Exchange 2003 Interview Questions

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Exchange 2003 Interview Questions

Tell me a bit about the capabilities of Exchange Server. What are the different Exchange 2003 versions? Whats the main differences between Exchange 5.5 and Exchange

2000/2003? What are the major network infrastructure for installing Exchange2003? What is the latest Exchange 2003 Service Pack? Name a few changesin functionality in that SP. What are the disk considerations when installing Exchange (RAIDtypes, locations and so on). You got a new HP DL380 (2U) server, dual Xeon, 4GB of RAM, 7 SASdisks, 64-bit. What do you do next to install Exchange 2003? (you haveAD in place) Why not install Exchange on the same machine as a DC?

Are there any other installation considerations? How would you prepare the AD Schema in advance before installingExchange? What type or permissions do you need in order to install the firstExchange server in a forest? In a domain? How would you verify that the schema was in fact updated? What type of memory optimization changes could you do forExchange 2003? How would you check your Exchange configuration settings to see if theyre right? What are the Exchange management tools? How and where can you

install them? What types of permissions are configurable for Exchange? How can you grant access for an administrator to access allmailboxes on a specific server? What is the Send As permission? What other management tools are used to manage and controlExchange 2003? Name the tools youd use. What are Exchange Recipient types? Name 5. You created a mailbox for a user, yet the mailbox does not appear inESM. Why? You wanted to change mailbox access permissions for a mailbox, yetyou see the SELF permission alone on the permissions list. Why? What are Query Based Distribution groups? What type of groups would you use when configuring distributiongroups in a multiple domain forest? Name a few configuration options for Exchange recipients. Whats the difference between Exchange 2003 Std. and Ent. editionswhen related to storage options and size? Name a few configuration options related to mailbox stores.


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What are System Public Folders? Where would you find them? How would you plan and configure Public Folder redundancy? How can you immediately stop PF replication? How can you prevent PF referral across slow WAN links? What types of PF management tools might you use?

What are the differences between administrative permissions andclient permissions in PF? How can you configure PF replication from the command prompt inExchange 2003? What are the message hygiene options you can use natively inExchange 2003? What are the configuration options in IMF? What are virtual servers? When would you use more than one? Name some of the SMTP Virtual Server configuration options. What is a Mail Relay? Name a few known mail relay software or

hardware options. What is a Smart Host? Where would you configure it? What are Routing Groups? When would you use them? What are the types of Connectors you can use in Exchange? What is the cost option in Exchange connectors? What is the Link State Table? How would you view it? How would you configure mail transfer security between 2 routinggroups? What is the Routing Group Master? Who holds that role? Explain the configuration steps required to allow Exchange 2003 tosend and receive email from the Internet (consider a one-site multiple

server scenario). What is DS2MB? What is Forms Based Authentication? How would you configure OWAs settings on an Exchange server? What is DSACCESS? What are Recipient Policies? How would you work with multiple recipient policies? What is the issue with trying to remove email addresses added byrecipient policies? How would you fix that? What is the RUS? When would you need to manually create additional RUS? What are Address Lists? How would you modify the filter properties of one of the defaultaddress lists? How can you create multiple GALs and allow the users to only seethe one related to them? What is a Front End server? In what scenarios would you use one? What type of authentication is used on the front end servers? When would you use NLB?


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How would you achieve incoming mail redundancy? What are the 4 types of Exchange backups? What is the Dial-Tone server scenario? When would you use offline backup? How do you re-install Exchange on a server that has crashed but with

AD intact? What is the dumpster? What are the e00xxxxx.log files? What is the e00.chk file? What is circular logging? When would you use it? Whats the difference between online and offline defrag? How would you know if it is time to perform an offline defrag of yourExchange stores? How would you plan for, and perform the offline defrag? What is the eseutil command? What is the isinteg command?

How would you monitor Exchanges services and performance? Name2 or 3 options. Name all the client connection options in Exchange 2003. What is Direct Push? What are the requirements to run it? How would you remote wipe a PPC? What are the issues with connecting Outlook from a remotecomputer to your mailbox? How would you solve those issues? Name 2 or 3 methods What is RPC over HTTP? What are the requirements to run it? What is Cached Mode in OL2003/2007? What are the benefits and issues when using cached mode? How

would you tackle those issues? What is S/MIME? What are the usage scenarios for S/MIME? What are the IPSec usage scenarios for Exchange 2003? How do you enable SSL on OWA? What are the considerations for obtaining a digital certificate for SSLon Exchange? Name a few 3rd-party CAs. What do you need to consider when using a client-type AV softwareon an Exchange server? What are the different clustering options in Exchange 2003? Whichone would you choose and why.


