Improved Administration

In addition to ExDeploy and the changes to Exchange Setup, Microsoft has made a variety of improvements that increase administrator productivity and improve the overall administrative experience. These improvements include enhancements to Exchange System Manager, the primary administrative application for Exchange, and better management of mailboxes and public folders. Because these features are discussed in greater detail in Chapter 5, I will mention only the highlights here.

Exchange System Manager (ESM)—a.k.a. System Manager—is an MMC-based tool for managing Exchange servers. It can be used to administer Exchange servers, view mail queues, change directory access settings, and perform basic monitoring of Exchange. ESM ...

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