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Technical Interview Questions - Exchange Server 2007/2010
O What are the beneIits oI using roles, vs. the way Exchange 2000/2003 worked?
O What are the Exchange 2003 equivalents oI the various Exchange 2007/2010 roles?
O ame the system prerequisites Ior installing Exchange 2007/2010 in your existing Active
Directory Iorest.

O ou have an Exchange 5.5 organization and Iinally decided to move Iorward and upgrade
to Exchange 2007/2010. What's your next obvious step?
O ou're looking to install Exchange 2007/2010 and Outlook on the same machine. Should
you do that? Why?
O Where does Exchange store its conIiguration settings?
O ow do you prepare the AD Ior Exchange 2007/2010? ame 2 methods.
O What permissions do you need to prepare the AD Ior Exchange 2007/2010?
O ow would you veriIy that the schema was in Iact updated?
O n the installation Iolder root you see setup.com and setup.exe. Which would you use and
when?
O ow would you easily install all the Windows Server 2008/R2 roles and Ieatures required
Ior Exchange 2007/2010?
O ow would you check your Exchange conIiguration settings to see iI they're right?
O .....
O What is the latest Exchange 2007 Service Pack? ame a Iew changes in Iunctionality in
that SP.
O ooking to install Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008. What SP version do you
need? And Ior R2?
O What's a Rollup Update? What's the latest RU Ior Exchange 2007/2010?
O ow can you easily integrate a RU in the Exchange 2007/2010 installation media?
O ame a Iew reasons Ior using 64-bit hardware and OS version Ior Exchange 2007/2010.
O Exchange 2007 came in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. ame a couple oI reasons Ior
ever needing the 32-bit version.
O ....
O Wanting to manage Exchange 2007/2010 Irom a remote computer, name a Iew oI your
management options.
O ame a Iew changes that were made in Exchange 2003 Management Console (EMC)
when compared to Exchange 2003 System Manager (ESM).
O What's PowerShell and why do we care?
O ame one major beneIit oI PowerShell v2 over V1.
O What are the diIIerent Exchange Recipient types?
O What are resource mailboxes? When would you use them?
O What are Dynamic Distribution groups?
What type oI groups would you use when conIiguring distribution groups in a multiple
domain Iorest?
O ow can you grant access Ior an administrator to access all mailboxes in your
organization?
O ow can you grant access Ior an administrator to access all mailboxes on a speciIic
Exchange server?
O Describe the diIIerences in the permission model between Exchange 2003 and Exchange
2010.
O ....
O What are the major changes in the way Exchange 2007 stores work?
O What's the diIIerence between the Enterprise and Standard editions oI Exchange in
relation with the number and size oI the stores on the server?
O What are the major changes in the way Exchange 2010 stores work? ame some oI the
changes in comparison with Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007.
O What's the major diIIerence in store high availability in Exchange 2007?
O What's the major diIIerence in store high availability in Exchange 2010?
O What is the GA?
O When would you decide to create more than one GA?
O ow would you modiIy the Iilter properties oI one oI the deIault address lists?
O What is the OAB? When is it used?
O What are the OAB distribution options?
O ou are at a client's location, and you see no Public Folders on any oI the Mailbox
servers. ow can that be?
O ou don't have any Public Folder, but now you've got a bunch oI laptop users that use
Outlook 2003. What issues would you see? ow would you Iix these issues?
O .....
O n Exchange 2007, what are the minimum requirements Ior implementing a high
availability topology, in relation to the server roles and server numbers?
O n Exchange 2010, what are the minimum requirements Ior implementing a high
availability topology, in relation to the server roles and server numbers?
O Describe the concept behind og Shipping.
O What's the diIIerence between CR, CCR and SCR?
O What's SCC?
O ou've installed Exchange 2007 RTM and are looking to enable SCR but cannot Iind the
option to do so in the EMC or in PS. Why?
O Describe DAG in Exchange 2010.
O Considering DAGs in Exchange 2010, why does MicrosoIt claim that you can run
"Raidless"?
O Would you run "Raidless" even when implementing DAGs in Exchange 2010? Why?
O Would you run "Backup-less" even when implementing DAGs in Exchange 2010? Why?
O ow do you enable CR?
O Why does MicrosoIt suggest using TFS mount points when using CR?
O What Exchange edition version do you need Ior CR? What Windows edition version do
you need Ior CR?
O ow do you recover Irom a store corruption when using CR? ame the procedures you
would use.
