Exchange Server 2010 Interview Question - Management

1. What's new in Exchange Management Console?

In Exchange Server 2010 management console, the following are the new features included

1. Built on remote power shell and RBAC


2. Multiple forest support


3. Cross premises Exchange 2010 Management – includes Mailbox move


4. Recipient bulk edit


5. PowerShell command logging

2. What is Exchange Control Panel?

ECP it's a new and simplified web based management console and it's a browser based management client for end user, administrators and specialist, ECP can be accessible via URL, browsers and outlook 2010, ECP deployed as part of the client access server role, Simplified user administration for management tasks and it's RBAC aware

3. Who can use ECP and what are the manageable options?

Specialist and administrators - administrator can delegate to specialist e.g. help desk operators - Change user name password etc., department administrator – change OU and e-discovery administrators – legal department.

End users – comprehensive self-service tools for end users – fetch phone number, changing name and create groups

Hosted customers – tenant administrators and tenant end users

4. What is ROLA BASED ACCESS CONTROL?

RBAC is new authorization model in Exchange Server 2010, easy to delegate and customize permission; this replaced the permission model used in Exchange Server 2007. Your role is defined by "What you do" RBAC includes self administration, used by EMC, EMS, and ECP

5. Who are all affected by RBAC in Exchange Server 2010?

Administrator – Role Groups and Universal security groups –

End – User – role assignment policy we can set read /write

6. How to delegate a Role ?

1. Create the management role


2. Change the new management roles entries by removing old entries


3. Create a management scope if required


4. Assign the new management role

7. What is Remote power shell in Exchange Server 2010?

In Exchange 2010, the management architecture is based on Remote PowerShell included with Windows PowerShell 2.0. Remote PowerShell provides an RBAC-based permission model making it possible to grant much more granular permissions (Exchange 2007 used ACLs), standard protocols that makes it easier to manage Exchange 2010 servers through firewalls, and explicitly separates "client" and "server" portion of the cmdlet processing

8. What are the supportable OS platforms to install Exchange Management console?

In Exchange server 2010 all functions are 64 bit only, admin tools requires 64 bit OS, Exchange management tools can be installed in 64 bit OS like vista, server 2008 and windows 7,

Remote PowerShell management can be installed in x86 and x64 bit OS