Microsoft recently released the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer. The Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer performs an overall topology readiness scan of your environment. When you run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer, it provides a detailed report that will alert you if there are any issues within your organization, which could prevent you from deploying Exchange 2010.
The checks performed [...]
I am often asked about virtualization when talking to my customers about Exchange. Virtualization has been a big thing in the industry for a while now, so it makes sense that many customers are looking to take advantage of the many benefits, including server consolidation. What does Microsoft support? Virtualization support has not changed much [...]
Microsoft have announced the release of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010.
For more information about the rollup and to download it see Article ID: 976573
About a month ago I wrote a short post about how customers using Exchange 2010 are also able to make use of DAG’s for high availability provided that they are using Windows Server 2008 Enterprise edition.
The first question that then comes to mind is: “Why would I need Exchange 2010 Enterprise edition then?”. Standard [...]
Now that Exchange 2010 has been officially launched and made available, I’m sure many organisations are already thinking about or planning their deployment. I my opinion, this will be especially true for those who still have Exchange 2003 deployed.
Microsoft have once again stepped up and just when you thought they’ve outdone themselves, they announce the [...]
Kevin Allison, GM Exchange Customer Experience announced on the Exchange Team blog yesterday that Microsoft will be releasing an update for Exchange 2007 enabling full support of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft had earlier decided not to update Exchange 2007 to support its latest server operating system, Windows Server 2008 R2. This change is a [...]
Microsoft have announced that the new high availability feature of Exchange 2010, namely, Database Availability Group, or DAG will be available in Exchange Standard edition. This is yet another great way they are helping make high availability affordable and appealing to smaller customers.
It is also worth mentioning though that since a DAG makes use of [...]
Microsoft have got a webcast coming up next week to discuss recommendations for virtualizing Exchange server and the benefits of using Hyper-V + System Center for virtualization.
The webcast is on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 10am Pacific time, which is Thursday, Nov 5 at 5am for those in Sydney.
For more information and to register for the [...]
The Exchange Team have released an updated version of the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
The tool simulates several client logon and mail flow scenarios. When a test fails, many of the errors have troubleshooting tips to assist you in correcting the problem. You may recall reading about it before..
Some new features include:
Updated user interface
New CAPTCHA [...]
The Exchange product team have announced that Exchange 2010 is Code Complete and they are looking to launch at Tech·Ed Europe 2009 in early November.
Congrats guys, great effort!