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1. *** What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3?

1. We cant rename domain in Win2k,u can rename in Win2k32. IIS 5.0 in Win2k and IIS 6.0 in Win2k3

3. No Volume Shadow Copying in Win2k, its available in Win2k3

4. Active Directory Federation Systems in Win2k3

Like that some other security features added in Win2k3, mainfeatures are above

***WHICH PROTOCOL USED FOR SENDING MAIL?

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocal is used to Sending mails.

***TELL ME WHY WE R USEING EXCHANGE SERVER?

This is a mail server.. we can use this Server to send mails inIntranet as well as outside.

*** What is DHCP?

To assign ip addresses automatically.

*** DHCP relay agent where to place it?

DHCP Relay agent u need to place in Software Router.

*** what is forest?

Is a collection of trees. Tree is nothing but collection domainswhich is having same name space.domain contains domain controllers..forest Tree Domain

Dont get confused.. Understand carefully.

*** what is GC? how many required for A Tree?

Global Catalog server is a Searchable Index book. With this wecan find out any object in the Active Directory.


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Also it works as logon authentication for Group memberships.

We can have each domain controller in domain or only firstdomain controller in a domain..

*** DNS zones, chronicle records what are they?In Windows 2000 there are mainly 3 zones

Standard Primary zone information writes in Txt fileStandard Secondary copy of PrimaryActive Directory Integrated Information stores in ActiveDirectory

in win2k3 one more zone is added that is Stub zone

Stub is like secondary but it contains only copy of SOA records,copy of NS records, copy of A records for that zone. No copy of MX, SRV records etc.,With this Stub zone DNS traffic will be low

*** FSMO Roles?

Flexible Single Master Operation Roles

1. Domain Naming Master Forest Wide Roles2. Schema Master Forest Wide Roles

3. RID Master Domain Wide Roles4. PDC Emulator Domain Wide Roles5. Infrastructure Master Domain Wide Roles

RID Master It assigns RID and SID to the newly created objectlike Users and computers. If RID master is down (u can createsecurity objects upto RID pools are avialable in DCs) else u cantcreate any object one its down

PDC emulator : It works as a PDC to any NT Bdcs in yourenvironment

It works as Time Server (to maintain same time in your network)

It works to change the passwords, lockout etc.,

Infrastructure Master: This works when we are renaming anygroup member ship object this role takes care.


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Domain Naming Master : Adding / Changing / Deleting anyDomain in a forest it takes care

Schema Master : It maintains structure of the Active Directory ina forest.

*** FTP, NNTP, SMTP, KERBEROS, DNS, DHCP, POP3 portnumbers?

FTP : 20, 21(20 is for controlling, 21 is Transmitting)

NNTP : 119

SMTP : 25

Kerberos : 88

DNS : 53

DHCP : 67, 68

Pop3 : 110

*** What is Kerberos? Which version is currently used byWindows? How does Kerberos work?

Kerberos is the user uthentication used in Win2000 and Win2003Active Directory servers

Kerberos version in 5.0

Port is : 88

Its more secure and encrypted than NTLM (NT authentication)

2. Sunit Suri Says:May 21st, 2007 at 11:03 am

What is the new major feature introduced in Exchange 2003,which was not included in Exchange 2000?

How can you recover a deleted mail box ?

what is the use of ESUtil.exe ?
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What are the port Numbers for pop3, imap, smtp port, smtp overssl, pop3 over ssl, imap over ssl ?

Difference between Exchance 2003 and 2007?

what is RPC over Http ?What is required for using RPC over Https with MS Outlook ?

If you have deleted the user, after you recreated the same user.How you will give the access of previous mail box ?

What are the prequisite for installation of Exchange Server ?

What is the use of NNTP with exchange ?

If NNTP service get stoped, what features of exchange will beeffected ?

Which protocol is used for Public Folder ?

How will take backup of Active Directory ?

What are the content of System State backup ?

there r more. ill update soon.

