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Learn Microsoft Exchange Server and Hybrid, Office 365 & DAG (Udemy.com)

A practical course covers all topics related to Exchange server, Hybrid Office 365, Exchnage Server Migration and DAG

4.6
1,509 reviews

Created by: Mohammed Niyas

Last updated May 2022

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Mohammed Niyas built this as a lab-driven walk through Exchange Server administration. It starts with email basics, Active Directory and DNS, then installs Exchange and covers mail transport, client access, Outlook on the web, mobile access and Edge Transport. The back half moves into hybrid setup with Office 365, an Exchange 2016 to 2019 migration, DAG and backups. It runs about 18.7 hours over 127 lectures, and 8,698 students have enrolled. The stated audience is system administrators and support engineers.

Reviews are mostly warm. Of 1,509 ratings, 849 are five stars and 510 are four. Students like the clear explanations and the live setup, and one calls it one of the best Exchange courses on Udemy. The complaints repeat. Reviewers want more on DAG, troubleshooting and real-world errors, and several ask for the PowerShell commands, slides and Microsoft links to be attached to lessons. One found the delivery monotone, another struggled with the accent, and one says the fundamentals feel thin.

The syllabus backs up the DAG complaint. It is a single 32 minute lecture, and the actual mailbox move from 2016 to 2019 is one eight minute lecture. The course was last updated in May 2022, so Exchange 2019 is the newest version it covers. Treat it as a solid first pass at building and migrating Exchange and a hybrid setup, then lean on Microsoft's own documentation for troubleshooting and anything newer.

Best forSupport engineers and junior sysadmins who want Exchange, hybrid Office 365 and a 2016 to 2019 migration shown in live labs.
Skip it ifYou need deep DAG coverage or real troubleshooting. DAG gets one 32 minute lecture and fixing errors is barely touched.

Pros

  • Live lab setup of Exchange, hybrid and migration, which reviewers say covers the topic from A to Z
  • Instructor's explanations are called clear and in depth, with fluent English
  • Includes an Exchange 2016 to 2019 coexistence and migration walkthrough plus Veeam and Windows backups
  • Starts with AD and DNS, so the groundwork for Exchange is taught before the install

Cons

  • DAG is a single 32 minute lecture, and reviewers wanted far more on it and on disaster recovery
  • No real troubleshooting, and PowerShell commands, links and slides are not attached to lessons
  • Last updated May 2022, and some reviewers find the delivery monotone or the accent hard to follow
Covered A to Z including live setup. Used modern platforms for deployment and use. Clear explanation with fluent english
Shashank Gattapally, a student

Listed as all levels with no experience needed, but it suits admins. Basic IP, server and client knowledge is expected.

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What you will learn

  • Learn how to design, deploy, and manage Office 365 & Exchange Server
  • Learn How to setup, Migrate and Manage Hybrid Exchange Setup (Office 365) with On-premises Exchange server,
  • Exchange Server Migration & DAG
  • Fundamentals of Active Directory and DNS for Exchange Server

Course content

26 sections · 127 lectures · 19 hours of video 7 quizzes, 5 articles

  1. 1Introduction 2 free previews6 lectures · 15 min
  2. 2Basics of Email system 1 free preview3 lectures · 1 quiz · 12 min
  3. 3Active Directory5 lectures · 1 quiz · 47 min
  4. 4Domain Name System7 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.4 hours
  5. 5Introduction to Exchange Server5 lectures · 1 quiz · 27 min
  6. 6Deploy Basic Exchange Server - Simple Deployment7 lectures · 55 min
  7. 7Post Configuration Mail Transport9 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.6 hours
  8. 8Post Configuration Client Access10 lectures · 1 quiz · 3.2 hours
  9. 9Mobile Client Access4 lectures · 1 quiz · 35 min
  10. 10Edge Transport Server3 lectures · 25 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • System Administrators, and Support Engineer works on Microsoft Exchange server, Hybrid and office 365

What you need before you start

  • No experience is required
  • A basic understanding of IP address, server and client is required.

How it compares

Against the other 112 rated Udemy courses in Windows Server on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 71% of them
  • Reviews1,509#34 of 113 by number of reviews
  • Length18.7 hourslonger than 91% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2022earlier than 50% of them

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Course Description

117 Videos | 18.5 Hours Content | Practical's in Azure Infrastructure | 4.5+ ratings

Microsoft’s Exchange is a messaging platform that provides mailbox scheduling, solutions, and a variety of other tools for messaging collaboration and applications. This course offers Microsoft Exchange Server Training that helps you to understand the working of each technology in a Messaging environment and deployment of a single Exchange Server and Exchange Hybrid Setup.


This course teaches IT, professionals, how to administer and support Exchange Server. The course covers how to install and configure Exchange Server. In addition, the course covers how to manage client connectivity, message transport and hygiene, and highly available Exchange Server deployments.


