Annex F07 Microsoft Exchange Logical Structure

Question 0

Microsoft Exchange Logical Structure vs Microsoft AD Logical Structure

Answer 0

Exchange AD

Organization Forest
Admin Groups Organizational Units/Domains
Servers Domain Controllers
Recipients Objects

Question 1

Ports commonly used to enable e mail services

Answer 1

SMTP-25
IMAP-143
POP3-110
MAPI-135
NNTP-119
HTTP-80
HTTPS-443

Question 2

Organization

Answer 2

Equivalent to AD forest
Only 1 exchange organization can exist within the AD forest
All other logical components fall under the organization

Question 3

Three (3) admin models for Microsoft Exchange Organization

Answer 3

Centralized Admin:
-Only 1 admin group is used and permissions and access to the Exchange Servers is tightly controlled
-Even if servers are in multiple physical locations they are still in the same admin group
Decentralized Amin:
-Admin groups are divided into seperate physical locations and permissions and access is adminsitered locally instead of from a centralized location
Mixed:
-Combo of both

Question 4

Three (3) core components of Microsoft Exchange

Answer 4

Information Store:	
	-Collection of databases
	-Mailbox and public folder store
	-Notifies clients when email arrives
Routing Engine
	-Routes messages to other Exchange servers in the organization
	-Routes messages to external email servers as appropriate using SMTP connectors
System Attendent
	-Builds routing tables
	-Generates addresses for emails sent outside the organization
	-Enables/Disable digital signatures
	-Logs all errors

Question 5

Automated Handling System (AMHS)

Answer 5

Adopted by the Marine Corps in November 2007 and is the official messaging system consisting of governement COTS software and hardware use to prepare, submit, transport, deliver, store, and retrieve organizational messages

Replaces legacy equipment and messaging centers that comprised the automatic digital network (AUTODIN) and the Defense Messaging System (DMS)