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This Quick Start reference deployment guide includes infrastructure information, architectural considerations, and configuration steps for planning and deploying a Microsoft Exchange Server environment on the AWS Cloud. It uses https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/[AWS CloudFormation] templates to automate the deployment.

*Note* This Quick Start supports Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019.

This Quick Start is for IT infrastructure architects, administrators, and DevOps professionals who are planning to implement or extend their Exchange Server workloads on the AWS Cloud.

Included are best practices for configuring a highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure Exchange environment. This guide doesn’t cover general installation and software configuration tasks for Exchange Server. For general guidance and best practices, consult the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/exchange-server?view=exchserver-2019[Microsoft Exchange Server documentation].
