1. Migrating to Exchange 2010
(EHLO is it me your looking for)
Ben Snape
IT Manager
EFG Office Furniture Ltd

2. Ray Tomlinson 1971
“Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're
supposed to be working on.”

3. Migrating to Exchange 2010
(EHLO is it me your looking for)
Ben Snape
IT Manager
EFG Office Furniture Ltd

4. What about you?
• Who uses Exchange?
• Who’s using exchange 2003/2007?
• Who’s upgraded to exchange 2010?

5. Existing setup
• Windows domain at 2003 level
• Exchange 2003 frontend / backend server
• Mail delivered through a filtering service

6. The Pain
• Backups
• Archiving to .pst

7. The Pain
• Mailbox size
• Budget Mailbox
Budget
2007 2008 2009 2010

8. Choices
• Do Nothing
• Upgrade
• Outsource

9. Prepare
• Plan ahead
• Budget

10. Exchange 2010 Features
• DAG
• Built in Archive

11. Mailbox and Archive

12. Mailbox and Archive
• DAG
– Windows 2008 Enterprise
– Exchange 2010 Standard or Enterprise
• Archive
– Exchange Standard CAL
– Exchange Enterprise CAL

13. Every company is different
• Time without email
• Time to recover from backup
• How many emails can be lost

14. Looking for alternatives
• Take the pressure off me

15. Be creative with the Budget
• Money in budget for backup
• Features I wanted
– De-Duplication
– Single Item Recovery
– Ease of Use

16. Backup Solution

17. Backup Solution

18. Backup Solution

19. Be creative with the Budget
• Features I wanted
– De-Duplication
– Single Item Recovery
– Ease of Use

20. Missing link
• Offsite Archiving

21. Offsite
Archiving

22. Be creative with the Budget
• Features I wanted
– De-Duplication
– Single Item Recovery
– Ease of Use

23. Setup
• Exchange Standard
– Mailbox server
– Hub transport/Client Access server
• Veeam Backup
• Third party archive

24. License requirements
• Required
– Exchange standard
– Exchange standard CAL
– Windows 2008 standard
• Nice to have
– Office 2010

25. Microsoft Licensing
• Take plenty of advice

26. Licensing
• Professional desktop bundle
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/A/1/6A1647EE-3FC7-47F2-9AFE-470AD5E5D856/OpenValueSubscriptionCustomerReference.pdf

27. Licensing
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/home-use-program.aspx

28. Making it Happen
• Make a Plan • Create Deadlines

29. Need Advice?

30. Masterplan
• Setup archive
• Update Active Directory
• Install Exchange
• Transport Server
• Mailbox server

31. Masterplan
• Update clients
• FOG How-to
• Staff training

32. Could do better
• Less servers
• Disaster
– What happened

33. But also Success
• Finance Happy
– But not because of costs

34. Round Up
• What’s the Pain
• What does your business need
• Plan well ahead
• Build relationships with suppliers
• Get help from your Spicy friends
• Tell everyone how well it went

35. Questions?