Monthly Operations Checklist

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

Use these checklists to record monthly operations. You can modify these checklists based on your organization's requirements.

Checklist: Capacity Planning

Use this checklist for capacity planning.

Prepared by:

Date:

Completed	Task
	Check capacity and performance against service level agreement (SLA) requirements.
	Review SLA requirements and capacity figures from previous month.
	Produce and implement upgrade path based on projected growth from previous growth data.

Use this checklist to update your systems with hotfixes, service packs, update rollups, and security updates in your organization.

Prepared by:

Date:

Completed	Task
	Maintain a list of applied hotfixes, service packs, update rollups, and security updates.
	See if there are new hotfixes for Microsoft Windows Server.
	See if there are service packs for Windows Server.
	See if there are updates to complementary services such as Internet Information Services (IIS), Active Directory directory service, and DNS server.
	Apply updates uniformly across servers and workstations in the organization.
	Perform critical security updates as soon as possible, based on company policy.

For information about other checklists to use, see Operations Checklists.