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Exchange 2010 RTM Release Update 1

2009-12-10T15:48:56Z

You can download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=371add31-d7a0-4c8b-8325-a6fced2d05e6&displaylang=en

This rollup includes changes required to support BlackBerry® Enterprise Server against Exchange Server 2010. More information here: Exchange Team Blog.

HP Exchange 2010 Webinar

2009-12-02T15:19:17Z

Register for the HP Exchange 2010 Webinar Today!

Making the Move to Exchange 2010: The Inside Story

Tuesday, December. 8th, 8:30-9:30 AM (PST)

Invite your customers to sign up today for this one-hour webinar. They'll receive invaluable insights into the technology changes and potential business impact of Exchange 2010. Listen to HP Services Vice President, Tony Redmond, a leading authority on Exchange; HP Services distinguished technologist, Donald Livengood; and Nicole Brown, Microsoft Sr. Product Manager, as they discuss:

· Business and technical benefits organizations can expect to realize with Exchange 2010 – and how best to proceed with deployment.

· Hot new features that can enhance the information worker experience.

· Critical success factors for planning a move to Exchange 2010.

Invite customers to register before December 7th!

Exchange 2010 Launch Roadshow #2 DiData : London Eye

2009-11-25T14:07:24Z

Today’s session was just next to the London Eye and Thank you DiData for an expertly organised morning. On behalf of Microsoft, Thank you.

As mentioned in the Exchange 2010 session – all the decks, including Gareth’s Windows Server 2008 R2 session can be grabbed from here

If you have any questions or want to follow up with anything, then just mail me Brettjo@Microsoft.com

Update: Exchange 2010 Launch Deck and Content

2009-11-24T19:07:19Z

Obviously my SharePoint workspace isn’t happy …. You can grab the deck I used, plus other useful content off my SkyDrive

Exchange 2010 Launch Roadshow #1 PostCTI : Manchester City

2009-11-24T11:28:23Z

I’m currently on my way back from our first Exchange 2010 Launch hosted at the Manchester City Football Stadium, hosted by PostCTI.

All in all a good day and the tour round the Stadium was great – including the heated seats in the Directors box..!

As promised – you can grab the slide deck I delivered from here at my Office Live Workspace.

Other Links I quickly discussed in the session where:

Exchange 2010 Cost Savings Calculator

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/Exchange-Calculator.aspx

Forrester Total Economic Impact

“Total Economic Impact” study which concludes organizations can expect a payback period of less than six months with Exchange 2010.”

http ://download.microsoft.com/download/7/5/0/75068B44-0A70-4BBF-9824-01ECF076F7AE/TheTotalEconomicImpact_pdf_11042009.pdf

Exchange Connections

http://www.thenewefficiency.com/exchangeconnections

The New Efficiency – Exchange 2010 (UC Track)

http://vepexp.microsoft.com/thenewefficiency/?s=5573

Stephen Elop Exchange Announcement

http://www.msteched.com/online/channels.aspx?cname=track&channel=

(Exchange 2010 35mins in)

Forefront for Exchange 2010

http://edge.technet.com/Media/FPE-vs-FOPE-and-Exchange-2010--Secure-messaging-with-Forefront/

Microsoft.com Exchange 2010 Website

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/default.aspx

Sky Sports on your XBOX 360

2009-11-23T17:11:03Z

This is simply ace….

http://www.xbox.com/en-gb/skyplayer

Exchange 2010 Partner Resources

2009-11-23T16:41:15Z

Get technical training, on demand. The following technical readiness webcasts are designed to provide partners with in-depth knowledge of new features and improvements in Exchange Server 2010.

For additional Exchange Server 2010 resources visit the Microsoft Partner Network website.

OCS R2 XMPP Gateway Update

2009-11-19T18:28:43Z

Description of the update package for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway: November 2009

Update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 XMPP Gateway (XMPP_2007R2_CU1) has been released to the Microsoft download center.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=977187

OCS R2 Presence in Exchange 2010 OWA

2009-11-18T08:13:41Z

Next week I’m running a series of launch activities with a number of UK Exchange partners and as part of the demo’s, I’ll be doing the integrated OCS R2 Presence in OWA

I thought it might be useful to show you how to configure it (albeit in a simple environment) – with screen shots

The Pre-req’s are:

Exchange 2010 organization.

A working Office Communications Server 2007 R2 environment.

A certificate that is trusted by the Office Communications Server and the Client Access server.

Fully qualified domain name of the Office Communications Server.

Users are enabled to use Office Communications Server via the Office Communications Server user administration tools.

Grab CWAOWASSPMain.msi from here and run it on your Ex2010 CAS
Double click on CWAOWASSPMain.msi and then navigate to

C:\Web Services Provider Installer Package\

In this order double-click and install the following:

vcredist_x64.exe
UcmaRedist.msi
CWAOWASSP.msi

Open Powershell and run the following command: Get-ExchangeCertificate | FL

I get two – the one you want is the Certificate that has been issues by your CA – not the self-signed one.

Take note of the Issuer and Serial Number as you will need these later

Open the Web.Config file from

\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa

Search for IMPoolName and you will see the following:

Edit the file so:

IMPoolName = FQDN of of the OCS R2 Pool
IMCertificate Issuer = Your certificate authority
IMCertificateSerialNumber = Serial number from Powershell with spaces between the octets

All as show above

Then in Powershell on the Exchange 2010 CAS run:

Get-OwaVirtualDirectory | Set-OwaVirtualDirectory -InstantMessagingType OCS

Open up the OCS Admin console from your OCS R2 Server, navigate to the FrontEnd Properties of your pool and the add the Exchange CAS server(s) into the Add Authorized Host section the FQDN of the Exchange 2010 CAS Server

Exchange Server 2010 Help File

2009-11-18T07:46:22Z

The Exchange Server 2010 Help file is available and you can grab it from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8071C31F-45BE-48DC-BFCA-E1FB51F544D2&displaylang=en

What’s the ROI of Exchange 2010..?

2009-11-13T20:42:27Z

I get asked this all the time and although this question is answered on a case by case basis there are some common themes throughout every business case. If you need a starting point then please make sure you immerse yourself in these resources:

Forrester Total Economic Impact of Exchange 2010

Exchange Cost Savings Calculator

Exchange 2010 Case Studies

More Case Studies

How to deploy Exchange 2010

2009-11-12T09:25:00Z

The Deployment Assistant has now been released and you can get hold of it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx#Home

Exchange 2010 Storage Calculator

2009-11-11T08:30:30Z

As Ex2010 was announced on Monday – Ross has released the long awaited storage calc

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/09/453117.aspx

Exchange 2010 : The Launch, Berlin

2009-11-10T07:21:45Z

I’m currently in Berlin for TechED this year and yesterday Stephen Elop announced general availability of Exchange Server 2010.

You can see the Key Note and watch the Exchange 2010 Demo expertly navigated through by Julia White: http://vepexp.microsoft.com/thenewefficiency/?s=16828 about 35mins in.

Getting ready for Launch

2009-10-27T22:33:29Z

I’m getting ready for the Exchange 2010 Demo’s I’m doing in Berlin – but here’s a recent article on Exchange 2010 from the PG on what else is going on.

http://blogs.technet.com/uc/archive/2009/10/27/exchange-2010-revving-the-engines-for-launch.aspx