This seminar, presented by Rand Morimoto, President of Convergent Computing, and author of the #1 selling book in the world on the topic, “Exchange 2007 Unleashed” covered everything from planning your migration from Exchange 2000 and 2003 to Exchange 2007, through what’s new in SP1 and how organizations are leveraging the new capabilities, to tips, tricks, and best practices at leveraging the built-in capabilities of Exchange 2007 SP1.

Some of the things Rand shared (and demonstrated) in this seminar included:

*  Recommendations for architecting an optimum Exchange 2007 environment (need for fewer backend servers, removal of the “front-end” server role, addition of a continuous backup server for mailbox redundancy, more RAM memory and less DISK storage requirements, etc)

*  Best practices at planning your migration with the least (or no) impact on users (pretty much a drag/drop migration between old and new servers, with some preparatory things to simplify the process)

*  Where Outlook 2007 fits in to the “benefits” of migrating to Exchange 2007 (old versions of Outlook still work fine, new Outlook 2007 adds even more functionality)

*  Highlights of the top features and functions of Exchange 2007 broken down into new backend server reliability features, new administrative features, new enhancements available to users, better regulatory compliance functionality, improvements in mobile device support, and voicemail integration with E2007

*  What you can do now in your Windows Active Directory and Exchange 2000/2003 environment to prepare for your migration to Exchange 2007

*  How to take advantage of “hub transport policies,” “ForeFront for Exchange” security, “Rights Management Services,” etc to make Exchange more functional to users

*  Best practices as administering and managing Exchange 2007

You should download and print the slide deck that will be used throughout this session

Video #1 (1-hr 20-min): What's New / Different in Exchange 2007, What's New in Outlook 2007, Preparing to Migrate to Exchange 2007

*** Note: the first 15-seconds of Video #1 is mute, until I turned on the microphone, oops ***

Video #2 (1-hr 3-min): Hub Transport Policies, ForeFront Security, RMS, Data Protection Mgr

Convergent Computing is a technology consulting firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area that helps organizations plan, implement, and support their networking environments. If your organization can use assistance implementing, supporting, or just getting better use of your Windows Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, or other network or application technologies, please contact our organization for assistance mailto:sales@cco.com