Mailbox. MailboxGUID

WScript.echo " ServerName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. ServerName

WScript.echo " Size =” + objExchange_Mailbox. Size

WScript.echo " StorageGroupName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. StorageGroupName

WScript.echo " StorageLimitInfo =” + objExchange_Mailbox. StorageLimitInfo

WScript.echo " StoreName =” + objExchange_Mailbox. StoreName

WScript.echo " TotalItems =” + objExchange_Mailbox. TotalItems

Next

get-mailboxstatistics

–server $servername

Comparison – Exchange Server 2003 vs. Exchange Server 2007

Demo

Using the Exchange Management Using the Exchange Management ShellShell

Create a Basic Shell CommandChange User PropertiesManage Selected Users

demonstration

64-Bit Imperative

• More memory

• Larger cache

32-bitExchange 2003Exchange 2000 Exchange 5.5Exchange 4.0

64-bit Exchange 2007

32-bit Exchange

64-bit Exchange 2007

• Reduce I/O per sec required by 70 percent

• A quarter of the disk

• Four times more users

• Larger inboxes

Large, Low-Cost Mailboxes with 64-Bit

Local Continuous Replication Clustered Continuous Replication

Active

Passive

High Availability at Lower Cost• Log shipping• Reduce the need to restore• Reduce impact of backup operations• Dumpster interval increased

Client Access Server

Active Directory

AutoDiscover

Agenda


control




Server 2007

Information Worker Inbox Productivity

• Microsoft Office Outlook

Web access improvements

• Calendaring improvements

• Document access

• Unified messaging

Miscellaneous FeaturesAuto-

complete

Fast search

Notifications

Conversation view

Address Book

Calendaring Improvements

Document Access

• Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Exchange ActiveSync proxies Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft Windows Server file share data

• Enable access to documents through OWA without directly exposing the stores on the Internet

Document Access Continued

Demo

Using Exchange Outlook Web Access

Utilize the Outlook Web Access Interface Improvements

Search MessagesUnderstand Messaging Handling

Improvements

demonstration

Unified Messaging

• Automated Attendant

• Call answering

• Fax receiving

• Outlook Voice Access

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Vision & Benefits

• Voice and e-mail exist as separate inboxes

hosted on separate servers accessed through

the desktop for

e-mail and the phone for voicemail

• Fax messages come to stand-alone fax machines

and require personnel to monitor

• Users and administrators have to manage their

communications from multiple locations with

multiple sets of tools

Problems being Addressed with Exchange 2007

04/21/23 |

Vision & Benefits

• Exchange Vision

–Provide e-mail and scheduling services that make Outlook

users most productive, delivering the freedom and

flexibility to securely work when and how they choose, at

a lower cost to the organisation than ever before.

• Extend the Exchange Server 2007 vision by bringing new and

valuable content into the inbox (voicemail/fax)

• Simplify life and reduce costs for the administrator by

consolidating infrastructure and training

• Increase the client reach of Exchange to the telephone to truly

allow “anywhere access” to your inbox

Exchange Server 2007: The Integrated Communications Backbone

Potential for Savings with Exchange 2007

• Automated Attendant and voice messaging

• Backup and restore

• Storage hardware

• Client/server setup

• Administration

04/21/23 |

Vision & BenefitsSimplify & Reduce Administrative Costs

• Consolidate telephony and data networks to a single messaging architecture

• Centralise administration

• Reduce costs

• Reduce training requirements

04/21/23 |

With Outlook…

Vision & BenefitsAnywhere Access to the Inbox

• Check your e-mail, calendar, contacts by phone

• Listen to your voice messages on your laptop

• Play voice messages on the computer or over

the phone

• Use Outlook Voice Access to call a contact

• Check and respond to your calendar by phone

• Send a notice by phone to meeting attendees

• Check the meeting room and location using

your phone

• No WiFi or network access?

• Traveling?

• At your desk?

• Need to talk with a contact?

• Commuting in the morning?

• Late to a meeting?

• Need to know where your next meeting is

located?

Agenda


control




Server 2007

Message Hygiene

• Antivirus protection

• Antispam protection

04/21/23 |

Exchange Anti-SpamConnection filtering

Real Time Block Lists

Global accept / deny and exception lists

SMTP Filtering Layer

Sender and Recipient Filtering

Sender ID

SMTP Command Tar-pitting

Content Filtering

Outlook Safe List Aggregation

Anti-Spam/Anti-Phishing SCL

Per-user/OU Spam preferences

International Domain Support

Quarantine and Spam Reporting

Connection FilteringConnection Filtering

SMTP FilteringSMTP Filtering

Content Content FilteringFiltering

OutlookOutlookMailboxMailbox

InboxInbox

Junk E-mailJunk E-mail

IncomingInternet

E-mail

04/21/23 |

Antivirus

• Edge Transport server role: Filters inbound/outbound traffic

• Hub Transport server role: Filters e-mail between mailboxes, even if they reside on the same server

• Mailbox server role: Legacy support: virus scanning on mailbox

• “Poison” messages are not poisonous

• New Exchange Server 2007 capabilities:

–Managed MIME parsing and composing

–Content-Transfer encoding (Base64, QP, Uuencode, BinHex)

–Managed TNEF and RTF parsing and composing

–Managed iCalendar/vCard parsing and composing

Overview

Protect Messages in Transit

• Intra-organisation messages

• Inter-organisation messages

• Policy-based routing

• Server roles

• Filtering

Enable Messaging Policy for Compliance

• Agents

• E-mail life cycle

• Multi-mailbox search

Demo

Securing the Organisation

Configure a Transport Rule

demonstration

Exchange Server Hosted Services

• Exchange Hosted Filtering

• Exchange Hosted Archive

• Exchange Hosted Encryption

• Exchange Hosted Continuity

New for Exchange 2007: Web Services

• Unified store access with Web services

• Outlook interoperability provided via Exchange

Business Logic layer

• No client-side runtime necessary

• Strongly typed objects for messages, calendar items,

contacts and more

• Great Visual Studio .NET integration

Session Summary

• New features in Microsoft Exchange 2007

• The Exchange Management Console

• The Exchange Management Shell

• New features in Outlook Web Access

• Transport rules

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