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 Pack 1 (SP1) Web Services Software Development Kit (SDK) provides new and updated documentation and samples for building applications that use Web services in Exchange 2010 SP1 . Use this SDK to help you develop collaborative Web services-based enterprise applications. Download

2. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Backup and Restore SDK October 2010

This release of the Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Backup and Restore SDK provides information about how to create applications that back up, restore, and recover Exchange 2010 databases. Download

3. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Transport Agents SDK October 2010

This release of the Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Transport Agents Software Development Kit (SDK) provides new and updated documentation and samples for building applications that use Microsoft Exchange transport agents. Use this SDK to help you develop collaborative enterprise applications for Exchange transport. Download

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 impressive on your wall!

Head over to the Download Center to download the Exchange Server 2010 Architecture Poster (PDF).

Copied from http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2010/10/25/windows-azure-monitoring-management-pack-release-candidate-rc-now-available-for-download.aspx

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate (RC) of the Monitoring Management Pack (MP) for Windows Azure (version 6.1.7686.0), which can be immediately deployed by customers running System Center Operations Manager 2007 and Operations Manager 2007 R2

Customers should head to the MP page on Microsoft Pinpoint to find more information on the MP, as well as download the bits (due to replication times, some customers may have to wait up to 24 hours from this notice before being able to download the bits).  Customers who download the MP will be supported by Microsoft in their production deployments.

To answer some immediate questions on the management pack and its capabilities:

Q. What does the Windows Azure MP do?
A. The Windows Azure MP includes the following capabilities:

• Discovery of Windows Azure applications.
• Status of each role instance.
• Collection and monitoring performance information.
• Collection and monitoring of Windows events.
• Collection and monitoring of the .NET Framework trace messages from each role instance.
• Grooming of performance, event, and the .NET Framework trace data from Windows Azure storage account.
• Change the number of role instances.

Q. Why is the Azure Management Pack a Release Candidate (RC) and not RTW?
A. We have released this as an RC as we work to implement new monitoring scenarios in the cloud.

Q. When will the RTW version of the Azure Management Pack be available?
A. We expect to make it available in H1 CY2011

Q. Is this MP supported in production deployments?
A. Yes the Release Candidate of the Azure Management Pack will be supported for customers using it in production deployments.

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 that your company has subscribed to
• The number of client computers in use at one time
• The type of task each client computer is performing
• The performance of your Internet browser software
• The capacity of the network connections and network segments associated with each client computer
• Your company’s network topology and the capacity of the various pieces of network hardware

This guidance provide guidelines for estimating the bandwidth usage of each service. Read the guidance here

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