aniel Petri – MCSE, MCT, MVP (Server System – Exchange)

icrosoft Infrastructure and Information Security Manager

petri@johnbryce.co.il

www.petri.co.il
 Product Design Goals
 De-Emphasized and Discontinued Features
 New Features in Exchange Server 2007
 Exchange Server 2007 Architecture
 High Availability Improvements
 Hotfixes, Rollups and Service Packs
 Links
Design goals for Exchange Server 2007
are to:
Increase server capacity
Improve Exchange Server availability
Enhance server security
Simplify deployment and
administration
Make e-mail available anywhere
Unify messaging services
Large Mailbox Support
 Features
De- Public folders – PF GUI management is
back in SP1
emphasized
CDOEx
WebDAV
ExOLEDB
Store events
Streaming Backup
 Features
Discontinued Administrative Groups
Routing Groups
AD Users & Computers snap-in
integration
Active/Active Clustering
Co-existence with Exchange Server 5.5
Direct upgrade from Exchange Server 5.5
In-place upgrade from Exchange
2000/2003
Outlook Web Access to public folders – PF
web access is back in SP1 OWA
Outlook Mobile Access
IMAP and NNTP access to public folders
Interoperability with X.400 messaging
systems
Capability to export mailboxes to PST –
 New Features for Messaging
Administrators
 New Management Options
 New Features for Server Scalability
 New Features for Availability
 New Features for Messaging Security
 New Features for Messaging Policy
Compliance
 New Features for Exchange Server
Users
Exchange Server 2007 provides two new
management tools:
Exchange Management Console
• Redesigned GUI
Exchange Management Shell (known as
“PowerShell”)
• Simplified command-line and scripting tool

Other new administrative features include:

Autodiscover
Server role-based architecture
New in SP1:
Native IPV6 support
Public folder configuration from ESM
POP and IMAP configuration from ESM
SendAs permission configuration
Delegation wizard scenarios
Delegate management
Folder permission management
Ability to export mailboxes to PST files
 Results
pane

Console Work
tree pane Action
pane
Manage settings
for the entire
organization

Manage settings
for specific servers

Manage settings
for recipient
objects

Open
troubleshooting
and analysis tools
The Exchange Management Shell provides
a
command-line interface based on Windows
PowerShell for administering Exchange
Server 2007
The Exchange Management Shell can:
Automate and streamline the performance
of
repetitive tasks
Replace long and complicated VBScript
scripts
Windows PowerShell is:
A scripting and command-line technology
Directly accessible through a command
shell, msh.exe
Used by GUI tools

Windows PowerShell features include:

Commands Scripting support
Aliases Access to cmd.exe
Variables commands

Pipelining Signed scripts

 Exchange Management Shell commands use
the
same syntax
Verb Noun Parameters Example
Get User Get-User
Get User -Identity Enable-mailuser –Identity
- Tom –
ExternalEmailAddr ExternalEmailAddress
ess Tom@Contoso.com

Commands can be pipelined to other commands:

get-user | sort-object name
get-user | where-object {$_.name -ilike "a*" } | sort-
object name
get-user | where-object {$_.distinguishedname –ilike
‘*ou=sales,dc=tailspintoys,dc=com’} | enable-mailbox –
database ‘PER-EX2\mailbox database’
Get-User –Filter{(RecipientType –eq ‘user’) –and (City –eq
Get-DistributionGroup ‘RemoteUsers’ |
‘Brisbane’)} | Enable-Mailbox –Database “SYD-DC1\Mailbox
Get-DistributionGroupMember |
Database” –WhatIf
Set-Mailbox –MaxReceiveSize 1024000

Get-StorageGroup | where { $_.Name –imatch ‘temp’ } |

Remove-StorageGroup –confirm

Get-Mailbox –server PER-DC1 | move-mailbox –

targetDatabase ‘PER-EX2\mailbox store’

