Technology Services - Microsoft Exchange

When it comes to understanding Microsoft Exchange, the consultants at Convergent Computing literally wrote the book on Exchange. The consultants at Convergent Computing wrote the #1 selling book in the world on Exchange, "Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed", a Sams/Que Publishing book. The book was written from over 12-years of experience CCO has had with the Exchange product stemming to the first beta release of Exchange v4.0 and every version of Exchange since then (Exchange v5.0, v5.5, 2000, 2003, and now 2007).

CCO provides assistance to organizations on Exchange including:

• assisting with the design of an Exchange 2007 environment

• providing guidance on how to successfully migrate to Exchange 2007 (from Exchange v5.5, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, iPlanet, Oracle, POP3, and other messaging systems)

• prototype testing of Exchange 2007 features and functionality

• helping organizations successfully migrate and implement Exchange 2007

• assistance implementing the latest technologies in Exchange 2007 such as Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR), Hub Transport Policies, and the like

• providing recommendations and hands-on assistance at extending Exchange to include e-mail retention, message archiving, document management, and information collaboration

• securing Exchange with solutions related to encrypted emails, content filtering, anti-spam / anti-virus scanning, and secure server lockdown

• architecting and implementing message, server, and environment disaster recovery with Exchange

• debugging, problem solving, and supporting Exchange problems

The following are sample services provided by Convergent Computing on Exchange:

Exchange Database Corruption Problem Resolution

Organizations are supposed to run maintenance practices on their Microsoft Exchange database on a regular basis (at least every 30-60 days), however few organizations follow these practices.  When maintenance is not run, the databases get corrupt. To resolve the problem, an individual with experience at fixing the database corruption is needed.

Convergent Computing has been working with Microsoft Exchange for over 12-years and has amassed best practices and skills to solve database corruption, however CCOs assistance needs to be acquired as early on in the problem solving process as possible

Exchange v5.5 / 2000 / 2003 to Exchange 2007 Migration Design and Planning

CCO was 1 of 15 members of the Exchange Joint Development Program (JDP) that helped early adopter organizations plan and begin their migrations to Exchange 2007.

Built from years of experience with the Exchange productline (that goes back to as early as 1993), CCO has developed best practices, tips, and tricks at preparing an existing Exchange environment for a migration to Exchange 2007.

Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange Co-Existence Gateway & Migration Planning

In many enterprise environments, organizations frequently have both Lotus Notes as well as Microsoft Exchange messaging systems with the need to communicate between the two environments.

CCO is a Lotus Notes Business Partner as well as Microsoft Certified Gold Partner with expertise in both platforms. CCO is extremely familiar with gateway products that allow both messaging systems to co-exist, as well as for organizations looking to migrate from Lotus Notes to Exchange, CCO is very familiar with tools available to migrate mailboxes as well as address books between environments.

Anti-Spam

With over 70% of all emails sent on the Internet being unwanted / SPAM messages, organizations are needing ways to filter for these undesired messages from filling up employee inboxes and cluttering up network bandwidth.

CCO can provide hands-on assistance at implementing Anti-Spam technologies in an enterprise.  CCO works with various tools to identify SPAM sources, implement filters, and provide support for ongoing minimization and elimination of unwanted email messages.

Virus Proxy Gateway Implementation Assistance

Latest studies have found that over 85% of all virus come from the Internet, however surprisingly very few organizations have implemented virus proxy gateways or content filtering gateways that can drastically minimize the risk of virus attacks from the Internet.

CCO helps organizations understand their options for creating barriers to virus attacks, spam e-mails, and malicious unwanted system breaches; and CCO also helps organizations actually implement technologies that create the necessary barriers to protect network systems

The following are publications by CCO consultants on Exchange:

Title: "Exchange 2007 Unleashed"

Abstract: Senior consultants from Convergent Computing have teamed up to write the next edition of the Exchange unleashed series with a book on Exchange Server 2007. This book covers how to migrate from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, and also cover all of the newer technologies in Exchange 2007 including local continuous replication, clustered continuous replication, and Unified Communications

Title: "Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed"

Abstract: CCO consultants wrote this 1000-page book on Exchange Server 2003 based on over 18-months of implementation of the beta product in production environments. This book covers topics on migrating from Exchange v5.5 and Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003, design and development of snap-shot databases and mailboxes, new administration functions of Exchange Server 2003, and best practices, tips, and tricks on leveraging the new features and functions of the new messaging system.

Title: "Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd Edition"

Abstract: This is the 2nd edition of the best selling book written by CCO consultants on Exchange 2003. This revision includes Service Pack 1 updates as well as expands on earlier topics around clustering, email retention and archiving, as well as dedicated chapters on management and administration.

Title: "Microsoft Exchange 2000, Conferencing Server, and SharePoint Portal Server 2001"

Abstract: This is CCO President Rand Morimoto's third book on the Microsoft Exchange messaging product that fwas written with the help of 7 other CCO consultants.  Since Rand has been on the development team for Exchange for 8-years prior to the release of this book and CCO was 1 of 15 companies helping organizations plan their migration from Exchange v5.5 to Exchange 2000 over 18-months prior to the Exchange 2000 product release, there is over 2-1/2 years of planning and migration experience in this book based on real world designs and migrations.  This book also covers the Microsoft Exchange Conferencing Server product as well as SharePoint Portal Server product.

Title: "Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 5"

Abstract: This book on Microsoft Exchange v5.0 was CCO President Rand Morimoto's first book on the topic.  Being involved with the beta product development of the Exchange product over 3-years prior to Microsoft Exchange's v4.0 release in 1995, Rand and the staff at CCO had extensive experience working with the technology years before the general public.  This book covers the planning, preparation, and tuning of Exchange for a successful installation. This book has subsequently been translated to several languages and became a top selling book in Spain, Norway, Romania, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Russia.