Download Since the initial release of Log Parser Studio (LPS) there have been over 30,000 downloads and thousands of customers use the tool on a daily basis. In Exchange support many of our engineers use the tool to solve real world issues every...

We in the Exchange product group get this question from time to time. The first thing we ask in response is always, “What was the customer impact?” In some cases, there is customer impact; these may indicate bugs that we are motivated to fix...

We just released a downloadable PDF version of the Exchange Server 2013 Architecture Poster . This is the poster that we handed out at the Office booth and in various Exchange 2013 breakout sessions last week at TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans...

Outlook Connectivity to O365 Troubleshooter It is no secret that if you are an Exchange/Office 365 administrator you will no doubt have to troubleshoot Outlook connectivity at some point. Whether you use Exchange Online, on-premises, or some combination...

Over the past year, we have discussed the architectural changes that have been introduced in Exchange Server 2013. I wrote about the reduction in complexity that the new server role architecture introduces, as well as, the one of the new capabilities...

Hybrid Free/Busy troubleshooter As customers move their organization into the Cloud or choose to coexist, there is a need to ensure that some of the basic functionalities users have grown accustomed to, continue to work. While some of you will...

TechEd North America 2013 happens next week in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year, there are several Exchange and Office 365 break-out sessions and hands-on labs for IT pros and developers, including sessions on Exchange 2013 high availability, virtualization...

Update 6/13/13 : we added a known issue with transport rules to the blog post below. Today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 to the Download Center. Note: Some of the following KB articles may not be available...

A question that is often asked of Support in regard to legacy Public Folders is whether they're replicating and how much progress they're making. The most common scenario arises when the administrator is adding a new Public Folder database to the organization...

Today, we have released an updated version of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator that addresses several issues found since its initial release. You can view what changes have been made, or download the update directly. In addition...

With the recent releases of Exchange Server 2013 RTM CU1 , Exchange 2013 sizing guidance , Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator , and the updated Exchange 2013 Deployment Asistant , on-premises customers now have the tools you need to begin...

If you like the Managed Folders approach of being able to create a folder in the user’s mailbox and configure a retention setting for that folder, you can use Exchange Web Services (EWS) to accomplish something similar, with some caveats mentioned later in this post.

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The Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack (SCOM MP) is now live! As I discussed in my Managed Availability article, the key difference between this management pack and previous releases, is that our health logic is now built into Exchange, as...

download release notes readme It’s been a long road, but the initial release of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator is here. No, that isn’t a mistake, the calculator has been rebranded.  Yes, this is no longer a Mailbox server role...

Prior to Exchange 2007, there were two primary methods of implementing automated resource scheduling – Direct Booking and the AutoAccept Agent (a store event sink released as a web download for Exchange 2003) . In Exchange 2007, we changed how automated...

Since the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Exchange 2013, you have been waiting for our sizing and capacity planning guidance. This is the first official release of our guidance in this area, and updates to our TechNet content will follow in a future...

Update 6/5/2013 : We have updated the blog post to add the link to the first TechNet document on public folder Hybrid scenarios. “You mean… this is really happening?” Last November we gave you a teaser about public folders in the new Exchange. We explained...

Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer is a web-based tool that provides administrators and end users with the ability to run connectivity diagnostics for our servers to test common issues with Microsoft Exchange, Lync and Office 365. The tool started...

Download Frequently in support, we encounter several backup related calls for Exchange 2010 databases. A sample of common issues we hear from our customers are: “My backup software is not able to take a successful snapshot of the...

These days, some customers are deploying Exchange databases and log files on advanced format (4K) drives. Although these drives support a physical sector size of 4096, many vendors are emulating 512 byte sectors in order to maintain backwards compatibility...

We’re happy to announce updates to the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant ! We’ve updated the Deployment Assistant to include the following new scenarios: Upgrading from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 Upgrading from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013...

A few years back, a very detailed blog post was released on Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Store Log/Database growth issues . We wanted to revisit this topic with Exchange 2010 in mind. While the troubleshooting steps needed are virtually the same, we...

In Exchange 2010, when a database availability group (DAG) member needs service, it can be placed into maintenance mode. Exchange 2010 includes scripts the StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 and StopDagServerMaintenace.ps1 scripts to place/remove a DAG member...

As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE), I assist companies with Lotus Notes and GroupWise migrations to Exchange/Outlook environments and have found that different applications act differently. One of the common questions is: Can Outlook/Exchange...

download release notes We know a lot of you have been waiting for this, and so it is with great excitement that we announce that Exchange Server 2013 RTM Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) has been released to the web and is available for immediate...