This course includes videos (17 hours), slides, scripts, Quiz and Projects. The lectures will help you understand the concepts behind the technology, and how to implement Microsoft Exchange Server in the production environment with best practices. The course builds from the most basic level of knowledge and provides a solid foundation to advanced concepts like Advanced Exchange Server, Hybrid Configuration with Exchange Online, Exchange Server Migration and DAG


Topics covered:

  • Introduction to the Course

  • Basics of Email System

  • Active Directory for Exchange Server

  • Domain Name System

  • Introduction to Exchange Server

  • Deploy Basic Exchange Server

  • Mail Transport Service

  • Client Access Service

  • Outlook on the Web

  • Address book

  • Mobile ActiveSync

  • Edge Transport Server

  • Hybrid Exchange - Introduction to Hybrid Exchange

  • Hybrid Exchange - Hybrid Identity

  • Hybrid Exchange Configuration Wizard

  • Create and Test Resources in a Hybrid Exchange Setup

  • Migration and Mail flow management

  • Decommission your Exchange Server in a Hybrid Setup

  • Introduction to Exchange Server Migration

  • Collect Information and Understand Existing Server

  • Install New Exchange Server 2019 with AD and Exchange 2016 Setup

  • Coexistence - together Exchange 2016 and 2019

  • Migration - Move mailbox users from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019

  • Decommission - Exchange Server 2016

  • Database Availability Group

  • Backup Exchange Server using Windows Backup

  • Backup Office 365 using Veeam backup in Azure
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Instructor Details

Mohammed Niyas

I am very passionate about teaching IT professionals and freshly graduated IT individuals to enable them to get ahead in Cloud Computing focusing extensively on Microsoft offerings covering Azure and Microsoft 365 services.

Microsoft MVP 2020-21

VMware vExpert 2020 , 2021 & 2022

Mohammed started his career as an Embedded System Engineer in 2010. Within a year, he went on to become a C program developer for communication protocols in Electronics applications mainly focusing on R&D.

In 2013, he moved to the UAE and became a full-time IT Professional supporting Microsoft and VMware solutions for Enterprise organizations in the Middle East. Currently, he works as a consultant for various clients looking to migrate their on-premises workloads to Microsoft 365, Azure, and VMware Cloud technologies.

Mohammed is very passionate about teaching IT professionals and freshly graduated IT individuals to enable them to get ahead in Cloud Computing focusing extensively on Microsoft offerings covering Azure and Microsoft 365 services. He has his own Youtube channel which has been streamed more than 80,000 hours and has 4 Million views within a couple of years. Mohammed also delivers corporate training programs. In addition, he participates in several events for SMBs preparing their team to work on cloud solutions.

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By NAVEEN KUMAR BHOJARAJ on 1/20/2026

Thank you, Niyas, for giving such a great session. Please can you help me if you have any course or learning material to cover the following topics: Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC) mode Email Address Policy Edge Server configuration including anti-spam, antivirus, and transport rules

By Amar Grandhi on 11/30/2025

Very informative video about all aspects of exchange. I would definetly recommend this course for begineers and intermediate.It would have been a great course if there was more emphasis on advanced topics like DAG, backup restore, and DR solution and how to troubleshooting real time issues.

By Md Kadira on 1/1/2025

The way you have articulate the topics it's truly appreciable. This is one of the best sessions of Microsoft Exchange server in Udemy. Thanks, a tone for uploading such video.

By Anonymized User on 6/30/2023

Nice briefing of every topic! Topics discussed on Email system , Migration topic , TLS ,Edge transport server, Hybrid configuration and decommission of On-prem Exchange server ,DAG concepts ,Back up concepts using veeam in Azure is much informative. Much Appreciated !

By Jai Kishan Rawat on 3/26/2023

This course is up to my expectation and provided detail information for learning Exchange in depth. Loving this course till now and looking forward to complete this course.

By Fernando Casas on 3/17/2023

En general es un curso excelente. Las explicaciones del profesor son claras y las apoya constantemente con la práctica y laboratorios. Da lo que promete. Por poner un pero. Me gustaría que dejara más documentación en cada clase. Enlaces de Microsoft que utiliza. Comandos. Diapositivas

By Filipe Gomes on 6/28/2022

It was a very good course. Specially for new comers. The instructor cared to explain things that maybe it were not that necessary for more experienced people, but it took the time to explain all you could think of to have a newly functional Exchange server. Good job! I leave this course with more knowledge and more know-how than I expected. Thank you.

By Patrick Manda on 5/6/2022

The instructor did a great job not only taking time to explaining each process in detail but what I like the most was that he took his time explaining the prerequisites that are necessary to under why each steps are undertaken.

By Anonymized User on 8/21/2021

Curso muito completo. Recomendo. Único problema são as legendas geradas automaticamente que, muitas vezes, entendem errado o que o professor está dizendo. Em certo ponto do curso, desliguei as legendas e ouvi somente o professor falando. Com o tempo, dá pra se acostumar com o sotaque dele, nada que atrapalhe o aprendizado. Mas recomendo que a Udemy sugira aos professores legendar seus próprios vídeos, de modo que as legendas realmente estejam em concordância com o que é dito. Recomendo o curso.

By MITHUN RAJ on 2/10/2021

Absolutely brilliant course , Very Good instructor , i m suggesting this course who working on MS EXCHANGE and the beginners , those who wants to become an expert in Exchange server .. Very clear explanation in all the area of exchange server , i m really happy to have this course and Thank you Niyas Sir for ur support and promt replies of all doubts and help for setup the lab..

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  • Video Duration: icon 18.7h
  • Price: $84.99
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  • Updated: icon May 2022
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  • Language: icon English
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  • Lectures:127 in 26 sections
  • Practice:7 quizzes
  • Students:8,698
  • Subtitles:2 languages
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