Microsoft Exchange Server 2019: Administration

2h 21mIntermediate2019-06-18

Authors

Robert McMillen

35+ Certifications, Networking Consultant, Consultant for U.S. Government

Course details

Learn the day-to-day activities required to maintain and monitor an Exchange Server environment. This course teaches the core skills related to administering an organization's email with Exchange Server 2019—the latest version of the flagship Microsoft communications platform. Microsoft Certified Trainer and Solutions Expert Robert McMillen covers creating and configuring mailboxes in the Exchange Control Panel, setting mailbox permissions and delegations, adjusting transport rules, and designing a service-level agreement (SLA) to set expectations around downtime and message delivery. Plus, learn how to back up and recover email, set up protections against malware and spam, and define client policies to guide access, retention, delivery attempts, and more.

Learning objectives
Overview of the Exchange Control Panel
Managing the mailbox role
Managing and troubleshooting transport
Exchange SLA
Backup and recovery
Configuring malware and spam filtering
Defining user roles and policies
Setting transport limits

Skills covered

Microsoft Exchange ServerServer AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Master Microsoft Exchange Server 2019

1. Using the Exchange Control Panel

02 - Exchange 2019 admin center overview
03 - Creating mailbox types
04 - Creating distribution groups
05 - Configuring linked mailboxes
06 - Configuring email moderation
07 - Administer Exchange workload management

2. Managing the Mailbox Role

08 - Configure mailbox folder permissions
09 - Configure mailbox permissions
10 - Configure room mailbox permissions
11 - Configure equipment mailbox permissions
12 - Set up automapping
13 - Add an administrator to manage Exchange

3. Managing Transport

14 - Manage send and receive connectors
15 - Manage transport rules
16 - Troubleshoot domain security TLS
17 - Understanding transport architecture

4. Exchange SLA

18 - Plan for Exchange updates
19 - Design an SLA solution for downtime
20 - Design SLA around RPO RTO
21 - Design SLA for message delivery
22 - Manage lagged mailbox database copies

5. Backup and Recovery

23 - Determine the most appropriate backup solution strategy
24 - Manage backups for mailbox databases
25 - Create a recovery database shell
26 - The public folder hierarchy
27 - Perform a dial tone restore
28 - Enable circular logging

6. Research and Protection

29 - Interpret message tracking logs and protocol logs
30 - Plan and configure malware filtering
31 - Plan and configure spam filtering
32 - Plan and configure spam confidence level (SCL) thresholds

7. Client Policies

33 - Defining user roles
34 - Outlook Web App policies
35 - Configure journaling
36 - Retention tags and archive policies
37 - Transport limits in server settings

Conclusion

38 - Course summary