Maricopa Community Colleges  CIS175CN   20024-20035 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/28/02
CIS175CN 20024-20035 L+L 2 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
Designing Microsoft Exchange 2000 for the Enterprise
Planning and designing a Microsoft (MS) Exchange 2000 organization for an enterprise environment. Includes routing groups, public folders, external and internal security threats, servers and routing topology. Management and operations plans as well as Active Directory also covered. Design of an environment using multiple routing and administrative groups emphasized. Prerequisites: CIS175CA and CIS175CF.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CIS175CN   20024-20035 Designing Microsoft Exchange 2000 for the Enterprise
1. Explain the process to design a Microsoft (MS) Exchange 2000 organization. (I)
2. Summarize the benefits of case studies and job aids. (I)
3. Summarize how Exchange 2000 uses Active Directory. (II)
4. Design Active Directory groups. (II)
5. Identify and describe types of administrative models used in an administrative plan. (III)
6. Design an administrative plan. (III)
7. Assess an existing business environment and network infrastructure. (IV)
8. Plan and design routing topology. (IV)
9. Differentiate between various public folder strategies. (V)
10. Plan and design a public folder strategy. (V)
11. Explain how to protect an MS Exchange 2000 organization from external and internal security threats. (VI)
12. Plan and design a security strategy. (VI)
13. Identify various types of servers and their roles. (VII)
14. Differentiate between the types of management and operations plans. (VIII)
15. Design various management and operations plans. (VIII)
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CIS175CN   20024-20035 Designing Microsoft Exchange 2000 for the Enterprise
    I. Overview of Exchange 2000
        A. Design Process
        B. Case Studies
        C. Job Aids
      II. Active Directory
          A. Basics
            1. Role in an Enterprise
            2. Schema
            3. Domains
            4. Global Catalog
            5. Site Topology
          B. Usage
          C. DSAccess
          D. Groups
            1. Universal
            2. Local
            3. Global
        III. Administrative Plan
            A. Overview
              1. Models
              2. Design Considerations
            B. Manage Tasks
            C. Administrative Authority
          IV. Routing Topology
              A. Analyze Existing Environment
              B. Routing Groups
              C. Routing Group Boundaries
              D. Message Flow
              E. Connectors
            V. Public Folder Strategy
                A. Overview
                B. Replication Strategy
                C. Folder Permissions
                D. Full-Text Indexing
              VI. Security Strategy
                  A. Overview
                  B. External Security Threats
                  C. Internal Security Threats
                  D. Encryption Strategy
                  E. Security Considerations
                VII. Server Roles and Placement
                    A. Mailbox Servers
                    B. Public Folder Servers
                    C. Connector Servers
                    D. Front-end/Back-end Servers
                    E. Servers Running Active Directory
                  VIII. Management and Operations Plan
                      A. Overview
                        1. Service Solutions
                        2. Information Technology (IT) Service Management
                        3. Process
                        4. Documenting
                      B. Change Plan
                      C. Operations Plan
                      D. Support Plan
                      E. Optimization Plan
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