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Monitoring Performance
Do the following to ensure that Microsoft Exchange Server continues to perform reliably:
- Monitor server performance making sure it is optimized.
 
- Monitor message transfers by the message transfer agent (MTA), connectors, and gateways to ensure messages are routed appropriately and to eliminate bottlenecks.
 
- Monitor statistics for Microsoft Exchange Server components to ensure that server resources are being used appropriately.
 
- Monitor directory and public folder replication to ensure that directories and public folders are replicated and synchronized correctly.