Exchange 2003: Challenges and Best Practices

Exchange 2003: Challenges and Best Practices
Wednesday, March 16, 2005. 8:30am Pacific, 11:30am Eastern, 4:30pm UK, 5:30 CET. One hour duration. Webinar 503.

Exchange 2003 has just passed its first anniversary on the market. What are the experiences that early adopters, including those who have migrated recently from Exchange 5.5, have had with the new version? This webinar discusses the key steps to properly deploying Exchange 2003 and the benefits reported by users who have made the switch.

Speakers

• Scott Bueffel, Senior Systems Analyst, CNF Service Company. Scott has been a Senior Systems Analyst for CNF Service Company in Portland, OR since 2000. CNF Service Company is the IT and Admin service provider for the CNF companies (Menlo Worldwide , and Con-Way Transportation. Scott manages the Exchange and collaboration (email, conferencing, IM) infrastructure for all of the CNF companies, which includes 10,000 mailboxes across 23 servers and nine admin groups. Scott has been managing Exchange since 1997 when he migrated his company’s cc:Mail system to Exchange 5.5.
• Stan Foster, Distinguished Technologist, HP. Stan is a Distinguished Technologist in HP Services, specializing in next generation Windows technology. With over 25 year in the IT industry, Stan has designed, built and deployed products for Digital, Compaq and most recently HP, including roles in Engineering, Services and corporate IT. Stan has retired and replaced five generations of email and directory services at Digital/Compaq/HP and was the technical lead for the infrastructure integration of Digital and Compaq and also Compaq and HP. Stan installed his first production Exchange server in 1994 and at this time HP has fully upgraded its 230,000 mailboxes to Exchange 2003.
• Rick Boza, Principal / Architect, Protechnica. Rick has over fourteen years of experience in the Information Technology industry. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and has previously worked for Microsoft, Disney, and Seagate as a consultant, architect, and manager. All told, Rick has worked on infrastructure architectural planning, design and implementation with over twenty Fortune 500 companies.

Their presentations take up the first 30 minutes of the Webinar, after which there are 30 minutes of discussion with the audience.

Important Questions Addressed by This Webinar Include:

• What are the key requirements for proper deployment of Exchange 2003?
• How do the Exchange 2003 migration tools help the process?
• What are the major benefits that users and administrators gain from this upgrade?
• Is it important to upgrade Exchange clients as well as servers?
• In the final analysis, is upgrading to Exchange 2003 worth the cost and effort?

Who Should Listen to the Webinar?

IT professionals, corporate IT managers, and product managers from hardware and software vendors and service providers.