Exchange Server 2007 Design and Architecture at Microsoft

A consistent theme with Large Clients entails discussions of 'How did Microsoft do their Exchange 2007 Transition?' or, 'How does Microsoft configure Spam Filtering', and even, 'How much capacity do I need for 'XYZ' Exchange 2007 Service?'.  With these questions I utilize some of the quality reference materials as the resources to find the answers.  Microsoft (and the Microsoft Exchange Technical Writing Team along with the Microsoft Operations Technology Group) have done a good job in offering technical, business and operational data on 'how best' to transition, configure and operate Exchange 2007 over time.  The Microsoft TechNet Web Page on 'Exchange Server 2007 Design and Architecture at Microsoft' is another resource worth noting in this regard.

Exchange Server 2007 Design and Architecture at Microsoft

In this document you receive a detailed answer to most initial questions regarding planning a transition to Exchange 2007.  Enclosed are screen captures of the images (most of them) included in this document.  Take a quick review, then spend some time reading this document as a reference guide.  I have posted a number of other links of benefit for this journey as well.  Here is a short list from my Blog site:

Useful Transition and Migration Tools - Exchange Best Practice Analyzer and Active Directory Topology Diagrammer

System Center Capacity Planner 2007

Exchange Server 2007 Component Poster

Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Checklists

Installation Steps - Forefront Security for Exchange on the Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role

Configuration Steps - Creating an Edge Subscription between an Edge Transport Server Role and a Hub Transport Server Role in Exchange 2007

Installation Steps - Installing the Edge Transport Server Role on a Server with 2 Network Interface Cards

Transition Steps - Moving a Mailbox from an Exchange 2003 Organization to an Exchange 2007 Organization using the Move Mailbox Wizard

Lynn Lunik
Independent Security Consultant
Windows(R) Platform
IT Pro Secure Corporation
blog <at> itprosecure.com