Using Microsoft Exchange 5.5 on Windows NT 4
In this episode, we take a hands-on look at Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 running on Windows NT 4, one of the most important business server platforms of the late 1990s.
I explore how small businesses first began using centralised email, calendars, and collaboration tools long before Microsoft 365 and cloud services existed.
In this video, we look at:
• The Exchange 5.5 Administrator tool
• Information Store configuration
• Server properties and organisation structure
• Internet Mail Service and how companies connected Exchange to the internet
• Outlook 97 connected to Exchange Server
• Sending calendar meeting requests between users
• How Exchange user accounts were managed directly on the server
• Why Exchange was such a major step forward for business communication
This is the first of several videos covering Exchange Server 5.5, including future episodes on database corruption, recovery and restoring from tape backup.
TimeStamps
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Exchange Administrator
01:57 Server Properties
02:57 Disk Administrator
04:10 Move Exchange Databases
05:32 Regional Settings
07:22 Circular Logging
07:41 Global Address List
09:07 Adding a Mailbox
10:39 Mailbox Properties
12:40 Outlook 97
17:49 Internet Mail Service
22:22 Dial-Up Networking
28:02 Maintenance
29:15 Information Store Corruption