We just released the post for the enhanced virtualization support for Exchange 2010 which include UM and running DAG over Hyper-V cluster with live migration enabled. Read the post Here

Copied from http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dgoldman/archive/2011/01/28/the-official-stance-on-address-list-segregation.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0   Since the early days of Exchange Server our customers have used various methods to provide different views of the Global Address List (GAL) to subsets of users within...

Finally Outlook 2007 now supports Exchange 2010 personal archives, you need to install an update that is now available in December 2010 Cumulative Update for Office 2007 You can read more details at http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/12/20/457238.aspx Enjoy!

Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released a number of Update Rollups for versions of Exchange Server to the Download Center and via Microsoft Update. Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server...

New deployment assistant is released here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx#Index Enjoy!

Copied from http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/11/22/456992.aspx . Many thanks for Robert Gillies Overview Robert's Rules of Exchange is a series of blog posts in which we take a fictitious company, describe their existing Exchange implementation, and then walk you through the design, installation...

Great reference post at http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/11/09/456851.aspx about misleading VMWare guidance for increasing Exchange HA using their technologies…

The Exchange 2010 SP1 Visio stencil is available for download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=901d471c-8bd9-47ad-b6db-452309f12ebe

Microsoft Online Services currently offers three online services: Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Office Live Meeting. Each of the services has its own bandwidth requirements. There are many variables to consider when estimating network traffic. Some of these variables are: The services...

Exchange 2007 Component Architecture Poster is now available for download in all its 36" x 24" goodness! Here's a preview: The poster helps you understand how the major components of Exchange 2010 work and serves as a quick reminder and a learning tool. The printed version also looks really...

Hello Exchange Developers! We've just released updated Software Development Kits for Exchange 2010 SP1. If you develop applications for Exchange Server, grab these SDKs from the Download Center. 1. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Web Services SDK October 2010 This release of the Exchange 2010 Service...

Exchange 2010 SP1 RU1 is released, you can download it from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a371fa96-e85b-4a4f-8242-15d56595d0ec&displaylang=en Note for Forefront users For those of you running Forefront, be sure you perform these important steps from the command...

Do you have Exchange 2010 and you face an issue where your Outlook clients stuck on connecting status when they try to download the OAB through web distribution? It seems that this is a common issue and I found that this will happen if you configured IIS redirection to simplify you OWA URL… After configuring...

The ForeFront product team has just released Software Update 1 for Microsoft Forefront TMG SP1 that fixes the issue with ForeFront TMG 2010, ForeFront Protection for Exchange and Exchange 2010 SP1 on the Edge Transport server role. More details in Software Update 1 for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management...

Yes, there is a new version of the Mailbox Server Role Requirements calculator (v12.3) that supports the Active/Active DAG model. Enhancements in this version: Incorporated Megacycle adjustment formula changes as documented in Guidance Change- Calculating the Megacycles for Different Processor Configurations...

Although it’s documented on our TechNet however I always receive a question for how to install a RU on DAG members, so to make it easier here is the simple steps to do so: Use the StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 script to put the DAG member in maintenance mode Install the update rollup Use the StopDagServerMaintenance...

Exchange 2010 SP1 FAQ and Known Issues http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/09/01/456094.aspx I advise that you read this article before deploying Exchange 2010 SP1…

I’m happy to announce Microsoft’s strong position in Gartner’s 2010 MarketScope for E-Mail Systems report, in which Microsoft is the only vendor given the top rating of “Strong Positive”. Microsoft is uniquely positioned to deliver e-mail and calendaring technology to customers in the way that makes...

Finally we released our long awaited Exchange 2010 SP1… You can download a copy from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=50b32685-4356-49cc-8b37-d9c9d4ea3f5b&displaylang=en

You're an administrator, and you've installed a few servers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. You know that mailboxes are stored in mailbox databases, and, based on previous versions of Exchange, you know that you need to specify a mailbox database when you create a mailbox. One day, you go to...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Design and Architecture is released to web. Very interesting reading for Exchange geeks:) Download the document from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=accec9cd-9c09-4f7e-91c6-41f0e201b680&displayLang=en

Exchange team released an important monitoring script called CheckDatabaseRedundancy.ps1 to the Exchange Team blog.  The script monitors the redundancy of replicated mailbox databases in a DAG by validating that there is at least two configured and healthy and current copies, and it generates alert...

Critical update from Dave regarding Exchange 2010 Address List segregation and our current support statement. Read the details at http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archive/2010/05/10/critical-update-exchange-2010-address-list-segregation-and-current-support-stances.aspx

Interesting article just released that shows how Exchange 2010 Outlook Anywhere benefits from running on Windows 2008 R2 over Windows 2008. This is due to the performance improvement done by the RPC/HTTP team in Windows R2 and not due to Exchange modification. Read the details at http://msexchangeteam...

Exchange 2010 build guide template just released on TechNet… You can use these templates as a starting point for formally documenting your organization's server build procedures for servers that will have Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 server roles installed on them. Templates are provided for the Client...