Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled

Chapter 2. System Requirements for Exchange Server 2003

Even when deploying a single Exchange 2003 server, a lot of planning and pre-deployment dependencies must be in place before you can insert the Exchange CD and install the product. Careful planning and consideration are certainly required throughout an Exchange deployment, but they are especially important in the architecture and design phase. Uncorrected mistakes made early during a deployment project can have catastrophic effects on the ability of the project to succeed, let alone reach completion.

Deploying Exchange 2003 can take administrators down a long, complex path fraught with opportunities to make mistakes and temptations to cut corners. In the long run, the ultimate success of ...