Description:

This white paper provides lab-tested guidance for implementing an enterprise messaging system using Microsoft Exchange messaging products and VMware ESX Server 2.5. The paper provides referential and prescriptive guidance to enable a customer or solution provider to adequately plan, build, deploy, and operate an enterprise messaging system that results in the following benefits to an organization: Availability to meet the service level agreements (SLAs) Security to meet the business requirements Scalability to meet the projected business volumes Predictable and reliable performance from pre-tested implementations Reduced implementation time, cost, and operational risk, leading to a faster time to benefit