O ....
O What are streaming backups?
O What are VSS backups?
O ow would you backup Exchange 2007/2010 on a Windows Server 2008/R2 machine
without using 3rd-party tools?
O What's a Brick-evel backup?
O What backup solutions are you Iamiliar with in Exchange 2007/2010?
O What's a Recovery Storage Group? ow do you work with one?
O Can you use Exmerge in Exchange 2007/2010? Why?
O ow do you export a mailbox content in Exchange 2007/2010?
O What's a Dial Tone recovery?
O What built-in tool do you have to allow you to manage Exchange store recoveries?
O What's the diIIerence between online and oIIline deIrag?
O n Exchange 2010, is there any change in the way online and oIIline deIrags are used (or
should be used)?
O What is sinteg?
O ame a Iew scenarios Ior using both tools?
O What are the major considerations Ior using these tools?
O ...
O Where does Exchange 2007/2010 get its routing topology Irom?
O What protocol is used Ior the Mailbox to T transport?
O ow would you achieve incoming mail redundancy?
O ame all the client connection options in Exchange 2007/2010.
O What happened to OMA?
O ame some oI the major changes in OWA in relation to Exchange 2007 and Exchange
2003? And in relation to Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007?
O What's the ECP in Exchange 2010 OWA?
O A user opens an OWA session Irom an external computer. Which role does that user
connect to?
O What are the major changes in Outlook 2010 in relation to Exchange 2010, when
compared to Outlook 2007/Exchange 2007?
O What's a mailbox move request in Exchange 2010?
O What is Online Mailbox Move in Exchange 2010?
O Describe the issues you're Iacing when attempting to obtain a digital certiIicate Ior
Exchange 2007.
O What's one oI the changes that was made to the digital certiIicate request process in
Exchange 2010 in relation to Exchange 2007?
O What are SA certiIicates?
O ame a Iew commercial CAs you could use to obtain digital certiIicates.
O What is Cached Mode in Outlook 2007/2010?
What are the beneIits and "issues" when using cached mode? ow would you tackle
those issues?
What is S/MME? What are the usage scenarios Ior S/MME?
O What is Outlook Anywhere?
O Describe the method Ior enabling Outlook Anywhere.
O ou've just bought a new nternet domain name, and are looking to set up an Exchange
organization to receive e-mail Ior that domain. ame A the steps you would need to
take in order to successIully be able to work with that domain name.
O ou've installed Exchange 2007/2010 and now you need to be able to send e-mail
externally (to the nternet). What do you need to do?
O What's Accepted Domains?
O Where in EMC would you look to conIigure Send Connectors?
O What is a Mail Relay? ame a Iew known mail relay soItware or hardware options.
O What's a Smart ost? When would you use it?
O Wanting to conIigure a Send Connector to the world, what address would you use?
O What are Receive Connectors?
O n Exchange 2007/2010, what's the major issue blocking you Irom receiving e-mail Irom
the world, considering you've enabled the right port(s) on the Iirewall, and properly
conIigured MX records Ior your domain(s)?
O What's the diIIerence between the "Client" and the "DeIault" Receive Connectors?
O ou're looking to troubleshoot e-mail delivery issues. ame 4 options/tools/logs that are
built into Exchange 2007/2010 that can help you in your task.
O ...
O ou're looking to enable Anti-Spam Ieatures on Exchange. Which role would you use to
do so?
O et's say you're wanting to use Anti-Spam Ieatures on the T role. ou're looking to
enable these Ieatures but cannot Iind them. What do you need to do?
O Where does Edge role store its settings?
O ou have a need to enable high-availability and load balancing on your Edge role. ow
do you achieve that?
O What's Edge synchronization?
O What's Edge subscription?
O ow do you enable Edge subscription?
O What's the deIault replication interval Ior Edge sync?
O What ports do you need to open between the DMZ holding the Edge role and your
internal network?
O Exchange server questions
O ulfference beLween Lxchange SLandard and LnLerprlse LdlLlon?
O 9rerequlslLe of lnsLalllng Lxchange Server ?
