5308 Using and Administering Web Folders on Exchange 2000 Server

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Using And Administering Web Folders On Exchange
2000 Server Sean LyndersayProgram
ManagerMicrosoft Exchange Server
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Agenda

• Background
• Web Folders Client, Server and Protocol
• Advantages of Web Folders and the Exchange 2000
  Web Store
• Demo Using Web Folder clients
• Exchange 2000 Web Store
• Concepts, Administration
• Management Issues
• Demo Setting up a Web Store

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What Are Web Folders?

• Exactly what they sound like
• Read from and Write to a Web Site
• Manage remote documents and folders
• Client implementation of the WebDAV protocol (RFC
  2518)

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Web FoldersThe pieces of the puzzle
Clients
Servers
IIS 5.0
Web Folders (Windows 9x/NT)
Protocol
WebDAV
Exchange 2000 Web Store
Network Places (Windows 2000)
IE 5.x
Office 2000
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A Little About WebDAV

• Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning
• Extension to HTTP/1.1
• Adds new Headers and Methods
• MKCOL, PROPPATCH, PROPFIND
• Firewall/Proxy Friendly
• Internet Standard (RFC2518)
• XML-based for extensibility

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Web Folders On The Client

• Browsing to a Web Folder
• Internet Explorer 5.x File, Open as Web Folder

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Web Folders On The Client

• Adding Shortcuts to a Web Folder

• Windows 9x/NT Web Folders Shell Extension

• Windows 2000 My Network Places

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Web Folders On The Client

• Working with Office 2000 documents
• File, Open
• File, Save

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Demo

• Using Web Folder Clients

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Exchange 2000 Web StoreOverview

• Object-oriented, heterogeneous, hierarchical
  database
• Resources available via multiple protocols
  including MAPI and HTTP
• Resources have properties, or meta-data
  associated with them
• Extensible schema
• Single repository for knowledge in mail,
  documents, Web content and applications

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Exchange 2000 Web StoreAccess from anywhere

• Direct Internet access to Exchange Store
• Two access models
• Browser-based - Outlook Web Access
• Folder-based - Web Folders
• Access all types of folders
• Private folders (mailbox folders)
• Public folders (at any level)
• Its all HTTP (with a sprinkle of DAV)!

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Exchange 2000 Web StoreAccess methods

• Multiple access methods
• Client
• WebDAV, MAPI
• Microsoft OLEDB Internet Publishing Provider
• IMAP4, POP3
• Server
• Microsoft Exchange OLE DB provider
• Exchange Installable File System

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Exchange 2000 Web StoreProperties

• Each resource - file or folder - can be
  associated with arbitrary properties
• Default properties on items
• Schemas allow properties to be organized by
  namespace
• Store events and property promotion allow for
  rich application development
• Standard Office properties are readable and
  searchable through HTTP

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Exchange 2000 And IISThe relationship -
coexistence

• IIS 5.0 provides the Protocol handling
• Single Listener for all Internet protocols
• Exchange 2000 registers as an ISAPI DLL
• IIS passes control to Exchange 2000 on
  directories owned by Exchange
• Exchange 2000 Web Store and Standard Web Sites
  can coexist
• But who needs em?

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Exchange 2000 And IISThe relationship - benefits

• Authentication is handled by IIS
• Anonymous, Basic and Integrated Windows
  Authentication supported
• Secure connections handled automatically via SSL
• Use IIS Management features
• IIS logs can track usage
• Bandwidth throttling can control network usage

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Exchange 2000 And IISVirtual servers

• IIS Concept - Multiple Servers (or Web Sites) on
  a Single Computer
• Distinguished by hostname, IP or port
• Exchange supports Virtual Servers on all
  protocols
• IMAP, SMTP, NNTP, POP3 and HTTP
• HTTP Exchange Virtual Server
• Created on installation
• Maps directly to the IIS Default Web Site

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Exchange 2000 And IISVirtual roots

• IIS Concept - Mapping Web Server hierarchy onto
  File System
• Exchange 2000 supports mapping its own Virtual
  Roots to Exchange Store
• vroots defined during installation
• Exchange - mail boxes
• Public - public folders
• Exadmin - used by the admin tools

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Exchange 2000 And IISAdministration

• Different configuration Files
• IIS uses the Metabase
• Exchange 2000 uses the Windows 2000 Active
  Directory
• Automatic one-way replication from Active
  Directory to the Metabase
• Combined administration console
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
• Each application registers a snap-in

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Exchange 2000 And IISConfiguration

• Separation of duties
• Create vroots using Exchange 2000 snap-in
• Map roots to Public or Private Folders
• Once created, manage as IIS vroot
• Set permissions
• Headers, ratings, expiration
• Custom errors

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Management IssuesStorage

• The Web Store provides the opportunity for
  consolidating storage
• Solution Multiple Store (MDB) Support
• Each Public Folder tree can have its own Store
• Private Stores can hold any number of mailboxes
• Stores can be any size and on any accessible
  storage device

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Management IssuesStorage, part II

• Application TLHs (Top-Level Heirarchies)
• Essentially an unlimited number of Public Folder
  trees, beyond what is available in Outlook
• Opens up the possibility of autonomous document
  repositories
• Allows clean separation of development namespaces
  for applications
• Each can have its own store (MDB)

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Exchange 2000 Web StoreWorkflow

• Exchange 2000 provides a rich workflow framework
• Store events and server-side scripting make it
  possible
• Regardless of how the document enters the Store,
  it can benefit from installed workflow
  applications
• Drag a document into a folder

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Management IssuesScalability and availability

• Load Balancing
• Front End/Back End Servers

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Management IssuesBackup and restore

• Integrated into NTBackup
• Third-party backup tools can also take advantage
  of the backup APIs provided
• Able to restore and mount MDBs for single item
  retrieval
• Automatic retention (saved after delete)
• Item-level Retention
• Mailbox-level retention

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Demo

• Setting up a Web Store with Exchange 2000 Server

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Summary

• The Web Store is a single repositoryfor
  information Mail, documents and applications
• Web Folders present a File System view of the
  Exchange 2000 Web Store
• Simple, ubiquitous method for accessing the Web
  Store
• Deploying a Web Store is easy - Just install
  Exchange 2000 Server the basics are there, and
  so are the tools to build on

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Resources

• Standards documents
• WebDAV http//www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2518.txt
• XML http//www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210
• Microsoft Documents
• Office and Web Folders http//officeupdate.micros
  oft.com/2000/focus/articles/wWebPublish.htm
• Internet Explorer Web Folder Behaviors
  http//msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/behavio
  rs/overview/WebFolder.asp

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Call To Action

• Become familiar with IIS, if you arent already
• Install Exchange 2000 Server
• Open a Web Folder to your own mailbox or a
  public folder
• Begin exploring the possibilities

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Using And Administering Web Folders On Exchange
2000 Server

• Questions and Answers

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