Get-Message | where { $_.FromAddress -ilike "Tom*" } |

remove-message

Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus
Production versions of Exchange Server
2007 run only on 64-bit operating systems
because:
32-bit operating systems:
 Are limited by the memory address
space
 Create a disk I/O performance
bottleneck
64-bit operating systems:
 Can address up to 16 exabytes of
memory
 Can decrease disk I/O by up to 75%
Do we need the 32-bit version?
32-bit version of Exchange 2007 is
provided for testing and training
environments only…
SP1 RTM will also be available in 32-bit
The 32-bit version is good to have
around even if you don’t plan to install
it
You can use it to install the Exchange
Management Tools on your existing 32-bit
management workstations (XP Pro SP2,
Windows Server 2003 and above machines,
but NOT on Vista…)
Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher
Intel (or AMD) 64-bit CPU (but not
Itanium)
2GB of RAM (plus 5MB of RAM per
mailbox)
At least 1.2 GB of available disk space
Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher
Active Directory
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
3.0
KB904639 and KB918980
Exchange Server 2007
Local Continuous provides:
Replication to
maintain two copies of a storage group
on the same server
Cluster Continuous Replication to
maintain two copies of a storage group
on multiple servers
In SP1 - Standby Continuous
Replication
The (SCR) group can be used for
replica storage
backup
Deploy multiple servers in each non-
Mailbox server role to provide
redundancy
Exchange Server 2007 provides:
Server role base virus filtering
Forefront Security for Exchange Server
Spam filtering, including:
 Connection filtering, sender filtering,
Sender ID filtering
and recipient filtering
 Automatic updating of content filters
 Aggregation of Outlook Safe Senders
lists
 Sender reputation filtering
In SP1 – S/MIME is back in OWA!
Messaging policy compliance is required by
both government regulations and security and
business rules
Exchange Server 2007 helps enforce policy
Providing transport
compliance by: rules to apply policies
to messages in transit
Messaging Records Management rules to
apply policies to messages in user
mailboxes
Multi-mailbox search capabilities
Message journaling to a Windows
SharePoint
Services list
Exchange Server 2007 provides:
Outlook Web Access enhancements
Document access on network shares or
SharePoint sites
No need to refresh to read new email
Better searches in GAL
Unified Messaging
Out-of-Office Assistant enhancements
New Calendar functionality
Scheduling Assistant
Availability Service
Resource Booking Attendant
Improved mobile access to e-mail
In SP1:
Month view
Public Folder Web Access
More languages for spell checking
Personal distribution lists, support for viewing
Office 2007 file formats as HTML
Deleted items recovery from OWA
S/MIME in OWA
 Server Roles
 Active Directory Forest Topologies
 High Availability Improvements
In Exchange Server 2007, servers are
installed with specific functional roles:
Edge Transport server role
Client Access server role
Hub Transport server role
Mailbox server role
Unified Messaging server role
 Client Access server
Mailbox server role
role Hub
Transport
server role
Unified Edge Transport
Messaging server role
server role

Simplified deployment and

administration
Enhanced scalability
Improved security
The Edge Transport server role provides:
Internet message delivery
Antivirus and anti-spam protection
Edge transport rules
Address rewriting

The Edge Transport server:

Cannot be deployed with any other server
role
Cannot not be a member of an Active
Directory domain
Should be deployed in a perimeter network
The Client Access server role provides:
Access to mailboxes for non-MAPI clients
Services such as Autodiscover and Web
services

TheMust
Client
beAccess server:
deployed in each Active Directory
site that has a Mailbox server
Requires a fast network connection to
Mailbox servers
Should be deployed on the internal
network
The Hub Transport server role provides:
Message routing
Optional antivirus and anti-spam protection
Messaging policy compliance

TheRequires
Hub Transport server: connection to
a fast network
Mailbox servers and global catalog servers
Requires SMTP connectivity to other Hub
Transport servers and to the Edge
Transport server
Is required in every site with a Mailbox
server
TheHosts
Mailbox server role:
mailboxes and public folders
Enables high availability through
clustering, LCR,
and CCR
Does not transfer messages between
mailboxes

