Tutorials

Tutorials

• Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server 2003 Email Security Guide

  Protect Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server 2003 from threats like spam, viruses, phishing and hackers with this email security guide for administrators.  Continue Reading

• The admin's guide to server consolidation

  This guide breaks down the basics of server consolidation, and provides the essential steps and strategies every admin needs to successfully reduce server sprawl.  Continue Reading

• How to uninstall Exchange Server 2007 and individual server roles

  Get detailed instructions on how to uninstall Exchange 2007 and its server roles, including the Client Access, Edge Transport, Hub Transport and Mailbox server roles.  Continue Reading

• Step 3: Customize your Exchange Server hardware configurations with System Center Capacity Planner

  Learn how to use Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner tool's Hardware Editor to simulate, configure and properly size your Exchange Server hardware setup.  Continue Reading

• Step 2: Fine-tune your Exchange Server architecture design model in System Center Capacity Planner

  Learn how to fine-tune your Exchange Server architecture design model with Capacity Planner so it accurately reflects your topology and user activity.  Continue Reading

• How to design an Exchange Server architecture model with System Center Capacity Planner

  Learn how to use the System Center Capacity Planner tool to design an Exchange Server architecture model that suits your topology, hardware and email usage.  Continue Reading

• Part 4: Security-related and Exchange-specific ESMTP commands

  Discover several security-related and Exchange-specific ESMTP commands that offer enhanced email delivery notification, host authentication and encryption.  Continue Reading

• Part 3: How Extended SMTP works and common ESMTP commands

  Learn how Extended STMP (ESMTP) works and discover the functionality of several common ESMTP commands.  Continue Reading

• Part 2: How to perform a Telnet SMTP session for Exchange Server 2003

  Get a demonstration of how to perform an SMTP session via Telnet to send email messages in Exchange Server 2003.  Continue Reading

• Part 1: SMTP commands and server response codes

  Learn how several common SMTP commands work and the meaning of SMTP numeric response codes.  Continue Reading

• A primer on SMTP and ESMTP servers and commands

  Learn about Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Extended SMTP (ESMTP), common commands and how each protocol works.  Continue Reading

• Step 1: Design an Exchange Server architecture model with System Center Capacity Planner

  Learn how to design an Exchange Server architecture model using System Center Capacity Planner tool and simulate the expected performance of your topology.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 licensing demystified

  Learn how Exchange Server 2007 licensing works, including Client Access License (CAL) options and what it'll cost you to keep your email environment legal.  Continue Reading

• Creating a SharePoint Server disaster recovery operations document

  Get an example of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 disaster recovery operations document and learn how to ensure its effectiveness.  Continue Reading

• Scheduling a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 backup

  Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 doesn't have a tool to schedule backups. But you can use the command line, two-stage Recycle Bin and SQL Server.  Continue Reading