3. Harish P Says: June 1st, 2007 at 2:42 pm

Describe the lease process of the DHCP server.

Ans : A DHCP lease is the amount of time that the DHCP servergrants to the DHCP client permission to use a particular IPaddress. A typical server allows its administrator to set the leasetime.

4. Harish P Says: June 1st, 2007 at 3:43 pm

7. Disaster Recovery Plan?

Ans: Deals with the restoration of computer system with allattendent software and connections to full functionality under avariety of damaging or interfering external condtions.
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5. shan Says: June 22nd, 2007 at 9:57 am

Which protocol is used for Public Folder ?

ANS: SMTPWhat is the use of NNTP with exchange ?

ANS: This protocol is used the news group in exchange.

6. shan Says: June 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 am

How will take backup of Active Directory ?

Ans: Take the system state data backup. This will backup theactive directory database. Microsoft recomend only Full backupof system state database

What are the content of System State backup ?

The cotents areBoot fles,system filesActive directory (if its done on DC)Sysvol folder(if it done on DC)Cerficate service ( on a CA server)

Cluster database ( on a clsture server)registryPerformance couter configuration inormationCoponet services class registration database

7. shan Says: June 22nd, 2007 at 9:41 pm

What are the prequisite for installation of Exchange Server ?

The pre requsite are

IISSMTPWWW serviceNNTP.NET FrameworkASP.NET
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Then run Forestprep The run domainprep

8. Brian Says: June 25th, 2007 at 9:44 am

bart said,How Can i Deploy the Latest Patched in Pc through G.P. wihtouthaving the Admin Right in Pc.A) Create a batch file and place all the patches in the Netlogon,and deploy the batch file through GP to all the pcs so the sameshould take affect after restarting the pc.

the answer to the above question is incorrect.

you cannot deploy a batch file using group policy.

you can only publish or assign msi packages or Zap files. Theyare the only two valid file formats allowable when usingintellimirror. in active directory.

Actually you are incorrect as well. If you create a script andassign it to the STARTUP script in a GPO applied to theCOMPUTER and not the USER, then it runs as a localadministrator on the computer.

9. Shahnawaz Mulla Says:

September 12th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

Where is active directory stored?

10. Khan Says:October 1st, 2007 at 12:45 am

What is difference between scope and superscope ?

Scope in dhcp, where u can specify a range of IP Address whichwill be leased to the dhcp clients.Superscope is the combination of multiple scopes.


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DHCP Server leases the IP addresses to the clients as follows :DORAD (Discover) : DHCP Client sends a broadcast packets to identifythe dhcp server, this packet will contain the source MAC.O (Offer) : Once the packet is recieved by the DHCP server, the

server will send the packet containing Source IP and Source MAC.R (Request) : Client will now contact the DHCP server directlyand request for the IP address.A (Acknowledge) : DHCP server will send an ack packet whichcontains the IP address.

The default lease period is 8 days.


What is the new major feature introduced in Exchange 2003,

which was not included in Exchange 2000?

1) RPC over HTTPS.2) Volume Shadow Copy for backup.3) Super upgrade tools like ExDeploy.4) Improved security, including all those of IIS v 6.0.

Pl let me know if u still find more differnces.


What are the port Numbers for pop3, imap, smtp port, smtp overssl, pop3 over ssl, imap over ssl ?

POP3 : 110Standard IMAP4 : 143SMTP : 25pop3 over ssl : 992imap over ssl : 993


What are the prequisite for installation of Exchange Server 2003?

* IIS* SMTP services* NNTP services* ASP.NET


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* www services* .net framework

15. Josh Says:November 28th, 2007 at 11:10 am

What is a smarthost?

A Exchange server is having bandwidth issues, explain how youwould look at fixing the issue?

16. Jitendra Singh Thakur Says:December 8th, 2007 at 10:41 am

What is Blue Screen Error? and when it comes?What is clean Booting?

What is warm and cold booting?Difference between clean Boot and safe mode?

17. Anthony Says:December 19th, 2007 at 7:06 am

What is warm and cold booting?

ans:A warm boot, accomplished by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELkey combination, restarts the computer through the INT19h ROMBIOS routine. This warm-boot procedure usually does not go

through the complete boot process; generally, it skips the power-on self test (POST) to save time. In addition, a warm bootfrequently fails to reset all adapters in the computers adapterslots.

