msxforum - Recent entries in lexikon

NDR - Non Delivery Report

11 April 2010

When you send a message to an Exchange mailbox, you may receive a non-delivery report (NDR), because your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Each NDR has a error status code with a short discription.

OS - Operation System

11 April 2010

An Operating System is an interface between hardware and user. It is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing and management of the resources of the computer. It is also an acts as a host for computing applications run on the machine.

FE - Exchange Front-end Server

11 April 2010

A front-end server is an ordinary Exchange server until it is configured as a front-end server. A front-end server must not host any users or public folders and must be a member of the same Exchange 2003 organization as the back-end servers (therefore, a member of the same Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 forest). Servers that are running either Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition or Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition can be configured as front-end servers.

ESM - Exchange System Manager

11 April 2010

Exchange System Manager (Exchange System Manager.msc) is a specialized MMC console that helps you manage your Exchange organization. When you perform a typical installation of Exchange 2003 onto a server, the installation wizard automatically installs the Exchange System Management Tools onto that server, also.

SG - Storage Group

11 April 2010

A storage group is a set of databases that share a common set of transaction log files.

RSG - Recovery Storage Group

11 April 2010

A recovery storage group is a special storage group that allows you to mount mailbox databases and extract data from those databases. RSGs enable you to recover data from a backup or copy of a database without disturbing user access to current data.

E2K - Exchange Server 2000

11 April 2010

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. Exchange's major features consist of electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks; support for mobile and web-based access to information; and support for data storage.

E2K3 - Exchange Server 2003

11 April 2010

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. Exchange's major features consist of electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks; support for mobile and web-based access to information; and support for data storage.

BE - Exchange Backend Server

11 April 2010

The information requestes from a FE Server goes to on one backend server which is stored the data locally .

OL - Outlook

11 April 2010

Outlook is a personal information managment Client of an Exchange Server. It is available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an e-mail application, it also includes a Calendar, Task Manager, Contact Manager, note taking, a journal and web browsing.

MBX - Mail box

11 April 2010

All configuration data for a mailbox is stored in the Exchange attributes of the Active Directory user object. The mailbox database contains the mail data that is in the mailbox associated with the user account.

GAL - Global Address List

11 April 2010

A global address list is a directory that contains entries for every group, user, and contact within an organization's implementation of Microsoft Exchange Server. GALs are displayed in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book on a client computer. Address lists are a subset of the GAL and can be used to further organize the recipients in your organization.

OE - Micrsoft Outlook Express

11 April 2010

Outlook Express was an e-mail/news client that was included with Internet Explorer.

FW - Firewall

11 April 2010

A firewall is a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications. It is a device or application to permit, deny, encrypt, decrypt, or proxy all computer traffic.

PF - Public Folder

11 April 2010

Public folders, introduced in the first version of Microsoft Exchange, are designed for shared access and provide an easy and effective way to collect, organize, and share information with other people in your workgroup or organization. Public folders are hierarchically organized, stored in dedicated databases, and can be replicated between Exchange servers.

PS - Windows / Exchange PowerShell

11 April 2010

It is an extensible command-line shell and associated scripting language.

EMC - Exchange Management Console

11 April 2010

The new GUI Console of Exchange 2007. New version of the ESM as Exchange 2000 and 2003.

RUS - Recipient Update Service

11 April 2010

The Exchange Recipient Update Service stamp email addresses in the AD objects. This is the recipient policies configured. Without the Recipient Update Service receives no AD object an email address.

MOSS - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

11 April 2010

MOSS is a web-based collaboration platform from Microsoft (Team Room, Doclib, Discussion, etc.) based on templates.

SPS - SharePoint Server

11 April 2010

SPS is the predecessor of MOSS and is a web-based collaboration platform from Microsoft (Team Room, Doclib, Discussion, etc.) based on templates.

ExBPA - Exchange Best Practice Analyser

11 April 2010

ExchangeBestPracticeAnalyser The Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Exchange servers and topology. The tool scans Exchange servers and identifies items that do not conform to Microsoft best practices.

http://www.exbpa.com

TS - Transporter Suite

11 April 2010

Microsoft Transporter Suite is a set of interoperability and migration tools to migrate content from Lotus Domino servers or Generic POP/IMAP servers.