Microsoft Exchange Server – What you need to know

Microsoft Exchange Server is a popular email server and calendar server developed by Microsoft Corporation. It runs exclusively in Windows Server 2021 operating systems. This Microsoft enterprise resource (ERP) offers the features of a centralized mailing server, online invoice management and client access. In addition to these features, it also provides support for third party e-mail service such as Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail.

Microsoft Exchange Server is not a stand-alone unit. It is an essential component of Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office 2021 suite of applications. This means that installing Microsoft Exchange Server on a shared server such as a colocation facility will lead to the inability of users to access their MS Exchange mailboxes. This can bring about high availability issues that can impact the smooth functioning of operations at the enterprise level.

Microsoft has provided load balancing solutions for MS Exchange.

However, these solutions are only effective if they are able to route messages from MS Exchange Classic or the Microsoft Outlook email client on a number of servers. MS Exchange Server 2021 was released without load balancing capability. However, MS Exchange Server 2021 introduced a feature known as Microsoft eConnect Load Balancing that enables connections to be established between multiple MS Outlook Express servers. This new feature was introduced in order to resolve load balancing issues that were seen with MS Exchange reporting and graphing tools that are run on MS Exchange servers.

One problem facing Microsoft Exchange Server is that there are not enough data centers to store the large amount of data that MS Exchange stores on its servers. This makes Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerable to disaster attacks that can cause the servers to crash. These attacks can also make it difficult for third-party providers of on-premises Microsoft Exchange services to manage their clients’ data. The following are reasons why Microsoft recommends that organizations consider data center expansion.

Microsoft Exchange Server offers two options for managing information in its data centers. One option is known as Microsoft Exchange Server Comprehensive Load Balancing (EMC) and the other is Microsoft Exchange Server Virtualized Load Balancing (VPLB). Microsoft recommends using VPLB which enables the exchange servers to be “monitored” and “leveled” automatically. When a business owner decides to implement this new service pack on his Microsoft Exchange Server, he can choose to either add more than one virtual server into the on-premise datacenter or he can manage all of the servers within the same virtual datacenter. By doing this, Microsoft can save him time and money by reducing the cost of implementing the new service pack.

Microsoft recommends that organizations avoid replicating data on their Microsoft Exchange Server.

Microsoft recommends that organizations implement clustered databases so that they can eliminate the need for installing two different operating systems on each machine. Clustered databases allow the use of a number of hardware devices that are designed for storage purposes. The first step to implement cluster networking is to install the Microsoft Virtual Server client and then configure the Virtual Private Database and the clustered database on the server. The client runs on the Exchange server and utilizes the local cluster nodes for storage, application sharing and real-time collaboration.

A cluster makes it possible for users to establish local availability, scalability and performance within a single physical server. The first released of these clusters was known as EMC TrueCluster and was released in Microsoft’s third quarter of 2021. The reason why Microsoft made this new feature available was to compete with the OpenStack and CloudStack consortium. Microsoft hoped to attract software developers who prefer to use direct-to-cluster virtualization and also to attract cloud service providers that prefer to provide on-demand clustered services.

Microsoft Exchange Server helps organizations manage their business communications by storing, protecting and tracking both incoming and outgoing emails and attachments.

• It enables email clients to access each other’s emails and attachments without having to go through the mailboxes of the individual users.
• This email system also enables users to organize all their correspondences into folders, labels and archives.
• Users can create and maintain mailboxes, as well as attachment lists.
• The Microsoft Exchange Server can be deployed on-site or in the data center of an internet-connected network of computers.