Get Started with Hosted Exchange

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Get Started with Hosted Exchange

This section provides preinstallation information and information about what is new in this release to help you plan your deployment. This section also outlines the main tasks comprising a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployment. Steps for these tasks are provided in Build Hosted Exchange.

Note that the centralized management solution feature provides essential services for manageability, scale, and capacity. All of the hosting scenarios discussed in the solution benefit from a centrally managed platform built around Active Directory directory service.

See Customer Scenarios for more information about hosting solution scenarios.

Examples of Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Company Names

The reference architecture uses fictitious company names when discussing example implementations. These names correspond to the organizational units (OUs) as follows:

  • Hoster - fabrikam is the Hosted Messaging and Collaboration example service provider.
  • Reseller - consolidatedmessenger is the example reseller. consolidatedmessenger resells hosting capacity to customers.
  • Customers - wingtiptoys, litwareinc, alpineskihouse, and northwindtraders are the example customers.