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Server Role Roadmap

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

Through the introduction of new server roles, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 setup and deployment has been re-engineered to improve the administrative experience. Exchange 2007 provides five distinct server roles that align with the way messaging systems are typically deployed and distributed. A server role is a unit that logically groups the features and components that are required to perform a specific function in the messaging environment. Each server role includes features that support its function together with related configuration and security settings and a list of predefined tasks for managing and configuring those features.

For more information about how to deploy the individual server roles, see Deploying Server Roles.

This topic provides you with links to the Exchange 2007 Help documentation to help you plan, deploy, administer, and troubleshoot each of the new server roles found in Exchange 2007.

Exchange Server 2007 Server Role Documentation Roadmap

The following table contains links to the Exchange 2007 Help, organized by server role.

Server Role

Getting Started

Planning

Deployment

Operations

Security and Protection

Support and Troubleshooting

Client Access

Client Access Server Role: Overview

Planning for Client Access Servers

Deploying Server Roles

Post-Installation Tasks

Managing Client Access

Securing Exchange Server 2007 Client Access

Troubleshooting

Exchange Server TechCenter

Edge Transport

Edge Transport Server Role: Overview

Planning for Edge Transport Servers

Deploying Server Roles

Post-Installation Tasks

Managing Transport Servers

Security and Protection

Troubleshooting

Exchange Server TechCenter

Hub Transport

Hub Transport Server Role: Overview

Planning for Hub Transport Servers

Deploying Server Roles

Post-Installation Tasks

Managing Transport Servers

Security and Protection

Transport and Mailflow Issues

Exchange Server TechCenter

Mailbox

Mailbox Server Role: Overview

Planning for Mailbox Servers

Deploying Server Roles

Post-Installation Tasks

Managing Mailbox Features

Security and Protection

Troubleshooting

Exchange Server TechCenter

Unified Messaging

Unified Messaging Server Role: Overview

Planning for Unified Messaging Servers

Deploying Server Roles

Post-Installation Tasks

Managing Unified Messaging

Securing a Unified Messaging Environment

Unified Messaging Server Issues

Exchange Server TechCenter

For More Information

For more information about how to deploy the server roles in an upgrade scenario, see Upgrading to Exchange 2007.

For more information about how to upgrade to Exchange 2007 from other versions of Microsoft Exchange and other messaging systems, see Upgrading to Exchange 2007.