O 9orL number of 99$@@9s$,9$S,@9$99s$--@9
O ulfference beLween onllne and offllne defragmenLaLlon
O ow can we resLore Lxchange Server ln case of fallure
O ulfferenL Lypes of Lxchange backup
O Jhlch command ls used Lo defragmenL Lhe Lxchange server
O ow S@, flles are used by Lxchange Server
O ole of eclplenL updaLe Server (uS)
O ulfference beLween Ldge @ransporL and ub @ransporL server
O JhaL ls Lar plLLlng
O uLhenLlcaLlon meLhods supporLed ln Lxchange Server
O ow can we LroubleshooL Lxchange server from LelneL
O JhaL ls dlsLrlbuLlon group used for?
O -ew feaLures ln Lxchange Server $
O JhaL ls uLo ulscovery?
O JhaL ls dlalLone recovery?
O JhaL ls 9S@?
O ow can we recover emalls accldenLly deleLed by Lhe users?
O JhaL ls a fronLend and backend model server?
O users are unable Lo see laLesL conLacLs ln Lhelr address book ow wlll you
LroubleshooL?
O ulfference beLween uS9roxy and uSccess
O JhaL ls formbased auLhenLlcaLlon??
O ow can you clear mall queues?
O JhaL ls !ournallng and lLs Lypes?
O ole of clrcular logglng
O ulfference beLween LC$CC$SC
O JhaL ls ecovery SLorage Croup?
O JhaL ls 8ack 9ressure?
O JhaL are Lhe dlsasLer recovery sLraLegles?
O JhaL ls Jeb beacon?
O ow can we secure unlfled ,essaglng?
O JhaL ls caLchall mallbox?
O JhaL ls archlvlng?
O JhaL ls publlc folder referral?
O ulfference beLween ,9 and non,9 cllenLs
O JhaL ls JhlLe Space ln Lxchange Server?
O @ypes of Lxchange eclplenLs
O JhaL ls relay?
O JhaL ls Cuerybased dlsLrlbuLlon group?
O

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what is the capacity of MS outlook mailbox and outlook express mailbox?
how will we identify that those mail unwanted mails(MS Outlook)are.which are not important.
Why we use ruling in Ms outlook ? Wipro 1 561
f our mail bom is full in outlook express and ms outlook then what will we do ?
f mail is not coming in mail box in MSOutlook what can be the reason behind it?
What are the differences between administrative permissions and client permissions in PF?
where are logical drives created on hard disk ?
don't understand clearly about global catalog server. think we have global catalog server can help
improve the respond time user query. But do we need only one or more global catalog server is better.
What different effects?
When should run the Setup.exe /forestprep command? What permissions do need to run the
command? When should run the Setup.exe /domainprep command? What permissions do need to
run the command? What is the advantage of doing a /forestprep and /domainprep prior to an Exchange
Server 2003 installation?
don't understand clearly about global catalog server. think we have global catalog server can help
improve the respond time user query. But do we need only one or more global catalog server is better.
What different effects?
1.do we have some problem after in stall multiple exchange server 2003 in the same forest(join existing
org)?why do we need to install that? 2.why do we need to install unattended installation?what different
and what is the benefit
Can we move the mailboxes from exchange 2003 which is reside in one exchange organization to
Exchange 2007 which is reside in another exchange organization. Both exchange organization having
forest trust ?
What is QBDG.
explain what is pst folder and function?
how can remove exchange server 2003 components from server
MICROSOIT IXCHANGI SIRVIR INTIRVIIW QLISTIONS
1. DIsLrIbuLIon IsL?
z. GA, RouLIng Group, SLm IIIes, EseuLII & InInLeg - wIuL ure LIey used Ior?
. WIuL Is MME & MAP?
q. IsL LIe servIces oI ExcIunge Server zooo?
. How wouId you recover ExcIunge server wIen LIe Iog IIIe Is corrupLed?

WIndows Server und MS ExcIunge InLervIew quesLIons
y ,/23 ] AugusL 18, zoo
1. WIuL Is DHCP? How we conIIgure DHCP?
z. WIuL ure LIe wuys Lo conIIgure DNS & Zones?
. WIuL ure LIe Lypes oI buckup? ExpIuIn eucI?
q. WIuL ure eveIs oI RAD o, 1, ? WIIcI one Is beLLer & wIy?
. WIuL ure MSO RoIes? IsL LIem.
6. DescrIbe LIe Ieuse process oI LIe DHCP server.
;. DIsusLer Recovery PIun?
8. WIuL Is scope & super scope?
q. DIIIerences beLween WIn zooo Server & Advunced Server?
1o. ogIcuI DIugrum oI AcLIve DIrecLory? WIuL Is LIe dIIIerence beLween cIIId domuIn & uddILIonuI domuIn
server?
