Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Making Sense of Exchange 2007 Changes (Well, Some of Them Anyway)

Jeff's Connected Corner — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:29:40 GMT

Scott Schnoll (Sr. Technical Writer on the Microsoft Exchange team) posted an excellent article on his

Exchange 2007 Licensing, Versioning and Product Keys

Joel Stidley - Exchange and Mobility Blog — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:51:54 GMT

I've been trying to be a good blogger and generate more of my own blog content but Scott Schnoll posted

Exchange Server 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

You Had Me At EHLO... — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:35:14 GMT

Scott Schnoll posted a very interesting blog post on his blog, where he goes over some frequently asked...

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Chad — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:16:05 GMT

Is there somewhere that can explain in more detail the various things the CAL's do and do not have included in them? My understanding is that the fine print reads that the rights to use Outlook are no longer included in the Exchange CAL, yet I see no explicit mention of this on the MS web sites regarding the Exchange licensing FAQ's, etc.

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Bernd Kruczek — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:20:50 GMT

Hi Scott, this 32bit / 64bit thing is VERY confusing! I just wrote an article for an german IT magazine and stated in this article, that there will only be one version of E2K7 and this is a 64bit version. Don't you think that MS will confuse its customers with that? What shall I tell my customers when the ask me, "couldn't we also use a 32bit version of E2K7?"

Bernd Kruczek

Ex Exchange MVP

Writing for IT Administrator

Working for Computacenter, aka Compunet as Senior Consultant

bernd.kruczek@esbk.net

Exchange Server 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Anderson Patricio .:. Get-news Exchange Blog — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:21:47 GMT

Scott Schnoll posted a very interesting blog post on his blog , where he goes over some frequently asked

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Danieln — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:50:03 GMT

Could I get that setup guide for SCR and CCR? Thanks a ton!

Everything you wanted to know about Exchange 2007 but were afraid to ask

Unified Communications @ Microsoft — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:00:47 GMT

Well, at least the basics are on this blog post for a start :-) Scott Schnoll spent new year's eve putting

No Virtualization support for Exchange 2007 in production

Dugie's Pensieve — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:54:13 GMT

Scott Schnoll posted a 'round-up' of questions on the RTM of Exchange 2007, including virtualization...

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Bharat Suneja — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:36:24 GMT

Excellent post Scott - very well-written and quite comprehensive!

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

David Chadwick — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:11:44 GMT

Scott,

Excellent post, thanks. One question though - can you clarify what you mean by "Notice that I said supported in production. More on this in a bit"?

Does that mean the only "hard coded" difference between Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition is the database limit (50 vs 5), but Standard Edition wont actually stop you running an SCC or CCR? I'm talking about x64 versions here (I know you already stated how it works with x86).

If SCC and CCR will work on Standard Edition x64, can you clarify what you mean by "not supported"? What I'm getting at is - would a company be breaking their license agreement (and therefore breaking the law) if they ran a SCC/CCR on Standard Edition, or would they simply be unsupported (which is a different thing)?

Thanks,

David

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Juraj Lisiak — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:57:23 GMT

VMware ESX 3.01 has supported 64 bit environments for a while including Windows 2003 x64 - which I'm currently running along with Exchange 2007.

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Rob — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:17:24 GMT

VMWare 1.01 Free Server will also work just fine for your 64-bit OS and your 64-bit Exchange 2007. MS is little behind with virtualization at this point in time (that's just too bad) and Scott i;m affraid cannot tell you otherwise :)

I have deployed Edge, Hub, Cas, and CCR mailbox cluster all on one juicy Dell 64-bit machine with 8Gigs of RAM to go with that all behind ISA server 2006.

Scott

Do you know when is MS going to release 64-bit edition of ISA 2006?

Also how MS is going to license EDGE or HUB. After all those servers are just SMTP relays with more fancy IMF on them nothing else.

Thank you

Rob

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Scott Schnoll — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:12:23 GMT

Chad: Start with the information at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/editions.mspx, which discusses CALs. See http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/howtobuy/default.mspx to get contact info for Sales folks if you have additional questions.

Bernd: I think we've been pretty clear in what we've said at conferences, what we've written in blogs, and what was recently written in TechNet Magazine about why there is a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version. But one of the reasons I wrote this blog was to address any lingering or future confusion that might exist.

Danieln: You can find the instructions at http://www.nwnetworks.com/files/MSVS_Cluster-with-iSCSI.doc. I get asked for them frequently, so I figured might as well post it.

