Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server is a powerful corporate messaging system that you can use to support your organization with electronic mail. People in your organization will be able to exchange information with anyone, anywhere, anytime, even with people using different messaging systems.

Microsoft Exchange Server is based on a scalable architecture; it can grow as your organization grows. You can make connections to other systems such as the Internet. Most important, you can centrally manage your organization, including sites, servers, and mail recipients, with an easy-to-use graphical interface. Microsoft Exchange Server runs on Windows NT Server.

After you plan and set up your system, users in your organization can do the following:

• Send information to and receive information from users in other sites, organizations, and systems.
• Store and organize all types of information.
• Share information by using public folders to participate in discussions, post information in a bulletin board, track customer accounts from a shared database, or access product information from a reference library.
• Schedule appointments and group meetings, and track tasks.

As an administrator, you can protect your users' privacy by using the advanced security features of Microsoft Exchange Server.