Before deploying mailboxes on the Mailbox server role, what must you do prior?

Before deploying mailboxes on the Mailbox server role, securing the server is a critical step. Security measures must be in place to safeguard sensitive information and protect against potential threats, which are especially prevalent in email systems. Securing the server involves configuring firewalls, implementing strong authentication methods, ensuring software is updated, and applying best practices for securing email communications.

While the installation of the Exchange server software and setting up user accounts are necessary for the overall functionality of the Mailbox server, those steps cannot fully ensure that the environment is safe from unauthorized access or attacks. Backing up existing data is certainly important for data recovery purposes, but it does not pertain to the essential preparatory step of ensuring the server’s security before mailboxes are deployed. Protecting the server from threats creates a robust and secure foundation on which to build the email services.