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DAY 1
Time Session
08:45 Opening
Introducing the team (tutors, lab master)
Goals and non-goals for the event including our expectations for the labs
Expectations of audience participation
09:00 Exchange 2010 Architecture Overview - Tony
Brief overview of the most important changes that have occurred between Exchange 2003/2007 and Exchange 2010 SP1, including
    RBAC
    Remote PowerShell
    Store changes and DAG
    Client Access Server
    Hub Transport Server
    Compliance
    Support for on-premise and Exchange in the cloud (Office 365)
10:15 Break
10:30 Exchange 2010 Store and High Availability - Tony
    Breaking the link between database and server
    RPC Client Access layer and the moving endpoints
    Database Availability Groups
    (Includes 10 minute break)
1:00 Lunch
1:40 Exchange 2010 Store and High Availability (Continued)
2:20 Exchange 2010 Client Access Server - Paul
    Moving the MAPI endpoint, including the reasons why Microsoft created a Client Access Server and how it differs from Exchange 2003
    Certificates
    Creating a CAS array
    Autodiscover changes
    Client connectivity for Outlook, OWA, ActiveSync, and EWS
3:30 Break
3:45 Client options for Exchange 2010 – Paul
    Outlook (2003 SP2, 2007, 2010)
    Outlook Web App and various browser experiences
    ActiveSync and mobile devices
    Communicator/Lync access
4:15 Break
4:30 Labs
Introduction to the Lab environment (virtualized, laptop based) and an opportunity for the attendees to set up the virtualized servers on their own computers. This assumes that the attendees come with laptops that:
    Run Windows 7 64-bit (Professional recommended)
    Have 8GB of memory available
    Have VMware workstation 7.0 (or later) installed
    Have BIOS enabled to support virtualization
  It is also helpful if the attendee has made themselves familiar with VMware workstation and understands the basic concepts involved in loading and running virtual servers
5:00 End of Day – Brief Review and Q & A
DAY 2
Time Session
09:00 Introduction to Day 2
What we want to cover today and why it’s important
09:15 Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Remote PowerShell – Paul
    Why Microsoft has transformed the fundamental underpinning for Exchange Security
    All about roles, role groups, and role assignments
    How users gain access to options in ECP and OWA through role assignments
    Administrative granularity through role assignments
    Split administrative models
10:30 Break
10:45 Mailbox Replication Service – Tony
    How MRS takes care of moving mailboxes between Exchange 2003/2007 and Exchange 2010
    Import and Export into the Store with MRS cmdlets
12:15 Exchange 2010 Transport System  – Paul
    Updates for SP1
    Communicating with Exchange 2007 and 2003
1:15 Lunch
2:00 Compliance – Part 1 – Tony
    Personal Archives (including Outlook 2007 access)
    Retention Policies and tags
    Classifications
    Dumpster 2.0
    Litigation hold and retention hold
    Discovery Searches
3:30 Break
3:45 Day 2 Labs
5:00 End of Day 2  - Brief Review and Q & A
DAY 3
Time Session
08:00 Optional Session: Moving to Exchange 2010 (Tony)
    Preparing for deployment
    Deploying Exchange 2010
    The Office 365 alternative
09:00 Introduction to Day 3
What we want to cover today and why it’s important
09:15 Planning for Exchange 2010 (Tutor led session – Paul to develop lead-in slides)
    Planning for server hardware
    Using Microsoft’s Storage Calculator for Exchange 2010
    Discussion of DAG designs for High Availability
    How to effectively virtualize Exchange 2010
10:30 Break
11:00 Workshop – Planning for Exchange 2010
Given a need to deploy Exchange 2010 in a particular situation, what’s the best plan to adopt?
    15 minute outline of the problem
    45 minute workshop in groups
    30 minute report back from 3 selected groups
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Unified Messaging and Lync Integration - Paul
2:30 Break
3:00 Labs
4:30 Final Q & A/End of event
 

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