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Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
Exchange Server 2019 is a self-hosted release of Exchange that supports hybrid implementations that include Microsoft 365 Exchange Online. A headline enhancement is support for Windows Server 2019 Core, which minimizes the target size exposed to a cybersecurity exploit and dispenses with unneeded services that use up network resources. Improvements over Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 include better security, greater throughput and expandability, and a multitude of novel Exchange client features.
The Mailbox and Edge Transport services as well as management utilities for Exchange Server 2019 need Microsoft Windows Server 2019. Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 does not include the Unified Messaging (UM) role, and therefore does not offer voicemail or auto attendant services. If your organization are upgrading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 or Exchange Server 2016 and have implemented Unified Messaging (UM) services, Microsoft recommends that you move to the Cloud Voicemail Service offered in Microsoft 365. Skype for Business 2019 and Microsoft Teams use this voice messaging technology for Exchange 2019 mailboxes. Essentially, moving to Exchange Server 2019 can require a comprehensive modernization project.
Progent's Microsoft Gold-certified experts can assist your organization with any facet of your upgrade to Exchange Server 2019 from Microsoft Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2013, or from end-of-support (EOS) versions of Exchange Server. Progent can provide online and on-premises guidance for system design; configuring hybrid deployment models; building test lab environments; incorporating high availability technology such as hardware load balancing (HLB) and database availability groups (DAGs); reviewing server and CAL licensing compliance; setting up host servers based on Microsoft Windows Server 2019; configuring Hyper-V virtualization; upgrading your voicemail system; and estimating storage demands for VMs, databases and logs. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server consultants are on call to deliver as-needed assistance to assist you take care of an occasional technical impasse or Progent can deliver comprehensive project management or co-management services to ensure your Exchange Server 2019 migration is carried out on time and on budget.
Exchange Server 2019 Design
Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 is built on the streamlined model introduced by Exchange Server 2016. This architecture consolidates transport services, mailbox databases, and user access services in the Exchange Mailbox server. This dramatically simplifies upgrades, deployment, scale, management, and debugging compared to legacy releases of Exchange Server. The Edge Transport Server role comes with filtering agents that enable your perimeter network to manage Internet-facing email flow and guard against information leakage, spam and malware.
Microsoft Exchange 2019 Mailbox and Edge Transport servers and management utilities need Standard or Datacenter version of Microsoft Windows Server 2019. To manage these Exchange servers from a Windows client you need an up-to-date 64-bit version of Windows 10. (Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 can be run on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and managed using Windows 8.1 or higher.) Progent can provide remote or on-premises Windows Server 2019 deployment consulting, Windows 11 system design and upgrade consulting, and Windows 10 configuration expertise to assist you update your Exchange environment.
Security and Performance Enhancements in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
Exchange Server 2019 is optimized for running on Windows Server 2019 Core, which provides the safest environment for hosting Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. You can also implement Exchange Server 2019 on Windows Server 2019 with Desktop Experience, although this alternative exposes a larger target for malicious assaults. Out of the box, Exchange Server 2019 uses Transport Layer Security protocol version 1.2 (TLS 1.2) and replaces legacy ciphers. Some standards bodies require the use of TLS 1.2. Another security improvement is the capability in Exchange Server 2019 to prevent external users from connecting to the Exchange admin center console and the Exchange Management Shell. This allows you to make sure that the administration of Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 can occur exclusively from within the security perimeter of your system.
For improved throughput and scale, Exchange Server 2019 can use as many as 48 processor cores (vs. 24 with Exchange Server 2016) and 256GB of RAM (as opposed to 192GB with Exchange 2016). Recommended minimum in-box memory has been upped to 128GB. The well-tested search infrastructure used by Microsoft Exchange Online has been brought to Exchange Server 2019 to deliver enhanced search performance and more rapid database failovers, support bigger files for indexing, and streamline administration. Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 also supports bigger storage drives. To counter the increased latency characteristic of high-density rotating disk drives, the innovative MetaCacheDatabase (MCDB) technology of Exchange Server 2019 allows you to set up SSD caching when you deploy Database Availability Groups. Based on technology developed for Exchange Online, MCDB can significantly improve the responsiveness of the end user environment. Throughput is also increased by improvements in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 algorithms that allow more RAM for caching active database copies. These enhancements in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 make it possible to scale each server to handle more users, deploy higher capacity disk drives, and increase the responsiveness of many end-user operations.
Enhancements for Exchange Server 2019 Clients
Exchange Server 2019 supports Microsoft Outlook 2013, 2016 and 2019. Improvements to the client experience include the Do-Not-Forward function that allows only a conference's organizer to invite other guests. Out-of-Office (OOF) features have also increased. In addition, a new Remove-CalendarEvents cmdlet enables admins to remove events organized by a worker who no longer works for the company.
