chrbb Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Is there a beginner's guide to exchange that anyone could point me to please - thinking about having it on our server and want to find out all I can starting with the basics.
zag Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 There is a nice manual called "installing and configuring exchange 2003" on microsofts website somewhere, I just read that. But I can sum it up in a couple of points - Don't install it on a domain controller - Do have lots of storage on a drive - Put disk in click setup.exe Its not hard to setup really, just follow the rather quirky setup instructions on the disk.
Domino Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 depending on the number of mailboxes, you'd probably do well to have it on a dedicated server.
snrweb Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Set up a test server with it on. You can get a 180 day eval copy from Microsoft.
wickit Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Set up a test server with it on. You can get a 180 day eval copy from Microsoft. agree have a good play first, setup a lab, i think you can get a virtual server image with exchange 2007 on it now.
k-strider Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 if your going to "play" with it first i would setup a test domain not just a test server because it updates the AD and the Schema i put exchange 2000 on one of my DCs when i only had a couple of servers and it made a bit of a nightmare upgrade when i got my real exchange server on a dedicated box.
bossman Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Why not use Zimbra it's just as good and it's free, yes you heard me it's free.
webman Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Why not use Zimbra it's just as good .. if not better 8)
Geoff Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Going to be letting the Admin staff lose on Zimbra soon here. I had to master VLANs on Linux though to make it go.
DMcCoy Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 I've just moved over to zimbra for my home mail server. Migrated from mdaemon+horde/imp (windows) to ubuntu server vm with zimbra. I like it! Managed to sync all my email with imapsync and use odmr to collect my mail from gradwell.
CyberNerd Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Zimbra for students here too, it certainly does have advantages over exchange.
alonebfg Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 sorry to jump on here i thought zimbra was not free for schools or have i read it wrong.
NetworkGeezer Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Zimbra for students here too, it certainly does have advantages over exchange. Like ? Other than not being made by Microsoft what is there to recommend it?
Firefly_Transport Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Exchange has a lot of bells & whistles that I would bet most schools do not need or use. I do use it beacuse I inherited it - 5.5 on an ADC for christs sake :-( However now its 2003 on a pure 2003 AD, though for some reason it will only work if the server is an ADC - ???!!! (any ideas on that would be welcome) I am told there are several free systems that would work well, we use Cutter for our TC solution, I belive they may have some ideas for you.
Geoff Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Zimbra for students here too, it certainly does have advantages over exchange. Like ? Other than not being made by Microsoft what is there to recommend it? I'd imagine the cost is a big plus. You don't need CALs for Zimbra.
CyberNerd Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Zimbra for students here too, it certainly does have advantages over exchange. Like ? Other than not being made by Microsoft what is there to recommend it? IMO the web frontend is better - far more features than exchange - zimlets, search, document storage. It has built in virus scanning and anti spamming features. to get the functionality zimbra has with exchange you need to spend a lot more on addons - as well as the cals. It is also easy to integrate with content filters (free) which is good for schools. Zimbra can also be used as an NT4 domain controller when using samba with its own ldap server. in short it has more functionality and lower cost.
CyberNerd Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 sorry to jump on here i thought zimbra was not free for schools or have i read it wrong. theres two versions - the paid for 'network' version that comes with support contract and license to use outlook integration and the free version. I'm quite happy with free version atm, but would consider paying if we moved our staff exchange accounts to zimbra. Zimbra do offer special rate for academic network version,.
binky Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 If you have an MS Schools Agreement, the chances are you will have a Core CAL, which includes an exchange CAL.
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