Overview This post will be kept up to date as a sort of "Table of Contents" for the Robert's Rules of Exchange series. As each post is published, the list will be updated with the title and link to that post. Each post in the series will also have a link to this "Table of Blogs" to...

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 introduces a new feature that monitors the Information Store service for long running transactions. Transactions are now timed and if a transaction lasts longer than 60 seconds (hardcoded), it's considered to be timed out. The transaction isn’t terminated; it’s just...

There are several scenarios for consideration when deploying Exchange Server 2010 in an environment where Outlook 2003 is used. Most of these scenarios have been documented prior to the product release and some applied to previous versions. However, in a review of support cases, we've found that they...

Organizations often need to share availability (aka Free/Busy) information with other Exchange organizations. Depending on the version of Exchange Server you're on, there are different ways to do this. Let's take a look at three common scenarios and go through the exact steps required in order to achieve...

Today, we're happy to announce that Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate is feature complete and available for download here . Crystal Flores tracked me down with her roving cameraman to outline how Exchange Server 2010 delivers unmatched Inbox innovation to the enterprise to improve user productivity...

Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since the release of SP2. See KB 2645995 : Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 Service...

We're happy to announce that the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant (ExDeploy) now includes updates for supporting hybrid deployments with Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) organizations and the latest release of Office 365. Important information to know about the SP3 update for the Exchange...

Update 1/14/13 : We have updated this blog post to narrow the release timeframe from "first half" to "first quarter" of CY 2013, as announced i n Exchange Server 2013 Reaches General Availability . The Exchange Team is pleased to announce that in the first quarter of calendar year...

When managing an Exchange 2010 server organization in a production environment, an Exchange Administrator many times wants to keep track of things like Database Latency, Disk Space problems, search issues, user needs, and more. PowerShell was created to give us more power in our admin efforts, and many...

Update 7/2/11 : The installation steps have been modified to make it clear the script must be executed on the Mailbox server using elevated credentials. With Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1, you may find that performing a search via Outlook Web App (OWA) results in an error message, “The action couldn’t...

On Tuesday we released an updated ExPDA configuration XML file designed to address the issues raised by you: Corrected the issue where ExPDA did not report that Exchange 2007 servers without Service Pack 2 were in the environment. Corrected an issue that identified Delivery Transport Agent connectors...

Download: Exchange 2010 Server Role Requirements Calculator Version: 20.9 Filename: E2010Calc20.9.xlsm Important : The results of the Exchange 2010 calculator are not applicable to Exchange 2013. For instance, the megacycle calculations in Exchange 2010 leverage a different server baseline than...

Have you missed Geeking out with Perry Clarke? Well he's back with another blog post and Geek Out with Perry episode where we chat about availability for Exchange Online in the Office 365 service. Perry shares some insights on the framework that the team uses when designing reliability and availability...

Update 4/6/2011: The update has been re-released. See Announcing the Re-release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 3 (V3) . 3/30/2011 1:40 PM: Please see Exchange 2007/2010 Rollup 3 Status Update for updated status. We have received notification of an issue impacting some customers which...

In Exchange 2007, we introduced five server roles that performed distinct functions within the Exchange organization. One role in particular - the Client Access server role - introduced a variety of new Web services, including the Availability service, the Autodiscover service and Calendar Concierge...

Last week we released Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1. It has received some great feedback and reviews from customers, experts, analysts, and the Exchange community. The starting point for SP1 setup/upgrade should be the What's New in SP1 , SP1 Release Notes , and Prerequisites docs. As with...

The Exchange team loves user groups! If you lead an Exchange user group or want to lead a launch event for Exchange 2010, I'd like to hear from you! We've got (a limited amount) of swag I can offer to support these meetings, and also have some presentations and demos you can use to facilitate them. To...

Earlier this month we'd posted about an issue with Outlook 2007's support for Personal Archives, and that a fix has been checked in to the February 2011 Cumulative Update. The Office team has released the Office 2007 Cumulative Update for February 2011 , which includes the Outlook 2007 hotfix. The update...

Welcome back! In Demystifying the CAS Array Object - Part 1 we covered these three items to begin demystifying the CAS array object in Exchange Server 2010. A CAS array object does not load balance your traffic A CAS array object does not service OWA, ECP, EWS, Autodiscover, IMAP, SMTP, or POP...

Early 2008 we have posted a blog entry with a VB script that generates some pre-canned reports that are based on message tracking logs. The script has proven to be useful in understanding Microsoft's Exchange work load and guide some design decision for Exchange 2010. This script was developed by Todd...

The previous post for Exchange ActiveSync mailbox log analysis gave an overview of the various commands a device may send. Now we want to dig just a little bit deeper and provide a way to link items within an EAS mailbox log to the items inside the mailbox. Unless verbose logging is enabled you do not...

When you are a member of "Exchange Organization Administrators" or Organization Management role groups, it is perceived that you have all the rights that can be granted in an Exchange Organization and that you should be able to perform all tasks and run every cmdlet out there. That is until you try to...

In Exchange 2010, you can use Multi-Mailbox Search to search mailboxes for e-Discovery or similar purposes. To preserve data in user mailboxes and protect its integrity, you can place a mailbox on Litigation Hold (also known as legal hold ). This prevents mailbox items from being purged from the Store...

While we appreciate all the positive feedback we've received on Exchange Server 2010, we know you all are eager to find out what's been going on in Redmond since November. Today, we are happy to give you a first look at what's coming later this year in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1). SP1 will...

We’ve listened to your feedback for improving the on-premises and hybrid Exchange Server deployment experience, and we’re happy to announce the release of the new, consolidated Deployment Assistant! The Exchange Server Deployment Assistant now combines all the on-premises and hybrid deployment...