Sample chapter: How to Install, Configure, and Manage the Mailbox Role in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

This chapter from Exam Ref 70-341 Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (MCSE) shows you how to plan the mailbox role, configure and manage the mailbox role, deploy and manage high availability solutions for the mailbox role, monitor and troubleshoot the mailbox role, develop backup and recovery solutions for the mailbox role and public folders, create and configure mail-enabled objects, and manage mail-enabled object permissions.

The mailbox server role in Exchange 2013 hosts mailbox databases and other items, such as Client Access protocols, Transport service and Unified Messaging. All processing of a specific mailbox takes place on the Mailbox server hosting an active copy of the mailbox. Client connectivity is handled by the Client Access role, which can be co-located on the same server. But it only proxies the connections to Mailbox server components for further processing and rendering of the mailbox data being requested.

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