11. TP, NNTP, SMTP, KEREROS, DNS, DHCP, POP porL numbers?
1z. WIuL Is Kerberos? WIIcI versIon Is currenLIy used by WIndows? How does Kerberos work?

1op 10 1asks for New Lxohange 3erver Administrators
Also expeot some basio networking questions as well as Classio ones suoh as
1ell me about yourself, what you have been doing (Classio one).
O hat is an lP address?
O hat is UN3? (what port)
O hat is UCP? (what Port)
O lP address olass range
O Private publio lP range?
O Publio lP address range
O what is subnet mask, why it is important
Port number and usage 0ame,
Port 20
Port 21
Port 23
Port 25 Uon't Mess with this one !!!!!!!!!
Port 53
Port 110
Port 80
Port 443
Port 3389
Port 3268
Port 3369

465 3M1P/33L
993 lMAP4/33L
563 lMAP4/33L

O hat is Protoool?
O Lxplain uUP
O Lxplain 1CP
O ow many ports available?
ell Known Ports are those in the range 0-1023
Registered Ports are those in the range 1024-49151
Uynamio and/or Private Ports are those in the range 49152-65535
Ports range 0-65535

O hat is latest servioe paok Lxohange 2000?
O hat is the name of Lxohange Uatabases?
O ow many databases in 3tandard Lxohange version
O ow many databases in Lnterprise Lxohange version
O hat is 3torage 0roup?
O hat is mail store?
O Lxplain Lxohange transaotion logs
O hat is default size for 1ransaotion logs?
O hy exohange is using transaotion logs? hy not to write to data direotly to the Lxohange database?
O ow exohange database gets defragmented?
O hat is white spaoe, and how oan it be reolaimed?
O hat time online maintenanoe runs by default in Lxohange?
O hat event log exohange logs after online defragmentation
Technical Interview Questions - Active Directory
O What is Active Directory?
O What is DAP?
O Can you connect Active Directory to other 3rd-party Directory Services? ame a Iew
options.
O Where is the AD database held? What other Iolders are related to AD?
O What is the SSVO Iolder?
O ame the AD Cs and replication issues Ior each C
O What are application partitions? When do use them
O ow do you create a new application partition
O ow do you view replication properties Ior AD partitions and DCs?
O What is the Global Catalog?
O ow do you view all the GCs in the Iorest?
O Why not make all DCs in a large Iorest as GCs?
O Trying to look at the Schema, how can do that?
O What are the Support Tools? Why do need them?
O What is DP? What is REPMO? What is ADSEDT? What is ETDOM? What is
REPADM?
O What are sites? What are they used Ior?
O What's the diIIerence between a site link's schedule and interval?
O What is the KCC?
O What is the STG? Who has that role by deIault?
O What are the requirements Ior installing AD on a new server?
O What can you do to promote a server to DC iI you're in a remote location with slow
WA link?
O ow can you Iorcibly remove AD Irom a server, and what do you do later? Can get
user passwords Irom the AD database?
O What tool would use to try to grab security related packets Irom the wire?
O ame some OU design considerations.
O What is tombstone liIetime attribute?
O What do you do to install a new Windows 2003 DC in a Windows 2000 AD?
O What do you do to install a new Windows 2003 R2 DC in a Windows 2003 AD?
O ow would you Iind all users that have not logged on since last month?
O What are the DS* commands?
O What's the diIIerence between DFDE and CSVDE? Usage considerations?
O What are the FSMO roles? Who has them by deIault? What happens when each one
Iails?
O What FSMO placement considerations do you know oI?
O want to look at the RD allocation table Ior a DC. What do do?
O What's the diIIerence between transIerring a FSMO role and seizing one? Which one
should you OT seize? Why?
O ow do you conIigure a "stand-by operation master" Ior any oI the roles?
O ow do you backup AD?
O ow do you restore AD?
O ow do you change the DS Restore admin password?
O Why can't you restore a DC that was backed up 4 months ago?
O What are GPOs?
O What is the order in which GPOs are applied?
O ame a Iew beneIits oI using GPMC.
O What are the GPC and the GPT? Where can Iind them?
O What are GPO links? What special things can do to them?
O What can do to prevent inheritance Irom above?
O ow can override blocking oI inheritance?
O ow can you determine what GPO was and was not applied Ior a user? ame a Iew ways
to do that.