TheShould not
Mailbox be directly accessible from the
server:
Internet
Must be a member of an Active Directory
domain
Should be connected to a fast storage
device such as
a SAN
The Unified Messaging server role provides:
Call answering
Fax receiving
Subscriber access
Auto attendant

TheShould
Unifiednot be directly
Messaging accessible from the
server:
Internet
Requires access to Mailbox servers, Hub
Transport servers, and global catalog
servers
Requires access to an IP-PBX or VoIP
gateway device
Edge Transport Hub Transport
server role server role

5
2
3
1
4

Mailbox Client Access

server role server role
A single-forest
topology

A multiple-forest
topology

A resource-forest
topology
 Store Enhancements
 What is Local Continuous Replication?
 What is Clustered Continuous
Replication?
 What is Standby Continuous
Replication in Exchange Server 2007
Service Pack 1?
Improved performance with:
Increased inbox size
Reduced rate of I/O to the disks
Pages are now 8 KB instead of 4 KB
Improved reliability with:
LCR, CCR, SCR (in SP1)
Simplified database structure
Up to 50 stores per server
Log names lengthened (more than 2
billion name options)
Log files reduced to 1 MB instead of 5
MB
 One machine
 Two copies
Logs
 Replay
DBs
 Data validation
 1 datacenter Manual activation
Logs
 Easy configuration Resource
DBs
requirements
Backup options
Configurations
Backup TCO
 Q

 Two copies
 Clustered Q
Q
 Full redundancy
 Replay
 Data validation
 1 / 2 datacenters
 Symmetric
failover

Logs

DBs
Logs
DBs

 Can be backed up
 A source can have multiple
targets
 Delayed Replication
 Cannot be backed up
 Can be combined with CCR
to replicate storage groups

Logs
DBs
locally in a primary
datacenter and remotely in
a secondary or backup
datacenter (using SCR for
site resilience)

Logs

DBs
In Exchange Server 2007, hotfixes will be
called “Update Rollups”:
“Rollups" will be delivered once every
six to eight weeks
“Rollups” are cumulative and will
contain all hotfixes that have been
released since the last major milestone
(read as RTM or last service pack)
Easier deployment for administrators
Easier troubleshooting for PSS
Latest Rollup is Update Rollup 2 for
Exchange Server 2007 (KB935490) –
Rollup 3 will be available in July
Exchange Server 2007 SP1 will RTM along
with Windows
Many Server 2008,
organizations give
will wait or take a
with
couple of months
Exchange 2007 deployment till SP1 is
out
Issues around introduction of Windows
Server 2008 – Exchange 2007 does not
run on Windows Server 2008 – SP1 will
fix this
SP1 Beta is available from MSDN (64-
bit only) or TechNet for subscribers (32
and 64-bit)
Same as for initial Exchange Server
2007
KB931836 (DST changes)
Currently – download is 718 MB
Read the SP1 Release Notes before
deploying!
Don’t forget – SP1 is still in Beta phase,
so no production servers please!
Beta 2 will be available in a month or
so
 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – Learning Portal:
 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exchange2007/default.mspx
 Exchange Server TechCenter: Documentation, downloads,
and additional resources:
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/default.aspx
 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Release Notes:
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=57
 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935490):
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35

 Exchange Server 2007 - Management Tools (32-Bit):

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6B
 Exchange Server 2007 - Evaluation Software:
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=44
 Run IT on a Virtual Hard Disk (download VHD images):
 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/try/vhd/default.mspx
 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Documentation Center:
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558.aspx
 TechNet Webcast: Installing Exchange Server 2007 Virtual
Lab:
 http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx
 TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Overview:
 http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?

 TechNet Webcast: Guided Hands-On: Using the Exchange

Server 2007 Management Console and Shell:
 http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?
 3938b - Updating Your Skills from Exchange
2000-2003 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – 4
days
 5047a - Introduction to Installing and Managing
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – 3 days
 5049a - Managing Messaging Security Using
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – 1 day
 5050a - Recovering Messaging Servers and
Databases Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
– 1 day
 5051a - Monitoring and Trouble Shooting
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – 2 days