Exam 70-285: Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization

What is 70-285 exam?

Thorough planning and design should always prelude any real live Exchange implementation to ensure successful delivery and user satisfaction. Exam 70-285, a core messaging requirement for MCSE: Messaging on Windows Server 2003, demands candidates working on their certification to exhibit a broad and extensive knowledge in several areas, ranging from client to back-end setup, Exchange upgrade and migration, and everything else in between, including questions on Windows Server 2003.

When you pass the Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 exam, you achieve Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) status. You also earn credit toward the following certifications:

•	Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE): Messaging on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification
•	Elective credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification

Is 70-285 exam right for you?

The Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 credential is designed for IT professionals who work in the typically complex computing environment of medium to large companies.

A candidate for this exam should have at least one year of experience designing and planning Exchange messaging systems in environments that have the following characteristics:

•	250 to 5,000 or more users
•	Three or more physical locations
•	Network services and resources such as multiple versions of Exchange Server, Active Directory, proxy server, firewall, other messaging systems, DNS, Internet, intranet, and mobile clients that use a public infrastructure
•	Three or more domain controllers
•	Two or more Exchange Server computers
•	Connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet