Load Balancers can be rather complex, the guidance can be confusing, and how vendors interpret that guidance can be interesting.

So image my joy when I discovered that F5 have a bunch of webcast based walkthroughs that make life easier for the average guy having to configure an F5 load balancer as part of implementing Exchange.

I know that other products exist that need load balancing, but for the sake of this post  I’ll imagine that Exchange is the only application needing load balancing.

With my jaundiced view of the load balancing world in mind that would mean that the following links become really interesting:

BIG-IP Configuration Series: BIG-IP Web GUI Navigation | Overview

As part of F5's BIG-IP Configuration Series, this video will help familiarize you with the BIG-IP Web GUI. We'll do a quick walk-through to help you understand the basic essentials to get a BIG-IP system onto your network. Learning to navigate the BIG-IP GUI will make it easier to configure your BIG-IP device using application templates.

BIG-IP Configuration Series: Exchange Application Template Part 1 | Overview

As part of F5's BIG-IP Configuration Series, this video will help familiarize you with the BIG-IP Web GUI. In this first of three videos, we'll do an initial walk-through of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 application template, to help you understand the basic essentials in configuring a BIG-IP system for your Exchange infrastructure.

BIG-IP Configuration Series: Exchange Application Template Part 2 | Overview

As part of F5's BIG-IP Configuration Series, this video will help familiarize you with the BIG-IP Web GUI. In this second of three videos, we'll expand on our walk-through of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 application template to help you understand the basic essentials in configuring a BIG-IP system for your Exchange infrastructure.

BIG-IP Configuration Series: Exchange SNAT Consideration | Overview

As part of F5's BIG-IP Configuration Series, this video will help familiarize you with the BIG-IP Web GUI. In this third of three videos, we'll review SNAT considerations as part of the walk-through of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 application template. This should help you understand the basic essentials in configuring a BIG-IP system for your Exchange infrastructure.

The good news is that there’s more than just Exchange guidance, SharePoint and other scary applications feature as well. If only everyone could embrace Exchange ……..

On a parting note the last webcast on SNAT considerations are a biggie if you’re deploying Blackberry and Exchange 2010 in behind a F5.