Migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2000 (Gearhead Press--Point-to-Point)

By Stan Reimer

How to upgrade your current messaging and collaboration system to take full advantage of Microsoft Exchange 2000 Almost half of Fortune 1000 companies have either standardized their messaging platform on the Microsoft Exchange Server or plan to migrate to it. Microsoft Exchange 2000 is a significant improvement over previous versions. In this book, networking expert Stan Reimer presents a case study of a model company that provides IT professionals with a realistic view of the migration path from Exchange 4.0/5.x to 2000, including how to contend with problems such as legacy systems, planning, product integration, implementation, system maintenance, and more. Because the migration path involves migration to both Windows 2000 Active Directory and Exchange 2000, it is unusually complex. As a result, this book is as relevant to the large corporation with multiple domains, locations, and Exchange servers, as it is to the small company with a single-server location. Responding to the ongoing demands from IT professionals for current and reliable information on the latest programming technologies, Wiley Computer Publishing introduces the Gearhead Press titles. These books, written by accomplished trainers in their respective fields, focus on using real-world case studies to give readers the best information on leading technologies. The Gearhead Press titles will be characterized by two different imprints: In the Trenchesand Point to Point. The In the Trenches titles are fast-paced books written by fellow IT professionals who have been there and done that and will introduce readers to the new technology and guide them to a high level of proficiency. The Point to Point titles invite readers to join an IT team at a model company and implement the technology in a real-world environment-complete with positives and negatives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471061166
• ISBN13: 9780471061168
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Best Book I've Seen on Exchange Migrations

I am in the middle of a large Windows NT 4.0/Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 migration where the overall design was done by others. Our implementation team has a lot of experience with Windows and Exchange, but not with Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 migrations. The proposed Exchange 2000 design left us with a lot of questions and the designers were not too forthcoming with answers. This book answered our questions and more.This is not a book for beginners. In the introduction the author has a section on "Who should buy this book?" - he assumes familiarity with Windows NT, Exchange and Active Directory. You'll need all that familiarity and more to make use of this book. But if you meet the background requirements, and are currently evaluating, designing or implementing an Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 migration, you should read this book.I also like the author's "case study" approach to presenting the information. A subject this highly technical and specialized could be almost unreadable. By using a fictional company to illustrate an actual migration, the author has given the book a narrative flow which makes it much more readable. I hope the publishers add more books to the "Gearhead Press" series.