If you use the Reset button to cold boot the computer, itgenerally restarts the boot process, including the POST.However, this procedure does not necessarily discontinue powerto the motherboard. If the power is not interrupted, the cold bootmay fail to reset all adapters in the computers adapter slots.

if u want any other clarification let me know

18. MANIRASU.R Says: January 4th, 2008 at 5:18 am

Differents between server 2k and 2k3advandags inserver 2k31.domain renname.


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2.domain controller rename3.multi user propertis selet4.administrator deleted and rename5.IP v6 supported6.Default APIPA

7.maximum group option disable8.task manager extra two options.9.security purpose (shutdow time and restart time ask question)10.forest trust11.IIS v612.shadow copy

19. Mahmood Says: January 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

About the new features in Exchange 2003:

1.Updated Outlook Web Access.

2.Updated VSAPI (Virus Scanning Application ProgrammingInterface)

but in Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise, there are SpecificFeatures which :

1.Eight-node Clustering using the Windows Clustering service inWindows Server (Ent.&Datacenter)

2.Multiple storage groups.

3.X.400 connectors which supports both TCP/IP and X.25.

Contact me if you need more in details.

20. Jaspreet Singh Narang Says:May 24th, 2008 at 1:56 am

Hi

I was asked:

1) What is Global Catalog Server? Will it help if we have threeGlobal Catalog Servers in a single domain on various ChildDomains? Whats the recommended number of Global CatalogServers by Microsoft?
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2) What are the six different services which are installed whilewe are setting up a new Domain Controller?

3) What is the protocol used which allows us to login into adomain?

4) If we block the ICMP protocol, which command will stopworking?

5) Can we create a Recovery Disk for Domain Controller and allthe softwares so that in case there is a failure we can recover thedomain or we can setup a new domain on a different computer?

Please help me if anybody knows these answers.

21. Sameer Latheef Says:

June 1st, 2008 at 9:17 am

1. What is the maximum storage capacity for Exchange standardversion? What would you do if it reaches maximum capacity?

16GB.Once the store dismounts at the 16GB limit the only way tomount it again is to use the 17GB registry setting. And even thisis a temporary solution.if you apply Exchange 2003 SP2 to your Standard Edition server,the database size limit is initially increased to 18GB. Whilst youcan go on to change this figure to a value up to 75GB, its

important to note that 18GB is the default settingHKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\{servername}\Private-{GUIDIt therefore follows that for registry settings that relate to makingchanges on a public store, youll need to work in the followingregistry key:HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\{servername}\Public-{GUID}

Under the relevant database, create the following registryinformation:Value type: REG_DWORDValue name: Database Size Limit in GBSet the value data to be the maximum size in gigabytes that thedatabase is allowed to grow to. For the Standard Edition of Exchange, you can enter numbers between 1 and 75. For theEnterprise Edition, you can enter numbers between 1 and 8000.

Yes, thats right, between 1GB and 8000GB or 8TB. Therefore,even if you are running the Enterprise Edition of Exchange, you
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can still enforce overall database size limits of, say, 150GB if youso desire.

22. TF Says: June 6th, 2008 at 10:01 am

Correction:

Q) Can I changed password if my machinces connectivity to DCwho holds PDC emulator role has been fails?A) YES YOU CAN. However, the change will only take place on theDC you are currently connected to. legacy clients, such as NT4,require the PDC emulator. But 2000 and up only require accessto a writeable DC, which by default, all DCs are writeable. ThePDC emulator is responsible for replicating any changes made onother domain controllers to the other DCs in the domain. As

such, if the PDC emulator is offline, then a change on one DC willnot take be seen on another DC. So the client may have logonissues if it attempts to use another DC.

23. saaani Says: June 9th, 2008 at 2:08 am

To Recover a Deleted Mailbox1.In Exchange System Manager, locate the mailbox store thatcontains the disconnected mailbox.2. Click the Mailboxes object under the mailbox store.

3. If the mailbox is not already marked as disconnected (themailbox icon appears with a red X), right-click the Mailboxesobject, and then click Cleanup Agent.4.Right-click the disconnected mailbox, click Reconnect, andthen select the appropriate user from the dialog box thatappears.5.Click OK.

