Tutorials

Tutorials

• 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

• Using the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 backup tool

  Learn how full, incremental and differential backups work in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and how to use the native SharePoint backup tool to save and store data.  Continue Reading

• Understanding Microsoft SharePoint Server backup and restore options

  Learn about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 backup and restore options, including the Web-based central admin, command-line backup, and two-stage Recycle Bin.  Continue Reading

• Using the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 restore utility

  Learn how to perform a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 restore and find out how to troubleshoot a MOSS backup or restore failure.  Continue Reading

• What's not covered by a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 backup

  Learn important content items not captured by the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 backup tool and extra steps you must take to ensure successful restores.  Continue Reading

• Scheduling a Microsoft 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. Learn how.  Continue Reading