Exchange Server 2007 Deployment and Migration Strategies Nireshen Beerbul

What Will We Cover? Deployment Scenarios Server Roles Detailed pre-installation requirements The installation process Automating deployments Server provisioning

Level 300 Helpful Experience IT administration experience with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, Exchange 2000 Server, or Exchange Server 5.5

Agenda Understanding Exchange Deployment Scenarios Introducing Exchange Server Roles Meeting Exchange 2007 Installation Requirements Understanding Exchange 2007 Setup Automating Exchange 2007 Setup

Agenda Understanding Exchange Deployment Scenarios Introducing Exchange Server Roles Meeting Exchange 2007 Installation Requirements Understanding Exchange 2007 Setup Automating Exchange 2007 Setup

Exchange Deployment Scenarios Greenfield Native E2007 Organization New Installation (T1) Foreign System Upgrade (T3) Migration (T2)Foreign System Co-exist (T5) E2003 E2007 Intra-Org Coexistence Lotus Notes Migration (T2) Native Mode E2007 (T4) E2007 Foreign Notes Migration (T2) E5.5 Transitions T1 – New clean installation of single E2007 Organization T2 – Migrate MB content and select MB attributes to E2007 T3 – Upgrade to E2007 and coexist in same Organization T4 – All legacy servers removed and coexistence removed T5 – Configure E2007 coexistence with foreign system

Coexistence Scenarios Native E2007 Organization Native E2007 E2003 E2007 Intra-Org Coexistence E2007 E2003 E2007 Inter-Organization coexistence (T6) Foreign Notes Transitions T6 – Configure E2007 coexistence with multiple Organizations

Exchange Forest Topologies A single-forest topology A multiple-forest topology A resource-forest topology

Exchange Server Interoperability Requirements Legacy Exchange Organization in Exchange Native Mode Routing Group Connector is required between 2003 and 2007 Exchange 2003 Front-ends cannot talk to Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Servers Verify recipients meet new validation requirements

Exchange Interoperability

Agenda Understanding Exchange Deployment Scenarios Introducing Exchange Server Roles Meeting Exchange 2007 Installation Requirements Understanding Exchange 2007 Setup Automating Exchange 2007 Setup

Exchange 2007 Server Roles Perimeter Exchange 2007 Edge Server Intranet Exchange 2007 Server

Exchange 2007 Enterprise Topology Enterprise Network Other SMTP Servers Hub Transport RoutingPolicy Applications: OWA, Outlook Anywhere Protocols: EAS, POP, IMAP, Outlook Anywhere Programmability: Web services, Web parts Client Access Edge Transport Routing Hygiene PBX or VoIP I N T E R N E T Mailbox Public Folders Voice Messaging Unified Messaging Fax

Flexible Deployment Flexible installation options Increased security Servers can be optimized

Flexible Deployment Continued Increased availability Patching by roles reduces maintenance outages Management by server roles is more intuitive

Server Role Details

Agenda Understanding Exchange Deployment Scenarios Introducing Exchange Server Roles Meeting Exchange 2007 Installation Requirements Understanding Exchange 2007 Setup Automating Exchange 2007 Setup

Hardware Requirements 64-bit processor Intel or AMD processor required in production environment Minimum 512MB of RAM 1 GB disk space on installation drive plus 200 MB on system drive NTFS file system

Software Requirements Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 supported Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 MMC 3.0

Role Specific Software Requirements

Infrastructure Requirements

Deploy Supporting Active Directory Infrastructure Upgrade/replace existing Domain Controllers Use 64-bit hardware (recommended) One 64-bit Global Catalog server can handle the workload of bit GC servers

Client Requirements

Client Requirements Continued

Security Requirements

Agenda Understanding Exchange Deployment Scenarios Introducing Exchange Server Roles Meeting Exchange 2007 Installation Requirements Understanding Exchange 2007 Setup Automating Exchange 2007 Setup

The Deployment Wizard

Choosing the Server Roles

Creating the Organization

Integrated Best Practice Analyzer

Exchange Setup End-to-End

Verify the Exchange Server 2007 Installation Get-ExchangeServer ExBPA

Modifying Deployed Roles

Agenda Understanding Exchange Deployment Scenarios Introducing Exchange Server Roles Meeting Exchange 2007 Installation Requirements Understanding Exchange 2007 Setup Automating Exchange 2007 Setup

Exchange 2003 Unattend Mode Specific format created by setup itself Restrictions on allowed setup actions Exchange 2003 setup return codes

Command-Line Setup Fully customizable, unattended install Separate server deployment from organization preparation

Command-Line Setup Options

Delegation Setup Commands

Active Directory Parameters

Required PrepareX Permissions

Introduction to the Exchange 2007 Answer File Simple text file Format is parameter=value Create and edit with notepad Cmsname=<name>Cmsipaddress=<ipaddress>CmssharedstorageCmsdatapath=<datapath>

Understanding Success or Failure Simple return codes The right data in the log

Putting it All Together Easy to use Trustworthy Fully integrated with PowerShell for provisioning

Session Summary Deployment scenarios Improved through the use of server roles Simpler, more flexible, more intuitive Better delegation Improved deployments: can be fully automated

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