After completing MS Exchange Server 5.0: Planning, the user should be able to:

	Plan server organization
	Analyze Windows NT server domains
	Plan server computers
	Plan migration and coexistence
	Plan public folders

Planning Server Organization

	Determine your company's user needs
	Identify the geographic profile for your organization
	Determine the existing network topology

Planning Sites

	Establish site boundaries
	Determine naming conventions
	Plan sites and site links
	Determine the number and configuration of servers

Planning Server Computers

	Plan and provide recommendations for your organization's Exchange Server configuration
	Evaluate the performance of your hardware and scale up the server performance
	Develop a backup strategy
	Plan your RAS configuration
	Analyze your site connections and requirements

Planning Migration and Coexistence

	Plan migration to Microsoft Exchange
	Plan a long-term coexistence strategy
	Plan connector use in your Exchange infrastructure

Planning Public Folders

	Plan how to display public folders
	Plan the type of permission used for your public folders
	Set permissions for creating public folders

Configuring Public Folders

	Plan the configuration options for public folders
	Identify the impact to your organization for specific public folder options, permissions, and age limits
	State the available permissions and roles for users and administrators of public folders
	Plan the use of forms in your public folders
	Plan the use of NNTP public folders in your organization

This course is distributed with:

	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the Exchange Server product
	An Exchange Server glossary