5 must-dos:-
- Read, read, read. Everything... but especially what is found on the Microsoft Exchange Team blog.
- Look up various MVP sites for Exchange. These folks post information for free regarding their personal experiences. It's a key.
- Nothing beats experience. Work through the how-tos in my book to ensure you have more than head knowledge.
- Try and attend at least one Exchange oriented conference each year. Tech Ed is a good one, TechMentor, Windows Connections, TEC. I speak at most of these and I love attending sessions and learning from other Exchange gurus.
- Teach someone else. You never learn a subject so thoroughly as when you have to teach it to others.
5 don'ts:-- Don't install the wrong version of Server when working with high availability options. If clustering services are involved, you need the enterprise version of the Server.
- Don't install just an Exchange server. You need to see how the client side will work. Install an OS with Outlook 2003 and 2007 to really make sure you know what is going on in the user world. Don't forget to play with Outlook Web Access too.
- Don't forget to learn how to set up your true incoming and outgoing SMTP connections. Typically in a learning environment you don't worry about that because you aren't working with a live server, but it is a must if you plan on putting a real server out on the Net. DNS records and so forth... it's all important.
- If you're working with Unified Messaging, don't forget to bring in a telephony expert. Most likely, you won't fully understand the configuration for the back end without help.
- Don't think you can rely completely on the GUI. Exchange has a few PowerShell-only configuration options. Get reacquainted with the command-line, my friend. It's not disappearing and any Exchange guru worth his title these days is a command-line lover.
Source: http://www.itworld.com/unified-communications/62208/five-must-dos-exchange-server-2007-and-5-donts?page=0%2C1
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