Exchange Server & Exchange Online course with hands on demos

Explore deployment options for Microsoft Exchange, comparing on-premises and Exchange Online. Learn hybrid migration approaches, cutover strategies, and key hardware, licensing, and virtualization considerations.

Explore how Active Directory underpins exchange on-premises, detailing domain controllers, domain name system (dns), replication, and the mailbox and edge transport roles along with dmz and firewall considerations.

Learn how to integrate on-premises Exchange with Exchange Online using Azure AD Connect and the Hybrid Configuration Wizard for a secure hybrid deployment.

Explore Exchange Server 2019 licensing, including Standard and Enterprise licenses, mailbox database limits (five vs up to 100), required client access licenses, and enterprise features like journaling and archiving.

Deploy on-premise exchange by installing required software, preparing active directory, and running the exchange 2019 setup to install mailbox and edge transport roles.

Explore the Exchange administration center (eac) for graphical management of Exchange, including navigation of feature pane, recipients, permissions (rbac), mail flow, compliance, and hybrid deployment options.

Learn how to use PowerShell with the Exchange Management Shell to manage Exchange via verb-noun commands, explore IntelliSense, access help and knowledge base articles, and perform mailbox and service tasks.

Explore PowerShell fundamentals in the Exchange management shell: declare variables, manipulate in-memory objects, pipe output, format as a list or file, and use remote sessions with Winrm for cross-server management.

Microsoft cloud services continually change, so stay agile as menus and buttons move or rename week to week; track updates and communicate changes to the instructor.

Establish a hands-on lab environment by obtaining a free Office 365 E5 trial, then activate your Microsoft 365 E5 subscription and explore a Teams trial, all while noting regional limitations.

Create and practice with a free microsoft 365 account for hands-on exchange server and exchange online demos; navigate free trials, verification, license assignment, and cancellation.

Explore how mailbox databases store mail in EDB files with memory cache, transaction logs, checkpoint, temp, and reserve log files, and how these pieces support data integrity and recovery.

Learn database and log considerations, including backups and checkpoints, DAG redundancy, DAS vs SAN storage, Imcdb meta cache database, and managing mailbox databases with PowerShell vs EAC.

Explore using iSCSI to store Exchange mailbox databases on a file server, using iSCSI target and initiator concepts, with redundancy options like Storage Spaces and DAGs.

Configure iSCSI on Windows Server 2019 to store mailbox databases, installing the iSCSI target server and creating a virtual disk linked to the Exchange server.

Create mailbox databases in Exchange Server using the EAC and Exchange Management Shell, specifying EDB and log paths. Mount, move, and verify databases, restarting the Information Store service as needed.

Explore configuring Exchange mailbox databases in the admin center and with the Exchange Management Shell, adjusting limits, retention, and backup-related settings to manage space and data recovery.

Use the ESU util to check mailbox database health, identify dirty shutdowns, dismount, defragment, repair corruptions, and remount databases, while reviewing Event Viewer logs and EMS commands.

Learn how to easily redo simulations in the Exchange Server & Exchange Online course by navigating to the summary, returning to the assignment, opening instructions, and clicking the simulation link.

Discover the various Exchange recipients, including user mailboxes, mail contacts, mail users, resource mailboxes, shared mailboxes, mail-enabled groups, and dynamic and linked recipients.

Create mailboxes via the Exchange Administrative Center and the Exchange Management Shell, assigning UPN, alias, database, archive options, and passwords with PowerShell automation.

Create an Active Directory user, link a mailbox, and set up a shared mailbox for sales with Jan and Chris, including full access and send-as permissions in Exchange on prem.

Create room and equipment resource mailboxes using the exchange admin center and exchange management shell, configure capacity, location, database, booking options, and delegation.

Demonstrates batch mailbox creation in Exchange using a CSV file and the Exchange Management Shell, piping import-csv to for each to create alias, name, and upn for new mailboxes.

Explore mailbox delegation in Exchange Server and Exchange Online, including send as, send on behalf, and full access permissions managed from the admin center or EMS.

Discover how to create and manage security, distribution, dynamic distribution, and static groups in Exchange using the EAC and EMS, assign owners, add members, and apply join and leave policies.

Enable archive mailboxes in exchange on prem or online via the EAC, store archives in a separate archive database, and apply a retention policy to move items after 700 days.

Configure Exchange email address policies by adding an accepted domain, creating an Acme Corp policy, and applying it to the Acme Corp employees OU to auto-provision Acme addresses.

Licensing determines mailbox creation in Exchange Online; assign a license to a user, and they automatically receive a mailbox, then manage or access it with Outlook.

Create and manage room and equipment resource mailboxes in Exchange Online, configure booking rules and limits, and book meetings via Outlook calendars.

Configure a shared mailbox in Exchange Online via the Exchange Admin Center, create it with a name and alias, and set delegation, send as, send on behalf, and full access.

Create a mail contact and a mail enabled user in the exchange admin center, then verify their entries in the global address list and Outlook.

Explore how to create and manage Microsoft 365 groups, distribution lists, mail-enabled security groups, and dynamic distribution groups in Exchange Online, including owners, members, privacy settings, and team integration.

Learn how to configure mailbox permissions in the Exchange Admin Center, including full access, send as, and send on behalf, and how to open another mailbox for delegated tasks.

Navigate mailbox mail flow settings in the Exchange Online admin center, adjusting message size limits, configuring forwarding, and managing delivery restrictions to control who can send and receive messages.

Configure mobile device mailbox policies to secure Exchange connections via ActiveSync, using the Exchange Admin Center and Exchange Management Shell to enforce password complexity, encryption, and policy assignment.

Configure mobile device access in the exchange admin center with active sync, quarantine, and custom user messages, and use the exchange management shell to block Android 3.0.0.

Explore database availability groups (DAGs) to plan replication, one active copy with passive replicas, automatic failover, and up to 16 synchronized databases via continuous, block-level replication across exchange servers.

Set up a dag between exchange servers nyc x1 and nyc x2. Create an Active Directory computer object and configure a witness server nyc-dc-1, then add servers to the dag.

Create a two-member dag, add a research database copy from nyc x1 to nyc x2, and monitor replication health with EMS.

Explore the global address list (gal) in exchange and exchange online, enabling quick recipient lookup in outlook and management via address book policies and the exchange management shell.

Explore managing the global address list and offline address book in Outlook and Exchange, create a marketing address list with rules, and apply address book policies to users.

Explore offline address books (OAB), a local address list for Outlook in cached exchange mode, enabling offline drafting and automatic distribution via arbitration mailboxes and DAGs.

Configure offline address books (OAB) in the Exchange admin center and PowerShell, create a marketing OAB linked to the marketing address list, and apply and update it to the database.

Discover how the global address list populates from licensed users and Microsoft 365 groups, and create or modify it with Exchange Online PowerShell.

Manage offline address books in exchange online by granting the address list admin role, creating or removing OABs with PowerShell, and guiding users to download the latest copy in Outlook.

Learn to create and assign address book policies in Exchange Online with PowerShell, including global address lists and rooms, offline address books, and recipient filters for users.

Configure organization and individual sharing policies in Exchange Online to share free busy and calendar details with contoso.com, and assign policies to mailboxes via the Exchange Admin Center.

Learn to create and apply Outlook on the web policies in the Exchange Admin Center, controlling features, information management, and attachment access on public and private computers.