Microsoft Cloud Voicemail for Exchange Server 2019
Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 does not include the UM services incorporated in prior versions of Exchange. UM services include voicemail and auto attendant. Microsoft Skype for Business 2019 depends on Microsoft Cloud Voicemail Service to provide voice messaging support for Exchange Server 2019 mailboxes. (Skype for Business 2019 still supports Exchange Unified Messaging services for Exchange 2013 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2016.) Microsoft recommends that customers upgrading to Exchange 2019 migrate to Skype for Business Server 2019 and use Cloud Voicemail Service. Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 and Skype for Business 2019 can be configured in a hybrid architecture with a combination of Exchange Server 2019 and Exchange Online mailboxes so that both local Exchange 2019 clients and Exchange Online cloud users have complete access to advanced voice messaging services.
This voice messaging environment provides voicemail answering and deposit; voice-to-text and text-to-voice services; voice mail access through Outlook or Skype for Business; voicemail management via the M365 portal; and hybrid deployment support for Exchange mailboxes on premises or in the cloud. Administration is made easier because of a uniform set of management utilities for both Microsoft Exchange 2019 and Exchange Online mailboxes. Progent can assist your organization to adhere to best practices to configure a hybrid network model that enables all your Exchange clients to access the Cloud Voicemail service.
How Progent Can Assist You to Configure and Maintain Exchange Server 2019
Microsoft Exchange 2003 is at end of life. Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange 2010 are all legacy platforms. Exchange 2019, Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Skype for Business 2019, and SharePoint Server 2019 have all been enhanced with Microsoft's proven cloud environment and tuned for hybrid network architectures. Given this situation, it makes sense to consider updating your messaging and collaboration solutions. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you to evaluate the business benefits and integration challenges associated with upgrading to Exchange Server 2019 and related modern platforms; decide if an on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid network model works best for your business; design and record a migration strategy that makes efficient use of your current assets; and perform out a migration from your current Microsoft Exchange deployment to a modern messaging ecosystem based on Exchange 2019.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist businesses of all sizes to adhere to best practices for designing and carrying out a cost-effective migration to Exchange Server 2019 from Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2007, or Exchange 2003. Progent offers a wide array of remote and onsite services such as project design assessment; network topology documentation; configuring Windows Server 2019 Core to run Microsoft Exchange Server 2019; implementing Microsoft Skype for Business 2019 and Microsoft Cloud Voicemail Service; diagramming the network schema, domain, and forest for Microsoft Exchange Server 2019; defining and configuring Database Availability Groups (DAGs) and HLB for high availability and rapid recovery; setting up DirSync; optimizing your firewalls, generating SSL certs and troubleshooting SSL issues; setting up IIS; writing PowerShell scripts; and verifying mail flow.
Progent's certified Windows Server 2019 experts, Skype for Business experts, SharePoint 2019 development consultants and Microsoft 365 integration consultants can help you to build modern, integrated email solutions based on Exchange Server 2019. To support mobile devices with Microsoft Exchange 2019, Progent can provide iPhone and iPad expertise and Google Android phone expertise. Progent's load balancing experts are skilled at designing and debugging cost-effective solutions from top providers such as Barracuda, Cisco, NetScaler, Coyote Point/Fortinet, and Kemp Technologies.
Progent's disaster recovery and business continuity (DR/BC) planning experts can assist your business to design, implement and test a disaster recovery and business continuity (DR/BC) strategy for Exchange 2019 based on multiple physical IT facilities or a combination of physical and cloud resources. Progent's CISM and CRISC certified security and compliance experts can design and enforce company-wide mail policies that comply with industry standards and government mandates. Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network infrastructure consultants can help you to design, deploy and troubleshoot an efficient, protected, and resilient network infrastructure for your Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 solution. Progent has over 20 years of background working with Microsoft's Exchange platform and can help you adhere to leading practices as you move through the key phases of Exchange migration including Exchange version coexistence, pilot testing, mailbox migration, technology decommissioning, troubleshooting, education, and tuning.
Microsoft 365 Integration with On-premises Exchange
Microsoft supports seamless hybrid ecosystems that integrate Microsoft 365 and local Exchange. This permits you to have specific mailboxes located at your on-premises datacenter and other mailboxes resident on Microsoft 365. Progent's certified Exchange consultants can help you with any phase of designing, implementing and troubleshooting your hybrid Exchange network. Progent's Exchange consultants can provide as-needed expertise to help you resolve stubborn technical issues and also offer comprehensive project management outsourcing to ensure your hybrid Exchange initiative is completed on time and within budget. To find out more about Progent's online consulting services for integrating Microsoft 365 and on-premises Exchange environments, refer to Microsoft 365 integration with on-prem Exchange.
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