MS Best practice for Exchange 2k3 (funny-read)

[pik4chu]

First does anyone have any study material/exam guides for exchange 2003? I want to see if this is just some funky misstype in this book or really is how MS wants you to do it.

under Section 4: Managing Recipients.
Sub category: How to Create and Delete mail-enabled users and contacts

it states
1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers
2. Browse to the OU that wei;ll contain the new user account
3. Create the ner users by using the context menu of the OU and then verify that the "Create an Exchange mailbox" is not selected.
4. Use the exchange tas wizard to establish an email address for the user object. If the user account already exists in AD you can mail-enable it using the Exchange task wizard.

Personally I died laughing at this, why would you UNCHECK an option in a wizard only to do the same thing in a different wizard later on? Can anyone confirm this? And I'm talking MS best practice with the intent of passing exams, not what you would do in the real world, thanks :)

Course is 2400B: Implementing and Managing Microsft Exchange SErver 2003 for anyone interested

[snvpa]

my guess is so you can configure other options. Like rights to an Ldap directory or campus/ organization wide address book. I'm not at all familiar with exchange so I can't say for certain but there is probably some logic behind it. Now if the wizard offers no additional configuration settings then its pretty freaking stupid.

[khiloa]

It could be a typo; anywho I didn't find it that funny myself.

[El<(')>Maxi]

I think there is an LDAP filter or something iirc that prevents the mailbox from being created correctly via AD Users & Computers. I think that's why they are doing it this way.

[pik4chu]

I think there is an LDAP filter or something iirc that prevents the mailbox from being created correctly via AD Users & Computers. I think that's why they are doing it this way.
I havent ever had that problem.

as for the humor, I guess you have to have experience in microsoft certifications Vs Real World to appreciate it fully :shrug:

[Slackfumasta]

I can't figure out why they would want you to do it that way either. Just don't make any sense!

[snvpa]

because otherwise the 50 thousand dollars they spent paying the programmer who created the wizzard is wasted. My best guess is that the wizard allows additional or simpler configuraztion rather than manually creating the accounts. Doing stuff like adding a printer or adding a network place could certainly be done without the wizzard but for the average user the wizzards tend to be much easier and self explantory. With exchange server this is a bit different as the users are not typical in their level of knowledge.