Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed

Best Practices

The following are best practices from this chapter:

• Manage Exchange Server 2003 based on server roles and responsibilities.

• Audit the messaging environment, using Windows Server 2003 auditing.

• Use Exchange Server 2003's protocol logging and diagnostic logging for troubleshooting purposes.

• Install the ESM on a client computer to remotely administer Exchange Server 2003. Use the same version of Exchange Server 2003 and service pack level of the servers being managed.

• Keep AD well-tuned using ntdsutil, because Exchange Server 2003 directly relies on it.

• Avoid possible adverse affects with the AD database by running ntdsutil in Directory Service Repair mode.

• Perform an online and offline copy of the information stores prior to running offline ...