O A user claims he did not receive a GPO, yet his user and computer accounts are in the
right OU, and everyone else there gets the GPO. What will you look Ior?
O ame a Iew diIIerences in Vista GPOs
O ame some GPO settings in the computer and user parts.
O What are administrative templates?
O What's the diIIerence between soItware publishing and assigning?
O Can deploy non-MS soItware with GPO?
O ou want to standardize the desktop environments (wallpaper, My Documents, Start
menu, printers etc.) on the computers in one department. ow would you do that?
Technical Interview Questions - Windows Server 2008/R2
Active Directory
O What is Active Directory?
O What is DAP?
O Where is the AD database held? What other Iolders are related to AD?
O Talk about all the AD-related roles in Windows Server 2008/R2.
O What are the new Domain and Forest Functional evels in Windows Server 2008/R2?
O What is the SSVO Iolder?
O What are the AD naming contexts (partitions)s and replication issues Ior each C?
O What are application partitions?
O What applications or services use AD application partitions? ame a couple.
O ow do you create a new application partition?
O What are the requirements Ior installing AD on a new server?
O What can you do to promote a server to DC iI you're in a remote location with slow
WA link?
O ...
O ow do you view replication properties Ior AD partitions and DCs?
O What is the Global Catalog?
O ow do you view all the GCs in the Iorest?
O Why not make all DCs in a large Iorest as GCs?
O Talk about GCs and Universal Groups.
O Describe the time synchronization mechanism in AD.
O What is ADSEDT? What is ETDOM? What is REPADM?
O What is DCDAG? When would you use it?
O ...
O What are sites? What are they used Ior?
O What's the diIIerence between a site link's schedule and interval?
O What is the KCC?
O What is the STG? Who has that role by deIault?
O Talk about sites and GCs.
O Talk about sites and Exchange Server 2007/2010.
O ...
O What is GPO?
O Describe the way GPO is applied throughout the domain.
O What can you do to prevent inheritance Irom above?
O ow can you override blocking oI inheritance?
O ame some oI the major changes in GPO in Windows Server 2008.
O What are ADM Iiles? What replaced them in Windows Server 2008?
O What's the GPO repository? ow do you use it?
O What are GPO PreIerences?
O Which client OSs can use GPO PreIerences?
O What are GPO Templates?
O What are WM Filters?
O What is the concept behind GPO Filtering?
O ow can you determine what GPO was and was not applied Ior a user? ame a Iew ways
to do that.
O A user claims he did not receive a GPO, yet his user and computer accounts are in the
right OU, and everyone else there gets the GPO. What will you look Ior?
O ou want to standardize the desktop environments (wallpaper, My Documents, Start
menu, printers etc.) on the computers in one department. ow would you do that?
O ...
O What are the major changes in AD in Windows Server 2008?
O What are the major changes in AD in Windows Server 2008 R2?
O What is the AD Recycle Bin? ow do you use it?
O What is tombstone liIetime attribute?
O What are AD Snapshots? ow do you use them?
O What is OIIline Domain Join? ow do you use it?
O What are Fine-Grained Passwords? ow do you use them?
O Talk about Restartable Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008/R2.
What is this Ieature good Ior?
O What are the changes in auditing in Windows Server 2008/R2?
O ...
O ow can you Iorcibly remove AD Irom a server, and what do you do later?
O Can get user passwords Irom the AD database?
O What tool would use to try to grab security related packets Irom the wire?
O Talk about PowerShell and AD.
O ...
O ow do you backup AD?
O ow do you restore AD?
O Talk about Windows Backup and AD backups.
O ow do you change the DS Restore admin password?
O Why can't you restore a DC that was backed up 7 months ago?
O What's TDSUT? When do you use it?
O ...
O What are RODCs?
O What are the major beneIits oI using RODCs?
O ow do you install an RODC?
O Talk about RODCs and passwords.
O What is Read Only DS?
O What happens when a remote site with an RODC loses connectivity to the main site?
O ...
O Talk about Server Core and AD.
O ow do you promote a Server Core to DC?
O ...
O What are the FSMO roles? Who has them by deIault? What happens when each one
Iails?
O ow can you tell who holds each FSMO role? ame a 2-3 oI methods.
O What FSMO placement considerations do you know oI?
O ou want to look at the RD allocation table Ior a DC. What do you need to do?
O What's the diIIerence between transIerring a FSMO role and seizing one? Which one
should you OT seize? Why?