Administration Guide for Exchange Server 2003

Managing Mailbox Stores and Public Folder Stores

The Microsoft® Exchange store is a storage platform that provides a single repository for managing multiple types of unstructured information in one infrastructure. Mailbox stores and public folder stores are two of the components that make up the Exchange store. The Exchange store is also known as the Web Storage System.

The following topics provide information about store-related administrative tasks that are more detailed and complex than those included in this chapter:

•	For more information about the components of the Exchange store and identifies the different tools that you can use to manage them, see "Understanding the Exchange Server 2003 Store" in Working with Exchange Server 2003 Stores (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47595).
•	For information about procedures for configuring replication and about troubleshooting replication issues, see "Controlling Exchange Server 2003 Public Folder Replication" in Working with Exchange Server 2003 Stores (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47595).
•	For information about how to set up full-text indexes, and how to optimize and maintain the indexes, see "Using Exchange Server 2003 Full-Text Indexing" in Working with Exchange Server 2003 Stores (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47595).
•	For information about the common problems, events, and messages that are related to managing mailbox and public folder stores, and information about what causes the problems, and possible solutions, see "Troubleshooting and Repairing Exchange Server 2003 Store Problems" in Working with Exchange Server 2003 Stores (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47595).

Note

For detailed information about the internal workings of the stores, and for detailed backup and recovery procedures, see Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. Although existing recovery functionality has not changed, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 has new recovery features. For more information about the new features, see What's New in Exchange Server 2003What's New in Exchange Server 2003.

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