Exchange 2016/2019 practical Guide from Zero to Office 365

Review organization management and admin groups with unrestricted access after installing exchange server, and inspect the published containers and configuration files.

Explore administering an Exchange 2016/2019 server using the Exchange Admin Center and Exchange Management Shell. Create mailboxes, manage address books and calendars, and monitor mail flow with essential tools.

Explore mailbox features to manage and disable access on users' mobile devices, including active sync, and discuss future Outlook and new Microsoft Exchange technologies since 2016.

Explore mailtips and mailbox delegation in exchange server, focusing on configuring out-of-office notices and informing others when a user is away, to manage email awareness.

Explore mailbox delegation in Exchange Server, including send as, send on behalf, and full access, and see how sender identity changes with each permission.

Explore exchange groups, including distribution, security, and dynamic distribution groups, and learn how owners add members, set join/leave rules, and manage approvals for open or closed group membership.

Configure distribution and dynamic distribution groups in Exchange Server, manage ownership and membership, set delivery rules, and implement moderator approval for group emails.

Explore how Exchange distribution groups implement message approval, with moderated groups and moderators, message redirection, and options to notify senders and edit or resend rejected messages.

Explore Exchange resources by distinguishing equipment mailboxes from room mailboxes, configuring delegates, booking options, and optional contact details to manage publicly used company tools.

Explore creating mail contacts for external email addresses in Exchange 2016/2019 and understand the difference between a mail contact and a mail user.

Discover how Exchange RBAC controls permissions in Exchange Server, exploring groups such as organization management and helpdesk, and how membership shapes view, edit, and create capabilities in the admin center.

Learn how to use Exchange audit logging to monitor mailbox access, track administrative changes, and audit group membership events through comprehensive audit reports.

Learn to create a custom data loss prevention policy in Exchange Server, configure rules to detect sensitive data like IP addresses, and reject internal messages with explanations.

Learn to import a mailbox from a pst file into another user’s mailbox in Exchange server. Add users to the export/import group and verify emails before and after the import.

Configure federation trust to share calendar free and busy and information between federated Exchange organizations, with options to share time only or time, subject, and location, controlled by security groups.

Configure the default sharing policy to manage calendar sharing with external organizations, defining what is shared (free and basic information, subject location) and how to enable or disable for security.

set up transport rules in exchange 2016/2019 to filter messages by size, reject oversized emails, apply rules organization-wide, and manage exceptions.

Create and fine-tune transport rules on the Exchange Server by adding exceptions for specific senders and testing attachment delivery, including checks after saving and refreshing.

Explore accepted domains and the email address policy in Exchange Server to apply a consistent new email address format across all recipients. Learn how these settings affect organization-wide email addressing.

Explore how 'send on behalf' permissions work in Exchange server. Learn how a delegate can send mail on behalf of another user while distinguishing the actual sender.

Set public folder sent message restrictions in Exchange server, limiting mail size to one megabyte and testing delivery failures to demonstrate how size limits affect messages.

Configure organization-wide message size restrictions to limit emails sent or received, set the maximum recipients (default up to 500), and apply changes via the Exchange Transport Service.

Explore configuring an Exchange send connector with a smart host like Sendgrid, using server name and basic authentication credentials to deliver mail and test SMTP connectivity.

Explore configuring the edge server role, manage send connectors between internal and internet domains, and monitor mail flow using the queue viewer and Exchange toolbox.

Cover the edge server role and exchange server edge synchronization, including configuring send connectors, accepting domains, and managing domain transfers and synchronization across transport servers.

Identify how Exchange database limits and default quotas govern mailbox sizes, including 1.9 gb per user and related sending and receiving limits.

Create and submit a certificate request for Exchange server using the certificate authority web enrollment and a certificate signing request tool, configuring subject details and common name.

Export an Exchange certificate with its private key, password-protect it, import it to an Exchange server, and assign it to IIS services.

Explains differences between dag with IP and dag without IP, including automatic creation of a virtual composite account and how dag appears as a cluster in the cluster manager.

Discover how to configure an ip-less dag with a file share witness in Exchange server, set up the witness server, create accounts, and manage membership.

Troubleshoot content index state failures and suspensions in Exchange 2016/2019, and apply practical steps to resolve issues and restore healthy mail search within a Zero to Office 365 workflow.

Assess on-premises exchange servers for hafnium, run Microsoft mitigation scripts, apply the latest security patches, validate with the Microsoft safety scanner, and restore services.