Microsoft Exchange 2003

Microsoft Exchange 2003 terms

1. access control The mechanisms for limiting access to certain information based on a user's identity and membership in various predefined groups.
2. ACE (access control entry) An entry in an object's discretionary access control list (DACL) that grants permissions to a user or group.
3. ACL (access control list) A security type used by Lotus Notes developers to grant varying levels of access and user privileges within Lotus Notes databases.
4. Active Directory The directory service for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003.
5. Active Directory and Journaling Although there is no performance impact or special considerations about the impact of journaling on Active Directory®, it is important to understand how…
6. Active Directory Users and Computers An administrative tool used by administrators to perform day-to-day Active Directory administrative tasks.
7. address Addresses using a number of different protocols are commonly used on the Internet.
8. Address Book A directory of address lists available to Exchange users that enables them to address e-mail messages, and select conferencing resources.
9. address list A collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts…
10. Address Rewrite A tool that can be used to rewrite return e-mail addresses on outgoing e-mail messages sent from a third party mail system to Exchange and destined for…
11. ADMD (administrative management domain) Part of a management domain that is a set of messaging systems managed by an organization that contains at least one message transfer agent (MTA).
12. ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces) A directory service model and a set of Component Object Model (COM) interfaces.
13. anonymous user A non-validated user who is not recognized by the server, and who can access only published folders and address lists. [Exchange 2003]
14. ArchiveSink A diagnostic tool that can be used to log all message and recipient details of an e-mail message for incoming and outgoing messages on an Exchange server.
15. archiving reducing the strain of storing data by backing it up, removing it from its native environment, and storing it elsewhere. [...
16. attribute An attribute is a characteristic of data that sets it apart from other data, such as location, length, or type.
17. authentication The process of validating the credentials of a person, computer process, or device.
18. BadMail folder The BadMail folder contains messages that cannot be delivered to your organization, and also cannot be returned to the sender.
19. Bcc journaling Bcc journaling is message-only journaling with the added ability to capture the Bcc recipients.
20. bridgehead server A nominated server that acts as a message transfer point between Exchange 2000 routing groups.
21. CA (certification authority) An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually users or computers) or other…
22. CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) An Application Programming Interface that is a superset of CDO for Windows 2000.
23. certificate Digital signature combining data verification and encryption key. See PKI Digital Signature.
24. code page Ordered set of characters in which a numeric index (code point) is associated with each character of a particular writing system.
25. coexistence When you connect Exchange Server 2003 to another messaging system, including an earlier version of Exchange, the two systems coexist.
26. compliance solution framework The IT infrastructure that your organization has implemented to comply with the specific regulations that apply to your industry.
27. connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
28. contact An Active Directory object that represents a user who is outside of the Exchange organization.
29. CTL (certificate trust list) A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client…
30. custom address list An address list created to help users who need a custom view of recipients within an Exchange organization.
31. custom recipient In Exchange 5.5 and earlier, a custom recipient is a user who is not hosted by Exchange.
32. DACL (discretionary access control list) The part of an object's security descriptor that grants or denies specific users and groups permission to access the object.
33. default address list An address list that is automatically created based on the values of specific attributes of Active Directory objects.
34. delegation An assignment of administrative responsibility to a user, computer, group, or organization. [Exchange 2003]
35. device credentials Authentication information provided from a device to gain access to the enterprise network. [Exchange 2003]
36. directory synchronization The process of synchronizing directory information about Exchange users from Active Directory with the directory of another messaging system.
37. display name A descriptive name that is assigned to a directory object when it is created. The display name is predominantly used in user interfaces such as client…
38. distinguished name A name that uniquely identifies an object by using the relative distinguished name for the object, plus the names of container objects and domains that…
39. distribution group A group of recipients created to expedite mass mailing of messages and other information.
40. distribution list A group of recipients addressed as a single recipient. Administrators can create distribution lists that are available in the Address Book.
41. DNS (Domain Name System) An Internet service that translates domain names into PI addresses.
42. domain controller In an Active Directory forest, a server that contains a writable copy of the Active Directory database, participates in Active Directory replication, and…
43. DomainPrep A tool that is used during deployment to create the groups and permissions that are required for Exchange servers to read and modify user attributes.
44. DSAccess The Exchange 2000 component that provides directory lookup services for components such as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Message Transfer Agent…
45. Dynamic Distribution List A collection of recipients, based on a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query that an e-mail message can be sent to. [Exchange 2003]
46. envelope journaling Envelope journaling differs from message-only journaling and Bcc journaling because it permits you to archive transport envelope information (P1 message…
47. envelope message overhead There is a small overhead for each journalized message, because the envelope journal message includes a plain text report with the original message…
48. Error Code Lookup A tool that can help to determine error values from decimal and hexadecimal error codes in Microsoft Windows operating systems.
49. ESE (Extensible Storage Engine) (fka JET) Formerly known as Joint Engine Technologies (JET), the ESE is a method that defines a very low-level Application Programming Interface (API) to the…
50. event In LotusScript, an action or occurrence to which an application responds. That action can be a user-generated one, such as a mouse click; a…
51. Exchange ActiveSync A Microsoft program that manages synchronization of information, including e-mail, schedules, and application files, between a handheld PC and a desktop…
52. Exchange Profile Update A tool that can be used to update Outlook profiles after mailboxes have been moved across Exchange organizations or administrative groups.