David Chadwick: SCC and CCR are only supported in production using the 64-bit Enterprise Edition of Exchange and Windows. We block it in the 64-bit Standard Edition, but we allow it for test, demo, training, etc., in the 32-bit Standard Edition.

Juraj: Thanks for the comment!

Rob: Thanks for the comment! I don't have any details on upcoming ISA Server releases, and if I did, I probably couldn't share them with you. :-) As for licensing of Exchange 2007, see the information at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/editions.mspx, which discusses CALs. See http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/howtobuy/default.mspx to get contact info for Sales folks if you have additional questions.

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Dan Miller — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:50:16 GMT

Seems the core motivation for making a 64-bit version was to break through actual and perceived scalability issues. Now, given that I don't think many companies put, on average, more than about 5,000 users per server on Exchange2003, a lot the reasoning being the proverbials "eggs in one basket"---wouldn't it have been somewhat simpler, and more palatable to the Exchange customer base, to ship a 32-bit version that was hard coded to top out at 5K users? Then if people wanted a server to scale higher they could go with the 64-bit version? Is there specific functionality in the E2K7 that is specifically dependent upon the 64-bit architecure beyond the database/storage groups?

Exchange 2007: Zajímavé informace

TechNet Blog CZ/SK — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:12:51 GMT

Scott Schnoll vydal na svém blogu zajímavý post o Exchange 2007. Probírá v něm několik velmi zásadních

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Gaurav Mani — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:57:33 GMT

Scott

Thanks for a neat and comprehensive explanation on the above.

Cheers

Gaurav

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Desmond Lee — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:13:17 GMT

Excellent stuff Scott. It sure answered several of the questions that many of us had (or have before we read your blog entry).

Thanks very much again!

Weekend reading

subject: exchange — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:48:54 GMT

After some time off-the-air, "Weekend reading" is back, and this time is really BIG! Exchange Server

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

joshmaher — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:46:50 GMT

I just saw this today...

http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2007/01/exchange_2007_u.html

Apparently MS's "no virtualization" policy is not held by other virtual server vendors....

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Scott Schnoll — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:01:45 GMT

Joshmaher, re the link you posted in the comments: While Exchange 2007 might install and run on VMWare, it is not a supported environment. For details on Microsoft's support policy as it relates to Exchange running under third-party virtualization software, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615/.

re: Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Marcus — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:35:36 GMT

hi, i'm evaluating the exchange 2007 beta2 version, will it be expired? thanks

Exchange Server 2007 Webcast Series (Part 2 of 24) Q&A Log

Harold Wong's Blog Site — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:43:35 GMT

Part 2 of 24 in the Exchange Server 2007 webcast series is now complete. We had a very nice sunny day

Exchange 2007: Platforms, Editions, Product Keys and Versions

Johann Kruse's blog — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:40:05 GMT

Scott Schnoll has a great post on the differences between the various versions of Exchange 2007. He also

Exchange Server 2007 Webcast Series (Part 3 of 24) Q&A Log

Harold Wong's Blog Site — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:17:13 GMT

Alright! I finally finished going through the Q&A Log for Part 3 of 24 in the Exchange Server 2007

Exchange Server 2007 32bit

.: Daniel Melanchthon :. — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:46:05 GMT

Immer häufiger bekomme ich die Frage gestellt, woher man für den Exchange Server 2007 die 32bit Version

Exchange Server 2007 Webcast Series (Part 4 of 24) Q&A Log

Harold Wong's Blog Site — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:09:19 GMT

Boy oh boy!!! Going through the massive Q&A Logs when trying to travel and deliver events is not

Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server

Matt's Blog... — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:02:26 GMT

I've been looking at Exchange2007 for use in a demo environment (that will be virtualised and therefore...

Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server

Matt Groves - SharePoint blogger — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:38:11 GMT

I've been looking at Exchange2007 for use in a demo environment (that will be virtualised and therefore

You Don't Have to be Running a 64bit OS to Extend the Schema for Exchange 2007

Gerod Serafin's WebLog — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:17:39 GMT

Whew! You finally got Exchange 5.5 out of the picture and are now are focused on getting Exchange 2007

Exchange 2007: How to Enter the Product Key или почему он не вводится в 32 битной версии

ExchangeRUS - Pavel Nagaev [MVP Exchange] — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:06:25 GMT

Когда я только начал готовить образы виртуальных машин с 32 разрядной версией Exchange 2007 у меня возникло желание ввести лицензионный ключ, чтобы не нужно было их переустанавливать каждые 120 дней.

В графической среде ввести лицензионный ключ нельзя.