Working with a Hardened Exchange Server

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If you successfully performed the procedure from the previous section, you have moved your existing Exchange servers into the appropriate organizational units, thereby increasing the level of security in your environment. To maximize your security, you must move new servers into the appropriate organizational unit prior to installing Exchange.

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Any configuration changes that you make on a hardened front-end server require that the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service is running. The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service writes configuration changes to the IIS metabase, which is essential for most configuration changes made to a front-end server.

For detailed steps explaining how to install or upgrade Exchange after it has been hardened, see "How to Install Exchange 2003 on a Hardened Server."