53. Exchange Stress and Performance 2003 A tool that you can use to simulate a large number of client sessions by concurrently accessing one or more protocol servers.
54. Exchange-enabled object An object in Active Directory that has one or more Exchange-specific attributes enabled. [Exchange 2003]
55. extended permission A permission that is specific to an object added to the standard Active Directory object schema by Exchange. [Exchange 2003]
56. extended rights Rights added by Exchange to Active Directory for controlling access to Exchange objects. [Exchange 2003]
57. folder tree A hierarchical display of folder organization.
58. Forest Terrestrial ecosystem (biome) with enough average annual precipitation (at least 76 centimeters or 30 inches) to support growth of various species of…
59. ForestPrep A tool that is used during deployment to extend the Active Directory schema to include Exchange-specific classes and attributes.
60. FQDN (fully qualified domain name) A Domain Name System (DNS) that has been stated unambiguously to indicate with certainty its location in the domain namespace tree.
61. free/busy status The availability of a person. In addition to free and busy, the status can also be out-of-office (OOF) or tentative. [Exchange 2003]
62. front-end/back-end architecture An Exchange configuration where clients access a bank of protocol servers (the front-end) for collaboration information, and then these servers…
63. GAL (global address list) A list that contains all Exchange users, contacts, groups, conferencing resources, and public folders in an organization.
64. Global Catalog A directory database that applications and clients can query to locate any object in a forest.
65. group (also referred to as a Technology Center or TC) - a unit of several Group Art Units in the mechanical, electrical, chemical or design area, managed by one…
66. GUID (globally unique identifier) A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number.
67. heuristic attribute This attribute enables envelope journaling at the Exchange organizational level.
68. IIS (Internet Information Services) The Microsoft Web service for publishing information on an intranet or the Internet, and for building server-based Web applications.
69. inbound recipient filtering A recipient filter that reduces unsolicited e-mail by filtering inbound information based on the recipient, and applicable only to e-mail messages sent by…
70. InetOrgPerson An Active Directory object that is similar to the Windows user object, but has extended attributes to improve compatibility with directory services that…
71. Information Store Viewer A tool that shows the properties available for each message, how you can use them, and in what format they appear.
72. Internet Key Exchange A protocol that establishes the security association and shared keys necessary for two parties to communicate with Internet Protocol security (IPSec).
73. IP address/TCP port combination A combination of attributes that uniquely identifies Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), Internet Message Access…
74. Jetstress A tool that can be used to verify the performance and stability of a disk subsystem before putting an Exchange server into production.
75. journal data format Journaling is enabled at the mailbox store level. To enable journaling, you must enter a mailbox where the journalized messages are sent.
76. journal recipient The journal recipient for the sender's mailbox database will receive a complete record of all recipients who receive a copy of a message sent by that…
77. journaling A function of e-mail systems (such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes) that copies sent and received items into a second information store for…
78. journaling effect on user mailbox servers When journaling is enabled in a mailbox database and a user who has a mailbox on that mailbox database sends a message, the server generates two messages…
79. link state information Information about the state of messaging routes (links) in an Exchange Server 2003 messaging system that is determined using the link state algorithm to…
80. link state table The database used on each Exchange Server 2003 server to store link state information propagated by the link state algorithm.
81. mail-enabled An Active Directory object that has at least one e-mail address defined. If the user is mail-enabled, the user has an associated e-mail address, but does…
82. mailbox store A database for storing mailboxes in Exchange. Mailbox stores store data that is private to an individual and contain mailbox folders generated when a new…
83. mailbox-enabled An Active Directory object that has an Exchange mailbox associated with it; therefore it can both send and receive messages within the Exchange system.
84. MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) The API that is used by Microsoft messaging applications such as Outlook to access collaboration data.
85. MAPI profiles The set of MAPI configuration settings, stored in the registry, that enable MAPI clients, such as Microsoft Outlook(r), to connect to various messaging…
86. MDB (message database) An instance of a database implemented in Exchange server. A single MDB is normally identified as being public or private depending on the type of data…
87. message-only journaling Message-only journaling creates a copy of all messages and the corresponding P2 message header data to and from users on a mailbox database and sends the…
88. Metabase A store that contains metadata such as that used by Internet Information Server IIS to obtain its configuration data.
89. Metabase update service A component in Exchange 2000 that reads data from Active Directory and transposes it into the local IIS metabase.
90. migration Moving files to another computer application or platform; may require conversion to a different format.
91. mixed mode The default operating mode of Exchange when it is installed. Mixed mode allows Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000 servers and servers running earlier…
92. mixed-mode site An Exchange 5.x site that also contains Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 servers. [Exchange 2003]
93. MMC (Microsoft Management Console) A management display framework that hosts administration tools and applications.
94. msExchMessageJournalRecipient attribute This attribute specifies the journal mailbox for the particular mailbox store.
95. MTA (message transfer agent) The component in all versions of Exchange Server that transfers messages between servers using the X.400 protocol. [Exchange 2000]
96. MTA Check A command line tool that can be used to check the message transfer agent (MTA) database consistency of Exchange MTA, and to repair the MTA database if…
97. namespace A prefix applied to URIs, URNs, and XML entities to prevent naming conflicts.
98. native mode An operating mode of Exchange Server 2003 when the Exchange organization consists of only Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 servers.
99. NDR (non-delivery report) A notice that a message was not delivered to the recipient. [Exchange 2003]
100. object An entity such as a file, folder, shared folder, printer, or Active Directory object, described by a distinct, named set of attributes.