Monitoring Exchange Server 2007 with System Center Operations Manager -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: An Evolution of Server Management -- Exchange Server 2007: A Little History -- System Center Operations Manager 2007: A Little History -- Monitoring: Do We Care? -- Health Monitoring in the Old Days… -- Exchange Server Roles -- Extracting Information from the Environment (Logging) -- Administrative Models -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Monitoring Exchange Server 2007 -- Types of Monitoring -- Generic Server Information -- Exchange-Specific Information -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring OpsMgr 2007 -- Planning for Your OpsMgr Installation -- Installing OpsMgr 2007 -- Initial Configuration -- Management Packs -- Backing Up the Server Key -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Deploying OpsMgr 2007 -- An Introduction to Agents -- Monitoring with Windows Agents -- Monitoring with UNIX-Like Agents -- Monitoring Windows Agentless -- Monitoring with SNMP -- Other Monitoring Choices -- Summary -- Chapter 5: The First Management Pack: Windows Server -- PowerShell -- Back to Management Packs -- Configuring the Management Pack -- Windows Server Health -- Summary -- Chapter 6: The Active Directory Management Pack -- How Exchange Uses Active Directory -- A/D Client versus A/D Server Health -- The Management Pack -- Active Directory Health -- Summary -- Chapter 7: The Domain Name System (DNS) Management Pack -- What Is DNS? -- How Exchange Server Uses DNS -- The Management Pack -- Summary -- Chapter 8: The Internet Information Services Management Pack -- Understanding Some IIS Basics -- Understanding the Management Pack -- Checking the IIS Server's Health -- Understanding PowerShell -- Summary -- Chapter 9: SQL Server: An Ancillary Management Pack -- Understanding the Basics of SQL Server.

Understanding How Exchange Server Uses SQL Server -- Understanding How OpsMgr Uses SQL Server -- Understanding the SQL Server Management Pack -- Monitoring SQL Server Health -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Exchange Server 2003 -- Understanding Exchange Server 2003 Basics -- Learning the Exchange Server 2003 Management Pack -- Understanding Exchange Server 2003 Health -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Exchange Server 2007 -- Understanding the Basics of Exchange Server 2007 -- Understanding Exchange Server 2007 System Requirements -- Learning Client Requirements and Special Features -- Understanding Special Considerations for Exchange Server 2007 -- Understanding Configuration Concerns for Exchange Server 2007 -- Understanding the Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack -- Monitoring Exchange Server 2007 Health -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Exchange Server 2007 Redundancy -- Understanding Service-Level and Operational-Level Agreements -- Understanding Availability -- Understanding Resiliency -- Understanding Redundancy and the Edge Transport Role -- Understanding Redundancy and the Client Access Server Role -- Understanding Availability and Redundancy for the Hub Transport Role -- Understanding the Unified Messaging Role -- Understanding High Availability for the Mailbox Role -- Monitoring Resilient and Highly Available Solutions -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Exchange Server Operations -- Performing Backups -- Initiating a Recovery -- Understanding Security Validation and Patching -- Using the Knowledge Base -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Tracking Mail Flow -- Understanding Mail Flow Through Your Organization -- Generating Email for Testing Purposes Using PowerShell -- Using the Queue Viewer Tool -- Using the Message Tracking Tool -- Using the Routing Log Viewer Tool -- Interpreting SMTP Protocol Log Files -- Using the Mail Flow Troubleshooter -- Summary -- Index.