After installing Exchange 2013 for the first time I noticed some new changes in the architecture that made it confusing in regards to mail flow. One of the bigger changes in Exchange 2013 is the changes of Exchange server roles. In Exchange 2013 we now...

**Update - Per the Exchange Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/) Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 is currently planned for an April 2nd release. Question 1: I want to deploy Exchange 2013. Can I do this now that 2010 SP3 is out? PFE Answer1...

There are a lot of changes that were incorporated into Exchange 2013 both from an Architecture and Operational standpoint. One of these changes is something that can be overlooked very easily so I wanted to point out the reasoning behind this change and...

Hi All...I started my career with Microsoft about 2.5 months ago as a PFE (Premier Field Engineer) and wanted to share with everyone the details of my journey. Since you are reading this blog I am going to assume that for the most part you know what PFE...

There has been some confusion about the CNO object creation with Exchange 2013 DAGs that I want to clear up. The documentation was a little unclear with the following statement: "When creating a DAG with Mailbox servers running Windows Server 2012 in...

When you first install an Exchange 2k13 Mailbox Database you will notice there is a default database named something like below. You can access this by going to the EAC ( https://fe1/ecp ), Servers, Databases or using the EMS command Get-MailboxDatabase...

**Update** - Apple has released iOS 6.1.2 which apparently resolves this Exchange Calendar Issue ( http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1639). In case you haven’t read any blogs or forums about this issue I wanted to communication our KB article...

The much anticipated Exchange 2010 SP3 has been released along with SP2 RU6 and 2007 SP3 RU10. There are links below to the actual KB articles below. Note the excerpt below about coexistence between Exchange 2010 SP2 and Exchange 2013. NOTE : Exchange...

Now that I have settled into my position as a PFE at Microsoft I can start blogging. In future posts I will share various things I come across in the field pertaining primarily to Exchange and Lync. My plan is to create at least 1 full blog post every...

The Exchange Product Team has posted a blog about the details of when CU1 will be released. Check it out ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/03/25/exchange-2013-rtm-cu1-status.aspx)

When I started thinking about my career goals for 2013 one of them is to upgrade my MCITP: Enterprise Messaging (2010) to MCSE: Messaging (2013). When I started to research the exams that I need to complete I saw a requirement that wasn’t there...

We recently ran into a problem with one of my customers around Lync Dialin Conferencing. The problem was around using the “Call me at:” feature while joining the audio portion of Lync online meetings. Unfortunately we found out that...

I ran into another situation that could have a big impact on your OCS to Lync migration. If you are migrating OCS 2k7R2 users to Lync you might want to read the warning on Lync 2010 CU7. When you go to download the Installer ( link ) under the Overview...

I started to extend my lab to include Lync 2013 last week and ran into a problem. After getting a Standard Edition pool installed everything was working great. Then I decided I wanted to do some testing on a new Persistent Chat pool since some of my customers...

I did get a couple of questions from users this month which hopefully I can answer. Again please feel free to contact me through “Email Blog Author” with any Exchange\Lync questions you may have. I will post these questions at the end of every...

These are some BB\RIM existing issues that were caused by SP2 RU4. Below are KB articles written with details around the issues and resolutions\workarounds. Exchange 2010 SP2 RU4 Blackberry\RIM Issues KB:2797529 Email message delivery is delayed...

It is pretty inevitable that if you administer an Exchange system you will eventually get a question like “How can I relay mail from my application through your servers”? These emails could like come from systems like SCOM, SQL, Helpdesk Software...

In addition to creating blog posts regularly hopefully every (1-2 weeks) I want to add something else. I want to encourage followers and the community to ask questions through "Email Blog Author". Once I get a couple questions I will do my best to answer...