Using Microsoft Exchange 5.5 on Windows NT 4

In this episode, we take a hands-on look at Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 running on Windows NT 4, one of the most important business server platforms of the late 1990s. I explore how small businesses first began using centralised email, calendars, and collaboration tools long before Microsoft 365 and cloud services existed. In this video, we look at: • The Exchange 5.5 Administrator tool • Information Store configuration • Server properties and organisation structure • Internet Mail Service and how companies connected Exchange to the internet • Outlook 97 connected to Exchange Server • Sending calendar meeting requests between users • How Exchange user accounts were managed directly on the server • Why Exchange was such a major step forward for business communication This is the first of several videos covering Exchange Server 5.5, including future episodes on database corruption, recovery and restoring from tape backup. TimeStamps 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Exchange Administrator 01:57 Server Properties 02:57 Disk Administrator 04:10 Move Exchange Databases 05:32 Regional Settings 07:22 Circular Logging 07:41 Global Address List 09:07 Adding a Mailbox 10:39 Mailbox Properties 12:40 Outlook 97 17:49 Internet Mail Service 22:22 Dial-Up Networking 28:02 Maintenance 29:15 Information Store Corruption