• Exchange Server 2013 what's new

    What’s new on the fly:

     

    • Server Roles: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview consists of
      the following two server roles Client Access server role and Mailbox server
      role Exchange2013 Server Roles

     

    • Exchange Administration Center: No Exchange management console
      ,Exchange 2013 Preview provides a single unified management console that allows
      for ease of use and is optimized for management of on-premises, online, or
      hybrid deployments. The Exchange Administration Center (EAC) in Exchange 2013
      Preview replaces the Exchange 2010 Exchange Management Console (EMC) and the
      Exchange Control Panel (ECP). ExchangeAdministration Center

     

     

    • Exchange 2013 architecture  RPC is no longer a supported direct access
      protocol.
      This means that all Outlook connectivity must take place using
      RPC over HTTPS (also known as Outlook Anywhere).

     

    • New public folder design: Public folders in Exchange 2013 Preview
      now take advantage of the existing high availability and storage technologies
      of the mailbox store. The public folder architecture uses specially designed
      mailboxes to store both the hierarchy and the public folder content. This new
      design also means that there is no longer a public folder database. Public
      folder replication now uses the continuous replication model. Public
      Folders
      .

     

    • 2013 Preview has *Offline* access in Outlook Web App (OWA).

     

    • The transport pipeline in Exchange 2013 Preview is now made up of
      several different services:
      the Front End Transport service on Client
      Access servers, the Hub Transport service on Mailbox servers, and the Mailbox
      Transport service on Mailbox servers. For more information, see Mail
      Flow
      .

     

    • Site mailboxes improve collaboration and user productivity by allowing access to both documents in a SharePoint site and email messages in an Exchange mailbox, using the same client interface. A site mailbox is functionally comprised of SharePoint site membership (owners and members), shared storage through an Exchange mailbox for email messages and a SharePoint site for documents, and a management interface that addresses provisioning and lifecycle needs.see Site Mailboxes

     

    The whole list is here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj150540(EXCHG.150).aspx#BKMK_Share

  • Mailboxes on a database are Quarantined in an environment with System Center Operations Manager

    I have started seeing this issue recently while doing my usual customer visits , kindly check the workaround for the time being

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/06/28/mailboxes-on-a-database-are-quarantined-in-an-environment-with-system-center-operations-manager.aspx

     

     

  • Welcome Exchange Server 2013

    documentation

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558(EXCHG.150).aspx