Note Only one user may be connected to a mailbox because allglobally unique identifiers (GUIDs) are required to be uniqueacross an entire forest.


What are the types of backup? Explain each?


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backup refers to making copies of data so that these additionalcopies may be used to restore the original after a data lossevent. These additional copies are typically called backups.

Types of Backup

Full backup is the starting point for all other types of backup andcontains all the data in the folders and files that are selected tobe backed up. Because full backup stores all files and folders,frequent full backups result in faster and simpler restoreoperations. Remember that when you choose other backuptypes, restore jobs may take longer.

Differential backup contains all files that have changed since thelast FULL backup. The advantage of a differential backup is thatit shortens restore time compared to a full backup or an

incremental backup. However, if you perform the differentialbackup too many times, the size of the differential backup mightgrow to be larger than the baseline full backup.

Incremental backup stores all files that have changed since thelast FULL, DIFFERENTIAL OR INCREMENTAL backup. Theadvantage of an incremental backup is that it takes the leasttime to complete. However, during a restore operation, eachincremental backup must be processed, which could result in alengthy restore job.

Mirror backup is identical to a full backup, with the exceptionthat the files are not compressed in zip files and they can not beprotected with a password. A mirror backup is most frequentlyused to create an exact copy of the backup data. It has thebenefit that the backup files can also be readily accessed usingtools like Windows Explorer.


What are FMSO Roles? List them.

FMSO Roles FSMO roles are server roles in a Forest There are five types of FSMO roles1. Domain Naming Master Forest Wide Roles2. Schema Master Forest Wide Roles3. RID Master Domain Wide Roles4. PDC Emulator Domain Wide Roles5. Infrastructure Master Domain Wide Roles1-


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RID Master It assigns RID and SID to the newly created objectlike Users and computers. If RID master is down (u can createsecurity objects upto RID pools are avialable in DCs) else u cantcreate any object one its downPDC emulator : It works as a PDC to any NT Bdcs in your

environment, It works as Time Server (to maintain same time inyour network).It works to change the passwords, lockout etc.,Infrastructure Master: This works when we are renaming anygroup member ship object this role takes care.Domain Naming Master : Adding / Changing / Deleting anyDomain in a forest it takes careSchema Master : It maintains structure of the Active Directory ina forest.


What is MIME & MAPI?

MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions It defines non-ASCIImessage formats.

MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface Its theprogramming interface for email


What is Disater Recovery ?

Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures of restoring operations critical to the resumption of business,including regaining access to data (records, hardware, software,etc.), communications (incoming, outgoing, toll-free, fax, etc.),workspace, and other business processes after a natural orhuman-induced disaster


What is scope & super scope?

A DHCP scope is a valid range of IP addresses which are availablefor assignments or lease to client computers on a particularsubnet. In a DHCP server, you configure a scope to determine


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the address pool of IPs which the server can provide to DHCPclients.

DHCP superscope only assigns addresses from one subscope


FTP, NNTP, SMTP, KERBEROS, DNS, DHCP, POP3 port numbers?

FTP : 21,20

NNTP : 119

SMTP : 25

Kerberos : 88

DNS : 53

DHCP : 67, 68

Pop3 : 110


Distribution List?

Distribution list is a term sometimes used for a function of emailclients where lists of email addresses are used to email everyoneon the list at once. This can be referred to as an electronicmailshot. It differs from a mailing list, electronic mailing list orthe email option found in an Internet forum as it is usually forone way traffic and not for coordinating a discussion. In effect,only members of a distribution list can send mails to the list.


what is hotfix ?

A hotfix is code (sometimes called a patch) that fixes a bug in aproduct.


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DHCP Server leases the IP addresses to the clients as follows:DORAD (Discover) : DHCP Client sends a broadcast packets to identifythe dhcp server, this packet will contain the source MAC.O (Offer) : Once the packet is received by the DHCP server, theserver will send the packet containing Source IP and Source MAC.R (Request) : Client will now contact the DHCP server directlyand request for the IP address.A (Acknowledge) : DHCP server will send an ack packet whichcontains the IP address.

33. Ashraf Khan Says: June 21st, 2008 at 6:22 am

Q: Whats scope and multi scope in dhcp?Q: how we map the diffrent Address book to diffrent exchangeserver?

