Develop an Exchange Compliance Strategy

Implementing an email discovery, compliance, archiving, and retention (DCAR) solution is similar to remodeling a house. You need a “blueprint” (plan) that provides detailed instructions for the “remodeling” (design, components, and implementation steps of the DCAR solution). You also need to be able to translate the plan into reality—as a contractor would on a remodeling job—within the budget and schedule you've allotted for the project. Like a remodeling, implementing a DCAR solution might disrupt your current messaging scheme somewhat, but in the end it will make your job as an Exchange administrator easier and add functionality to your messaging system. Fortunately, Exchange provides some built-in features—message journaling, backup and restore APIs, and message and transport security—that provide a framework for building a DCAR solution. We'll examine those features as well as some related technologies in Exchange, such as event sinks, protocol logs, and message tracking, and explore how each fits into a DCAR strategy. And in the Web exclusive sidebar “Third-Party Products in an Exchange DCAR Solution,” we'll look at some important DCAR functions that you'll need to obtain through third-party products and what to consider when choosing such products. . . .