For those waiting on a bit more information before deciding to attend Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) 2012 , we have a bit (and maybe what might qualify as a bunch) more to tell you! First off, we have an agenda for what will be covered during our interactive, whiteboard and breakout sessions. Topics...

TechEd North America 2012 happens next week in Orlando, Florida. This year, there are several Exchange break-out sessions and hands-on labs for IT pros and developers, including sessions on Exchange 2010 high availability, virtualization, retention and archiving, load balancing, connecting with SharePoint...

I hope those of you who signed up for more information already saw the email about Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012 (MEC) registration. The lost conference is back, taking place September 24-26 in Orlando, Florida at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center. Kudos to Dan Bobke for narrowing the...

The Exchange team strives to improve our high availability functionality and improve redundancy, particularly in our Exchange Online datacenters. Check out a new episode of Geek Out with Perry where Perry explains how an interesting idea became a research effort and eventually new functionality that...

If you've been following the #Exchange hash tag on Twitter, you may have noticed the increasing spammyness of this tag - from tweets about stocks & stock exchanges to cultural exchanges and everything in between. We've also heard from many of you who follow us on Twitter, and noticed the recent spate...

In the late 90’s and first years of the 21st century, our team along with many of you were part of one of the most valuable technical education and community events in the industry. This event, focused entirely on Microsoft Exchange Server, brought together thousands of Exchange administrators, architects...

On December 29th, Microsoft released Security Bulletin MS11-100 to address a publicly disclosed vulnerability and three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. For details about the vulnerabilities, affected software and update information, see MS11-100 Vulnerabilities in .NET...

Over the past few months there have been some exciting updates to the Microsoft Exchange product website at microsoft.com/exchange . We've made these changes to showcase the product to a wider audience, including customers who want to learn about Exchange Online , and make it easier to learn about Exchange...

After a busy summer of Microsoft events meeting with partners, customers and our internal sales organization, I thought I would share some of the discussions I had with these groups around our cloud evolution and specifically around Exchange Online . One of the key things we have evolved is our development...

As we posted last week , Tech•Ed North America is around the corner and we've got a lot of great sessions, new content and goodies for you all! Check out what's new in the TLC If you're an attendee, visit the Best Practices Drive-Thru at the Technical Learning Center (TLC - Building B, Level 1 of the...

You’ve told us that one of your top concerns is the increasing diversity of mobile devices that employees use to access your company resources. While many of these devices use Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for mobile email, we all know that not all EAS clients are created equal. Exchange ActiveSync...

I'm delighted to share the news - Exchange Server 2010 has won InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best mail server! From InfoWorld: Microsoft Exchange 2010 continues Redmond's longstanding market leadership in mail servers and related software. This release shows why the company's once...

You may have seen some of the press coverage today on Office 365, which brings all of Microsoft's business productivity software together into one cloud service. Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be the engine that powers Exchange Online in Office 365, lighting up slick new features such...

During Microsoft TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, I interviewed a few of the Exchange Server Program Managers and Technical Managers. These interviews are live on my blog as well. iCal and Calendar Publishing Adam Glick, Senior Technical Product Manager discusses iCal and Calendar Publishing capabilities...

Have you ever wanted to talk to someone behind the technology we all use? Well now's your chance. When you participate in a Microsoft User Research study , you become part of our product and services development process. In helping us understand your needs, you'll help shape the future of technology...

It is my distinct pleasure to announce today the global availability of Exchange Server 2010. This has been an amazing journey from conception to launch, and the team has delivered an unprecedented line up of innovations in this release. I am incredibly proud of the team and our product. The dedication...

"In our last fiscal year (July 2008-June 2009), more than 4.7 million people began the switch to Exchange and SharePoint from Notes", Exchange marketing director Julia White posts on the Unified Communications blog. Cost savings is the number one driver for migrations, according to the post. Another...

On March 9th, 2009 the Professional level "Enterprise Communications Support" business at Microsoft will transition to a call-back model for all Professional support incidents in the United States and Canada. Professional Support is provided to customers who pay per-incident or buy a five pack of support...

Our friends over at Office Communication server wanted to get the word our on their upcoming release which they are promoting through their website. Here's their announcement, go check it out! Office Communications Server 2007 R2 will launch on February 3 rd 2009. We are trying something new this...

Terry Myerson , Microsoft CVP for Exchange, is heading over to lead the Windows Mobile product team. The Exchange community will miss Terry,  but this is a fantastic opportunity for him and the Windows Mobile team gains a strong new leader. Terry came to Exchange in 2001. Under his excellent leadership...

During Terry's keynote on INTERACT2008 conference, we showed a 5 minute video that introduces some of the members of the Exchange Team and gives some insight into what they do. We figured that some of you might be interested in seeing it too so it is now posted for everyone to see here: If you...

Your blogging team went to INTERACT2008 last week. It's just our luck that the weather would be somewhat weird. Seemed fit to blame it on presence of lot of people from Redmond area... Anyway - we thought to give you a quick rundown of how it all went: Right from the day one (which was really only Monday...

Today Microsoft released preliminary protocol documentation for Exchange 2007 (as well as Microsoft Office 2007 and SharePoint Server) as part of Microsoft's Interoperability Principles . The Exchange protocols are now publicly available on the Open Protocol Specifications section of MSDN in preliminary...

The last time we talked about the future of Exchange Public Folders, was in Terry Myerson's blog post titled, " Exchange 12 and Public Folders ".  The main theme of this blog focused on the statement that Public Folders are being "de-emphasized".  While Exchange 2007 is...

Hi everyone, I wanted to let EHLO readers know I'll be keynoting at INTERACT 2008 in San Diego on Wednesday, April 9. We're planning a good walk through Exchange history, and then a peek into the future with Exchange Labs . Register here with code EXCHANGE08. I hope to see you there! Thx...