34. murtaza alam Says:October 31st, 2008 at 2:02 am

Q: in exchange 2k3server standard edition and enterprise editionhow many user can be createdA: in exchange 2k3 server standard edition 200 to 250 user canbe createdin exchange 2k3 server enterprise editionmore than 700 user can be created

35. murtaza alam Says:November 5th, 2008 at 5:56 am

Q: what are the minimum hardware requirment for installation of exchange 2k3 server

A: the minimum hardware requirment for 2k3exchange serveris:-

1 processor piii compatible (minimum)2 cd rom 64 x3 ram 256(minimum)512(recommand)


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4 display vga/svga5 hdd space 500mb+200md6 file formate ntfs

36. murtaza alam Says:

November 5th, 2008 at 7:46 am q: what are the minimum software requirment for installation of exchange 2k3 server

a: the minimum software requirment for exchange2k3 server is :-

1 dot.net framework 1.1 and 2.02 asp.net3 smtp (simple mail transfer protocol)4 nntp (network news transfer protocol)

5 wwwp (world wide web publication)6 iis 6.0(internet information services)


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3.1.1 You have just setup a new forest consisting of an emptyroot and 2 child domains. Both child domains will host useraccounts. You now need to install Exchange 2003, pleasedescribe the rights needed and the steps to be performed to

install Exchange.A: Schema/Enterprise admin to run forest prep in the rootdomain

Domain Admin to run domain prep in the 2 child domains(since the root is empty and will not host mailboxes then thereis not need to run domain prep in the root)

3.1.2 You currently have 1 forest with two trees X.Com and Y.Net. Management in each tree wants to be able to managetheir Exchange servers. How many Exchange Organizations

should you install?

A: 1 only 1 Exchange organization can be installed in an ActiveDirectory forest.

3.1.3 You have been task with installing a new Exchange2003 mailbox server in your current Exchange Org. that will host1,000 mailboxes. Describe the steps that should be taken tooptimize the Exchange server. You have unlimited resources athand.

A: Answer will vary-- If more the 1 GB of ram edit the boot.ini with the /3GB switchand the /Userva=3030-- Mirror drives that hold transaction Logs-- Raid 5 drive that hold DB-- No more than 4GB of ram ( Exchange will not use more thanthat)-- Possible Clustering A/A A/P

3.1.4 Since Exchange 200X allows the use of multipledatabases, what is the maximum number of Storage Groups andDatabases allowed per server?

A: Storage Groups 4 / Databases 5 per SG total of 40 with theexception of the RSG

3.1.5 Exchange 2003 supports 3 transport connectors what
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are they and what is the default used between servers?

A: Smtp, Routing Group Connectors, and X. 400

3.1.6 What Windows components are required to install

Exchange 2003?A: NNTP, SMTP,ASP.NET, AND IIS

3.2 Exchange Recovery

3.2.1 Your current Exchange environment does not have acurrent backup plan. You need to design a backup strategy thatwill allow users data to be recovered as quickly as possible eventhough there is limited space to store the backups.

A: Full and differentials

3.2.2 A new administrator deletes a current users mailbox. The Exchange 2003 installation was done by accepting all thedefaults and no changes have been made since the installation.What is the fastest way to recover the mailbox?

A: ESM go to the Storage Group mailbox store Reconnect orUse the mailbox Recovery Center

3.2.3 A new administrator deletes a current users mailbox.

The Exchange 2003 installation was done by accepting all thedefaults and no changes have been made since the installation.What is the fastest way to recover the mailbox but when youattempt to reconnect the mailbox you notice it has been purged.How would you recover the mailbox?

A: Create a Recovery Storage Group and restore the databasewhere the users previously resided to the RSG. Create a newExchange store and rename if needed the database that wasrestored to the RSG to match the name of the newly createdatabase. Move the database from the RSG to the location of thenew Exchange store. Mount the restored database which willmake all user disconnected mailboxes. Reconnect the useraccount to the mailbox and move the mailbox to the correctlocation.

3.2.4 What permissions are needed to run exmerge?

A: Receive As and Send As
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3.3 You have recently setup a front-end Exchange server to offload protocols. Users are complaining abouthaving to type the url/Exchange. Describe how you can resolve this issue.

A: IIS change the home folder to redirect and input /Exchange (or url/exchange) and check the box a directorybelow this one

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