Term
| What are the server roles in exchange 2010? |
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Definition
Mailbox Server
Hub transport Server
Client Access Server
Edge Transport Server
Unified messaging server |
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Term
| a single Exchange server can run all roles with the exception of which role? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Responsible for hosting and providing access to the Exchange
databases that contain user mailboxes and public folders. |
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Term
| What does the mailbox role hold? |
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Definition
| MS Exchange Information Store Service, responsible for handling all mailbox databases. |
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Term
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Definition
allows email clients access to their mailboxes using OWA
(HTTP/HTTPS), POP3, IMAP4, Outlook Anywhere (RPC over
HTTP/HTTPS), and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). |
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Term
| What is the Hub transport Role? |
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Definition
Routing server that routes email within the Exchange
organization.
Handles all email relay in the organization and is functionally
equivalent to the MTA and MDA in a generic email system.Integrated with the Active Directory service and uses Exchange
Server configuration stored in Active Directory to direct and
restrict email flow. |
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Term
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Definition
connects a PBX system to Exchange and combines voice messaging and email messaging into a single messaging
infrastructure. |
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Term
| what does UM allow users to do? |
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Definition
Allows users to access email, voice mail, and fax messages
from a MAPI client, OWA, smartphone, or telephone. |
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Term
| Which role performs the function of an MTA? |
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Definition
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Term
| what does Edge transport provide in terms of security? |
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Definition
It offers antivirus and antispam protection to provide extra
security at the edge or perimeter of your network.
For added security, the Edge role cannot directly access Active
Directory. |
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Term
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Definition
Only the information from Active Directory that is used to filter
emails is sent from Hub servers to Edge servers |
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Term
| Where is edge transport located? |
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Definition
Edge Transport is usually located on the perimeter network or
DMZ. |
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Term
| what other devices can handle the Edge transport role? |
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Definition
firewall or a smart
host. |
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Term
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Definition
An intermediate email server that receives inbound email and
simply forwards it to another email server in the organization
rather than directly to the recipient’s own server . |
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Term
| what are smart hosts used for? |
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Definition
for backup mail (secondary MX) services
a smart host configuration will accept mail on
behalf of the primary mail server if it were to go offline. When
the primary mail server comes back online, mail is then
delivered via the smart host. |
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Term
| smart hosts have what type of security |
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Definition
Smart hosts often have antivirus and spam-filtering software
that stops malicious and unsolicited email from entering the
company.
Functionally equivalent to the Edge role in Exchange |
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Term
A typical Exchange Server 2010 installation includes these roles
by default. |
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Definition
| Mailbox, Hub Transport, and CAS roles |
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Term
The design of your Exchange infrastructure must obey the
following rules: |
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Definition
There must be at least one Hub role per AD site to allow for email
relay between Exchange servers in different sites.
The CAS role should have fast access to the Mailbox role.
The server for Exchange should have at least one 1 Gb Ethernet
network interface card.
Edge roles cannot share hardware with other roles. |
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Term
| what are the reccomended settings for a server with multiple roles installed? |
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Definition
processor cores 8 (64 bit )
memory 8 GB
Disk 1.2 GB for exchange files
200 MB of free disk space
reduce the number of mailboxes by 20% |
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Term
| what must you ensure your hard disk has? |
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Definition
| fast transfer rates and fault tolerance |
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Term
| which disk can be used for an exchange server? |
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Definition
JBOD adds fault tolerance by using
multiple copies of the databases on separate disks.
Direct attached storage (DAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN) (FibreChannel)
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
(NAS ) is Not supported. |
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Term
| what RAID is recommended for exchange. |
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Definition
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Term
| what are the DNS requirements for exchange? |
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Definition
SRV records to locate domain controllers
Host records to locate other servers
MX records (publically available) to enable mail servers
in other organizations to locate you |
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Term
| Software requirements for Exchange? |
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Definition
he server must have an x64 version of the Windows Server
2008 Service Pack 2, or Server 2008 R2, or Server 2012/R2
operating system installed (Exchange 2010 SP3 only) |
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Term
| What are Exchange online services? |
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Definition
Exchange Online delivers email services, including spam
filtering, antivirus protection, and mobile-device
synchronization. |
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Term
| What services does Exchange online provide? |
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Definition
Enables e-mail and calendar functionality hosted by
Microsoft.
Enables email co-existence and migration of mailboxes and
global address lists.
Enables both on-premises and hosted mailboxes with
Exchange Server 2010. |
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Term
| What benefits does exchange provide in a virtualized environment |
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Definition
• Increased hardware utilization
• Provides server-management options that are not available for
physical servers.
You can deploy all Exchange server roles, except UM servers, on
virtual machines running on a supported virtualization platform.
Consider the high-availability features in Exchange 2010 as an
alternative to highly available virtual machines.
Virtualization of high availability options (DAGs) are not recommended
for Mailbox servers.
Design virtual hardware using the same criteria as physical hardware. |
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Term
| What are the AD requirements for exchange? |
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Definition
Ensure that at least one Global Catalog server exists in each AD
site that will contain Exchange Server 2010 computers.
Schema Master FSMO role must be available and running. |
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Term
| what are the commands to prepare active directory? |
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Definition
/PrepareLegacyExchange
Permissions:domainname (Applies to Exchange 2000/2003 only)
/PrepareSchema Prepare the Active Directory schema
/PrepareAD/OrganizationName:
name Prepare the first domain
/PrepareDomain:
domainname or
/PrepareAllDomains
Prepare all other domains |
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Term
| in order to prepare the schema what must you be? |
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Definition
be a member
of both the Enterprise Admins and Schema Admins groups. |
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