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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003: Consulting, Support, Troubleshooting
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 delivers
a reliable, scalable, and manageable
infrastructure with 24×7
messaging and collaboration plus low
cost of ownership. It supports a wide range of collaborative activities,
including group scheduling
capabilities, discussion groups, and
team folders, and also provides access to information across geographic,
organizational, and technology
barriers with features such as Instant
Messaging, real-time data, and video conferencing. Exchange Server 2003 offers
improvements
over Exchange 2000 Server in many important
areas that include security, performance, and mobility.
Years of experience with Microsoft's email technology makes Exsos
one of the most qualified IT consulting firms in the New England for
integrating messaging solutions based on Microsoft Exchange Server
2003. Exsos can help businesses get the full benefits of Microsoft
Exchange Server 2003 under these common scenarios:
Benefits of Updating from Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 offers major
improvements in functionality over Exchange
5.5 Server in key areas including accessibility, manageability,
security, stability, capacity,
and performance.
- The 2003 version of Microsoft Exchange Server brings a dramatic
increase in functionality over
the Microsoft Exchange 5.5 web client.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 offers
a nearly complete implementation of
the familiar Outlook interface, including
calendaring and tools. This means that
mobile workers can have full, secure
access to email even without a notebook. All they need is
an Internet-connected computer with
a standard web browser.
- Unlike Microsoft Exchange 5.5, which has
its own directory, Microsoft Exchange
Server 2003 uses Active Directory, providing a greatly simplified administration
and security model.
This makes Exchange Server 2003 easier
to manage and support and also offers tighter security.
- Exchange Server 2003
has a strong foundation for seamlessly
integrating third-party
applications such as virus scanning packages and anti-spamming tools. Exchange
Server 2003's
strong Application Programming Interface
(API) eliminates the instability associated with Exchange 5.5 when adding third-party
utilities.
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 offers significantly
improved capacity and performance
over Exchange 5.5. This means that you can have more and bigger mailboxes and
faster
remote access.
- Upgrading to Microsoft Exchange Server
2003 also brings better searching
ability, making it easier to retrieve vital information when you need it.
Benefits of Updating from Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 offers improvements
in functionality over Exchange 2000 Server in key areas including
disaster recovery, performance, security, mobility, collaboration,
and manageability.
- The 2003 version of Microsoft Exchange Server features improved
disaster recovery by adding support for
eight-node clustering, cluster fallover
time improvements, support for mount points which overcome
the 24-drive letter limitation, standard
storage area network (SAN) connectivity,
Volume Shadow Copy service for database backup, a Mailbox
Recovery Center tool, and a Restore Storage
group.
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
enhances performance via features such
as a /USERVA memory switch, public folder
store replication improvements, distribution list
caching improvements,
and suppression of Out of Office messages.
- Security enhancements offered by Exchange
Server 2003 include Internet Protocol
security (IPSec) support for front-end and back-end clusters, signed Lightweight
Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) requests to Active Directory,
front-end and back-end Kerberos authentication, Internet Information Services
(IIS) 6.0 security
and dedicated application mode, restriction
of distribution lists to authenticated users, real-time Safe and Block lists,
inbound recipient
filtering, attachment blocking in Microsoft
Office Outlook Web Access, public folders permissions improvements for unknown
users, and restricted
submissions improvements.
- Microsoft Exchange
2003 Server includes better support for
mobile workers by
adding an Outlook Web Access user interface (UI) and a broader Web Outlook feature
set, Outlook
2003 performance improvements via MAPI
compression, HTTP access from Outlook 2003, cHTML, xHTML and HTML mobile phone
browser support,
plus up-to-date notifications synchronization
for Pocket PCs.
- An advanced managed, remote accessible
application programming interface (API)
enhances collaborative development.
- Manageability and serviceability are improved
by centralizing queues on a per-server
basis, improving the User Interface, exposing all system queues, enabling cookie
authorization, using Exchange
System Manager to move log files and
queue data, including a multi-user Move Mailbox function, and adding dynamic
distribution lists, public
folder Send hierarchy, public folder
Search capabilities, public folder Send Contents, and public folder affinity
to control referrals.
How Exsos Can Help You Upgrade to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Exsos’ field-proven methodologies can help you define and implement
an efficient in-place upgrade strategy that avoids business disruption,
reduces long-term support requirements, and makes your Microsoft Exchange
Server 2003 easy to administer. For complex multi-server or multi-site
upgrades, Exsos has the experience to complete your project quickly
and affordably. Exsos’ Microsoft Exchange troubleshooting and
consulting services include assistance with the configuration of third-party enhancements that are best aligned to your business goals.
Benefits of Migration from an ISP-based or POP3 Email System
If your business is currently using an
email system hosted by an ISP or if you are running your Outlook
clients in POP3 mode, Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server offers an array
of improved features in the areas of manageability, performance,
capacity, availability, and collaboration:
- Unlike the store-and-forward model used by POP3 email systems,
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Server
uses a central-store model that frees users from dependence on a
specific
desktop or notebook computer,
reduces vulnerability to hardware failure
or virus attacks, and allows both on-line
and off-line email, automatic backup, and sophisticated
sharing and collaboration.
- Exchange Server
2003 has powerful collaboration features
that allow work groups to increase
productivity by sharing calendaring, address books, messages and files.
- The flexibility
of Exchange Server 2003 makes it possible
to add third-party
security enhancements or accommodate wireless devices such as the RIM Blackberry
wireless handheld.
- Exchange Server 2003 supports powerful
management and tracking tools so you
can make sure your email system is operating efficiently.
- Exchange Server 2003
allows full on-line backup without
affecting users, enabling
24x7 operation by eliminating scheduled downtime and maintenance blackouts.
How Exsos Can Help You Migrate from a POP3 Email System
Exsos experience and field-proven methodologies
can help you implement a quick, seamless migration to Microsoft
Exchange Server 2003. Exsos attends to critical details such as
coordinating domain names so that both local and remote users make
a smooth transition from POP3 email.
Find out more about Exsos Managed
Services.
For more information about our services, please
call us at (978) 620-1800.
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