Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed

Best Practices

• Try to create an Active Directory design that is as simple as possible. Expand the directory tree with multiple subdomains and forests at a later date if needed.

• Even if the organization has high bandwidth between sites, create a site to better control replication and traffic between sites.

• When possible, DNS in an organization should be Microsoft DNS; however, Windows 2003 (and Windows 2000) also can be integrated with non-Microsoft DNS.

• Minimize the number of servers needed by consolidating services into as few systems as possible.

• Use the /3GB /USERVA=3030 switch in bootl.ini to optimize system memory in an Exchange Server with more than 1GB of RAM.

• If the organization does not have a third-party antispam software program, enable ...