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» Overview and new features

• The different editions of Exchange 2016, types of licenses.
• Discovering the new features of Exchange 2016.
• Available administrative tools.
• Tools: The Exchange Administration Center (EAC) and PowerShell.
• The Exchange Management Shell environment (EMS).
• The new Exchange 2016 architecture.
• Interconnection with the Internet.
• Positioning of various Exchange server roles.
• Hands-on work ¤Creating an Exchange 2016 Internet interconnection plan.

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» Installing Exchange 2016

• Installation methods: GUI or PowerShell.
• Setting up the system's physical platform.
• Installing Exchange 2016 Verifying that the installation is working properly.
• Installing a client workstation with Outlook.
• Integration with Active Directory.
• Finalizing deployment to prepare for the production environment.
• Defining Exchange roles.
• Required hardware and software configuration.
• Virtualization and Best Practices for Exchange Server 2016 virtualization.
• Hands-on work ¤Setting up the system's physical platform. Installing Exchange 2016.

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» Basic administration

• Administration via the Exchange Administration Center (EAC).
• Administering roles and permissions.
• Creating and managing mailboxes and address lists.
• Creating distribution groups, contacts, resource mailboxes, and groups.
• Creating and managing multiple domain names.
• Managing various e-mail addresses.
• Hands-on work ¤Configuring addresses, strategies, and protocols.

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» Managing storage, databases, and archiving

• Managing storage and archiving.
• Basic principles of Exchange data.
• Creating and administering databases.
• Implementing archive mailboxes.
• Configuring legal archiving.
• Hands-on work ¤Creation and administering databases for storage and archiving. Moving mailboxes.

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» Managing client access

• Managing client access: New features.
• Managing automatic discovery.
• Configuring the various URLs and the naming space.
• Accessing messages via Outlook 2016 and MAPI Over HTTP.
• Configuring Outlook and MAPI Over HTTP.
• Configuring the Outlook Web App (OWA)/Web Outlook user interface.
• Configuring mobile access on an iPhone, Android, Windows Phone.
• Hands-on work ¤Configuring URLs, OWA, and Outlook.

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» Managing message transport

• Introduction to message transport.
• Configuring transport for external connectivity.
• Configuring transport rules.
• Setting up message tracking and archiving.
• Internet connectivity.
• Hands-on work ¤Configuring Exchange transport, Internet connectivity. Setting up message tracking and archiving.

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» Security in Exchange Server 2016

• Managing antivirus protection and configuring spam blockers.
• Securing the protocols SMTP, POP, and IMAP.
• Backup and restore: Planning backup and restore.
• The various backup strategies, recovery in a disaster.
• Tracking performance. Server monitoring.
• Introduction to role-based access control (RBAC).
• Configuring role-based access control
• Monitoring and tracking messages.
• Hands-on work ¤Installing and configuring spam and virus protections. Backup and restore. Monitoring and tracking messag

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» Notions of High Availability

• Introduction to High Availability in Exchange.
• The operating principle of the DAG (database availability group).
• Various high-availability solutions for client access.
• High availability for transport and Active Directory.
• Setting up the database availability group (SAG).
• Settings and handover tests.
• Site resiliency and geo-clusters.
• Hands-on work ¤Setting up the database availability group (SAG). Settings and handover tests.

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» Interconnection with Exchange 2016

• Interconnection with voice: Introduction to unified messaging (VoIP).
• Interconnection with Lync.
• Interconnection with SharePoint.