Tasks after installing exchange server - check list

1. Install Exchange Service Pack 1 and latest patches;
2. Configure Backups. Make sure you have at least one weekly full online backup;
3. Move the databases and logs to the definitive location;
4. Install Exchange anti-virus software;
5. Start planning (if haven't already done it) your anti-spam strategy. In today's messaging reality it's impossible not to have some kind of spam fighting tool;
6. Create System Policies for your stores and for your servers, even you have just one of each;
7. Install Exchange Best Practices Analyzer on a separate server and run it against your Exchange server. It will give you valuable suggestions, such as memory optimization and performance tuning;
8. Install (and use it!) some monitoring software.