Email Management Services (EMS): Exchange 2007 Reference Architecture

Overview Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is the latest release of the most commonly used corporate messaging platform. Exchange 2007 offers a new architectural model and major new functionality that will require many organizations to re-architect their entire Exchange environment. By the end of 2008, 50% of organizations that use Exchange are expected to move to Exchange 2007. For most organizations, taking full advantage of Exchange 2007's new features will require a substantial investment.

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• A description of the major issues that affect the design and implementation of high availability (HA) configurations for Exchange, an outline of significant enhancements in Exchange 2007's HA features, and a discussion on how well these new features address the identified issues.
• A discussion of other areas of functionality where many companies may consider augmenting Exchange 2007's built-in capabilities with third-party offerings in order to fully address a wider range of HA design issues and to completly meet their organization's messaging and email needs.

This paper concludes with a description of Dell MessageOne's Email Management System (EMS™) services, including EMS's unique hybrid architecture which compliments Exchange 2007. EMS combines the integration and customization of in-house software with maintenance-free, always-available access, and storage of on-demand services without the costs, maintenance efforts and uncertainty associated with traditional, locally deployed solutions.