Secure Your Exchange Server

When Microsoft originally created the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) as part of Windows Server 2003 SP1, it was intended primarily as a utility for helping network administrators to secure Windows. Even so, the wizard benefited Exchange Server administrators, because Exchange depends on Windows. After all, if Windows isn’t secure, then Exchange won’t be secure either.

When Microsoft created Exchange Server 2007, the company included a couple of XML files that can be used to extend the SCW. These files let Exchange administrators use the SCW to secure Exchange, not just Windows. In this article, I’ll show you how to install and configure the SCW, as well as how to use it to secure an Exchange server. . . .