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.