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.com/archive/2010/04/30/454805.aspx

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 Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox server roles, plus a template for the Mailbox role configured for a database availability group. Get the guide from

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5f9dbd88-dadf-4ad9-9f28-ad35a1ab1da2

Exchange team just released our Exchange 2010 SP1 information, read the details here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/04/07/454533.aspx

You will see that with SP1 we can now host the Archive mailbox on different database from the users primary mailbox which will help in case you want to host your archive mailbox on separate storage other than the one which is hosting your users primary mailboxes.

We also add the capability of importing emails from PST directly to the Exchange server and delegated access to the archive mailboxes.

Outlook Web App is loaded with new features and as they say “Better than ever”"…

New management UI and with EAS SP1 you can now send and receive IRM protected message without having previously connected your device to WMDC to enable IRM provisioning.

Jump to the link and read the details and for sure deploy SP1 once released….

You surely have seen it on TV - some people really think that sitting on a boring island and blogging about clouds going by is “the best job in the world” (not to mention the risk of being bitten by a jelly fish).

Here at Microsoft however, we are absolutely sure that IT is the best job in the world. And to prove that, we are organizing a boring 3-day seminar on an IT-related topic. But, we can bet that IT people attending this seminar will be really, really thrilled. Why? Because IT is “the best job in the world!” Oh, and did I forget to mention that the seminar will take place this May on the island of Mauritius! Flights and hotels will be arranged by Microsoft for truly IT people.

So, if you are an IT specialist (doesn't matter if you do development or administration, Microsoft, Linux, Cisco, PHP or Silverlight), you are invited!

Check out http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/enterisland to learn everything about the "Enter Island" competition!