After a long wait, the calculator is there. The calculator recommends mailbox and CAS sizing as well as transport recommendations. You can find more details on the calculator and to download http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/05/14/released-exchange-2013-server-role-requirements-calculator...

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 with application and operating systems...

I'm a support engineer in CSS . I was working with a customer who reported a mail loop error for a specific domain like contoso.com. This error was only observed in large emails.  Yeah that’s really mysterious until you figure out that the mail loop is due to size restriction on the Send connector...

Back in November 2012, we announced our MCA Beta client. We have been very busy working to improve the testing options that are available from the MCA client. Here’s what we’ve built for the 1.0 release: Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer Tool 1.0 We are excited to announce the 1.0 release of the Microsoft...

We’re excited to announce the availability of the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant at http://technet.microsoft.com/exdeploy2013 . The Exchange Deployment Assistant is a web-based tool that helps you deploy Exchange 2013 in your on-premises organization, configure a hybrid deployment between...

Ahoy, Exchange Ninjas! It’s time to buckle up and go PST hunting again with the new PST Capture 2.0! Earlier this week, we released a brand new version of the free PST Capture tool that allows you to hunt down PST files on client computers across your network. After it finds PST files on users’ computers...

We are pleased to be able to announce the oft-requested Hosting and Multi-Tenancy Guidance for Exchange Server 2013 document. It is available for download here . As the keen eyed reader will observe, it is very similar to the guidance for Exchange Server 2010. That’s not because all we did was a find...

Over the years Exchange Server architecture has gone through a number of changes. As a product matures over time you may see us change what is supported as we react to changes in the product architecture, the state of technology as a whole, or major support issues we see come in through our support infrastructure...

A must read blog for all Exchange gurus! The Past: Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 In 2005, we set out developing Exchange 2007. During the preliminary planning of Exchange 2007, we realized that the server architecture model had to evolve to deal with hardware constraints, like CPU, that existed at...

What is a Transport Agent? Transport agents allow Microsoft, developers in your organization and third-party vendors to hook into the Exchange transport pipeline with their code to process messages (e.g. an antivirus scanner for incoming email messages). Transport agents can process email messages that...

The Exchange team blog article OAB in Exchange Server 2013 introduced the new Offline Address Book (OAB) generation and distribution architecture in Exchange Server 2013. Take a few moments to visit the article if you haven’t seen it yet or re-visit it for a quick refresher. The OAB management and administration...

Today the Exchange CXP team released the following update rollups to the Download Center. All three releases cover Security Bulletin MS12-080 . Because this is a security release, the updates will also be available on Microsoft Update. Update Rollup 5-v2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 Update...

Many organizations have chosen to configure a hybrid deployment with Exchange Online to take advantage of different features such as rich mailbox moves and cross-premises calendar free/busy sharing. This includes Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 organizations that require a long-term hybrid...

Back in October , we announced that the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build of Exchange Server 2013 was signed off. Since that time, we’ve been focusing our efforts on releasing the next version of Exchange through multiple distribution channels to our business customers. On 3rd December, we’ve reached...

Windows 8 and Windows RT include a built-in email app named Mail (also referred to as Windows 8 Mail or the Windows 8 Mail app). The Windows 8 Mail app includes support for IMAP and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) accounts. This article includes some key technical details of the Windows 8 Mail app. Use the...

Now that Exchange Server 2013 is available, some of you may well be wondering how to publish it to the Internet using Microsoft Threat Management Gateway (TMG) or perhaps the Microsoft Unified Access Gateway (UAG). This post will help you configure TMG, for sure, but not UAG – as for the time being,...

For details on features and business benefits of Exchange Server 2013, see the product details page . Get Started System Requirements Install Exchange Server 2013 Using the Setup Wizard Do More Exchange Server TechCenter Exchange Server Forums Read all at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter...

Have you ever gotten a call from someone you know whose Outlook client is having trouble connecting to their email server? Don’t you just wish you had a tool that you could send to them that would walk them through a connectivity test and provide a simple way for them to send the results back to you...

Quick note to inform you that we've updated Exchange TechNet Library URLs. Starting today, if you've bookmarked an Exchange 2010 article in the library (for example, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558.aspx), it'll take you to the Exchange 2013 version of the article. Note, if an Exchange...

What is it? Offline access in Outlook Web App for Exchange 2013 lets users use Outlook Web App even when not connected to a network. Offline access is newly available in Outlook Web App on the following web browsers.: Internet Explorer 10 Safari 5 or greater (supported on Mac desktops only) Chrome For...

One of the great benefits to running one of the world’s largest Exchange deployments is that we at Microsoft get to see all the things that our customers face on a daily basis. With the recent release of iOS6, we have noticed a marked increase in support calls due to meetings having the owner of the...

Yesterday, we reached an important milestone in the development of the new Exchange. The Exchange engineering team signed off on the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build. This milestone means the coding and testing phase of the project is complete and we are now focused on releasing the new Exchange...

Earlier we re-released the following Rollup Updates. These updates address an issue in which digital signatures on files produced and signed by Microsoft will expire prematurely, as described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655 . Also see Security Advisory 2749655 and timestamping on the Security...

Yes, we’ve heard your feedback and the Exchange Deployment Assistant for Exchange Server 2013 is on the way! We want to let you know that we’re working, right now, on the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant. It will be very similar to the current Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant. Don’t...

You may have seen the introduction to the new Exchange Administration Center ( EAC ). The EAC is a unified Web-based portal for both on-premises and online Exchange deployments. Managing high availability (HA) is one of the key scenarios for on-premises customers, and the EAC delivers a brand new experience...