hi, we are a medium size business with 60 users on-site and nearly 20 at 2 other branch offices connected by VPN tunnels. we have one DC and exchange server at main site and once DC at branch office. I am the only person for IT and now I am going for a long holiday. I want to make a Server/network admin guide for basic introductions and operations in my absence. for example, creating users, mailboxes, backups, etc... i never did it before. could some one please provide me a template document for this. let me know if u need more info. thanks

Hello, use delegate control for the AD part, add the user to the backup administrators and make them Exchange admin in the ESM if 2003 is used or use the Exchange security groups if newer Exchange versions are used. AD: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2006/01/05/369.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296999 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932455 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294952/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243327/en-us Exchange: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823018 If you use specific backup software, please use there support forum pages.Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Hello, you can delegate administrative permissions on OUs. More here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb899735 For Exchange ask them here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/exchangeserver For backups, start by adding users to backup admins group. If this does not help, contact your backup solution Technical Support. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator