Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide- P66:Your Exchange Server 2003 deployment plan should reflect your understanding of how Exchange and Microsoft Windows Server™ operating systems interoperate. It should encompass the relationships between Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server sites and domains, domain controllers, global catalog servers, and Exchange 2003 administrative and routing groups. | 651 To help determine what security patches are available for your system you should use a tool like the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer MBSA to scan your system. Information about MBSA can be found in the article Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 SP2 is a cumulative service pack for Exchange Server 2003. Exchange Server 2003 SP2 provides better protection reliability and easier administration as well as improved mobile messaging to your Exchange Server 2003 messaging environment when used with compatible devices. For information about Exchange Server 2003 SP2 see the following resources Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Overview Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Release Notes Microsoft Knowledge Base article 906669 Issues that are fixed in Exchange Server 2003 SP2 For information about how to install Exchange Server 2003 SP1 or Exchange Server 2003 SP2 in a clustered Exchange environment see the following article on the Microsoft Exchange Blog Web site 652 Upgrading to E2k3 SP2 cluster Note The content of each blog and its URL are subject to change without notice. Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool The Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool automatically examines an Exchange Server deployment and determines if the configuration is set according to Microsoft best practices. After installing or upgrading Exchange or after making configuration changes it is recommended that you run the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool. For more information see the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool Web site. Configuring DNS Some e-mail systems such as Microsoft Hotmail will not accept e-mail from organizations that do not have reverse DNS records. If you want your users to be able to send e-mail to these systems be sure to create a 653 reverse DNS record. If your ISP manages your DNS records your ISP must create this record for you. For more information about configuring DNS see the Exchange
