MSCE French flashcards

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Send connector selection

Exchange picks the send connector whose address space matches the recipient and whose cost is lowest; ties are broken by proximity to the source server.

Receive connector binding

A receive connector is bound to a local IP address and port; inbound connections are matched by remote IP range and authentication method.

Authoritative accepted domain

An accepted domain where Exchange accepts mail for local recipients and returns an NDR for unknown recipients instead of relaying the message.

Internal relay domain

An accepted domain where Exchange accepts mail for unknown recipients and forwards it to another system rather than returning an NDR.

DAG quorum model

Database availability groups rely on Windows Failover Clustering quorum; even node counts add a witness, odd node counts use node majority alone.

Shadow redundancy

Transport high availability feature where the sending server retains a copy of a message until the receiving server confirms it has been delivered or queued.

MAPI over HTTP

Client access protocol that tunnels MAPI inside HTTPS, improving reliability across proxies and firewalls compared with Outlook Anywhere RPC over HTTP.

Modern authentication

Token-based authentication using OAuth, replacing basic authentication; disabling basic auth on client protocols blocks credential replay and password spray attacks.

Opportunistic TLS

SMTP encryption that is used only when the remote server advertises STARTTLS; if the peer does not offer it, the message travels in clear text.

Forced TLS

A connector configuration requiring TLS with a validated certificate for a specific domain; mail is rejected or queued if the peer cannot meet the requirement.

SCL thresholds

Spam confidence level values compared with quarantine and delete thresholds; values at or above each threshold trigger quarantine or silent deletion.

Send As permission

Right allowing a delegate to send messages that appear to come from the target mailbox, with the target address shown as the sender.

Send on Behalf permission

Right allowing a delegate to send for a mailbox; the From field shows the delegate and the sender is displayed as on behalf of the owner.

Role assignment policy

Policy that defines which mailbox configuration tasks end users may perform on their own mailboxes, such as managing distribution group membership.

Transport rule priority

Rules are evaluated in priority order; once a rule with a stop-processing action matches, later rules are not applied to that message.

Database availability group

Group of mailbox servers sharing continuous replication; each database can have one active copy and several passive copies for automatic failover.

Lagged database copy

Passive copy configured with replay lag and truncation delay so it holds older log files, enabling point-in-time recovery after logical corruption.

Dial tone database

Empty database mounted to restore mail service quickly after a failure; user mailboxes are then merged with restored data from backup.

Recovery database

Special database used to mount restored mailbox data so items can be extracted and merged into a production mailbox without full server recovery.

Circular logging

Setting that overwrites transaction logs automatically after commit; it removes the ability to replay logs for point-in-time recovery from backup.

Copy and replay queues

Health counters showing logs waiting to be copied to passive copies and logs waiting to be replayed; sustained growth signals replication problems.

Safety net

Transport feature that keeps delivered messages available for resubmission for a configured period, protecting against mailbox failover or transport failure.

Retention policy tags

Retention tags define retention age and action at mailbox, folder, or personal scope; a retention policy is the collection assigned to a mailbox.

Move to archive action

Retention action that relocates items to the user's archive mailbox after the retention age; requires an archive and a default or personal tag.

In-place hold

Hold that preserves mailbox items matching a query, including deleted and modified versions, and supports keyword, sender, recipient, and date filters.

Litigation hold

Mailbox-wide hold that preserves all items and original versions in Recoverable Items regardless of user deletion or retention policy actions.

Journaling

Feature that captures copies of messages sent and received by journaled recipients and delivers them to a journaling mailbox or external archive.

eDiscovery case

Container for holds, searches, and exports; sources are placed on hold, searched with keywords and dates, then results are exported or copied.

Data loss prevention policy

Policy that inspects messages for sensitive information types and applies block, encrypt, or notify actions, often with policy tips shown to senders.

Cutover migration

Migration approach that moves all mailboxes from a single source to the target in one batch, typically used for small organizations without long coexistence.

Hybrid deployment

Configuration where mailboxes exist both on-premises and in the cloud, with directory synchronization, shared namespace, and free/busy federation between them.

Move request batch

Group of mailbox move requests processed together with concurrency limits; a test move can validate a single mailbox before the batch runs.