Preparing for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Tony Redmond Vice President and CTO Compaq Global Services

Agenda Windows 2000 is different So is Exchange 2000…. How Compaq is preparing Looking forward to the rest of the day

Windows 2000 Is different to anything we’ve seen before Is much more scalable and robust than Windows NT Is a platform for datacenter-type systems Will address the sins of the past

The Difference in Scope Windows NT – Designed in – Essentially a workgroup-focused file and print share O/S – Stressed by enterprise applications Windows 2000 – Reflects the challenge of the 21 st century – Manageability, scalability, security – Designed as the platform for enterprise applications

What can you do to prepare for Windows 2000? Acquire knowledge Plan before you deploy Consider building a new infrastructure rather than migrating from the old Deploy a solid core first, then applications Simplify, don’t complicate

Designed in Lots of different systems X.400 and X.500 Single CPU, small memory, tiny disks… Single MAPI “Capone” client Roll your own management Exchange 5.5 Designed in Messaging is down to the “Big 3” Internet Protocols Four-way clusters and high- speed CPUs and disks Wide range of clients Management framework Two Different Worlds, Two Different servers Exchange 2000

The Top 10 Things We’ve Learnt about Exchange DNS is key to successful Active Directory deployments 2. Active Directory replication does not work the same way as the DS 3. GC placement is vital 4. The new management model takes time to master 5. Third party products may be a gating factor to your deployment

The Top 10 Things We’ve Learnt about Exchange Exchange 2000 is a great cluster application, if you take the time 7. Don’t go wild with Store partitioning 8. Systems can be much larger than before, with the right hardware and operational procedures 9. Outlook Web Access is now a serious contender 10. Migration to Exchange 2000 takes longer than you think!

How Compaq is preparing Our own internal Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 deployment – Steadily rolling out around the world QTEST – the “sandbox” deployment – Learning from errors Great training Working with customers around the world

Exchange 2000 at Compaq

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