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Released: Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1
DownloadWhat's newRelease notesExchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download! Please make sure to read the release notesbefore installing SP1. The final build number for...
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Namespace Planning in Exchange 2013
A while back we promised an article on namespace planning and load balancing principles with Exchange 2013. We’re finally going to fulfill that promise as a series of articles. The articles will span...
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Load Balancing in Exchange 2013
This article is part 2 in a series that discusses namespace planning, load balancing principles, client connectivity, and certificate planning.Load BalancingUnlike previous versions of Exchange,...
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Now Available: GetLogFileUsage.ps1 script
Whether you’re using the Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator by Ross Smith IV or the Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculatorby Neil Johnson, you’ll need to provide statistics about your...
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Exchange 2003 migration toolkit
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 entered the market on September 28, 2003 and continued the great messaging and collaboration experience that Microsoft Exchange Server had provided in previous releases....
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Client Connectivity in an Exchange 2013 Coexistence Environment
This article is part 3 in a series that discusses namespace planning, load balancing principles, client connectivity, and certificate planning.Over the last several months, we have routinely fielded...
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This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes…
Let’s say you are in process of removing the last copy of a mailbox database or uninstalling an Exchange server and run into the following error message: “This mailbox database contains one or more...
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Upgrade to Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) version 1.2
Just over a year ago on March 8, 2013 the first version of OffCAT was released. In the 12 months that followed, the OffCAT team released a new version (v1.1), published numerous rule file updates that...
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Certificate Planning in Exchange 2013
Now that we understand the load balancing and namespace planning principles and how clients connect in an Exchange 2013 environment that has Exchange 2007 and/or Exchange 2010 deployed, the proper...
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Mailbox Migration Performance Analysis
When you're migrating on-premises mailboxes to Office365, there are a lot of factors that can impact overall mailbox migration speed and performance. This post will help you investigate and correct the...
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MEC is Here!
Greetings from downtown Austin, where Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) 2014 is now underway. Since attendees started rolling into town on Saturday, local bars and restaurants have been full of the...
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Bringing predictive email to the workplace
This week at MEC, we’ve been talking a lot about the power of the Office graph, and how it helps us deliver personalized and proactive experiences for email users. As part of that journey, we’re...
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MEC 2014 wrap-up
The bands are silent, the booths are dismantled, the R/C racecars are quiet, and Squeaky Lobster has left the building. Microsoft Exchange Conference 2014 is officially done. As we head home stuffed...
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Ask The Perf Guy: Sizing Guidance Updates For Exchange 2013 SP1
With the release of Exchange 2013 SP1, it’s time to revise our sizing guidance given feedback from customers, observations from our own large-scale deployments, and requirements associated with new and...
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How to publish Anonymous Calendar Sharing URL in Exchange Online or Exchange...
Do your users want to share their calendar with anonymous users? Here's a tip related to sharing your calendar via a web link for anonymous users (users outside of your organization). Users can publish...
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Updated: Exchange Server Deployment Assistant
We’re happy to announce updates to the Exchange Server Deployment Assistant! These updates offer you more deployment options and outline new features that make deployments more flexible and easier to...
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The Preferred Architecture
During my session at the recent Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC), I revealed Microsoft’s preferred architecture (PA) for Exchange Server 2013. The PA is the Exchange Engineering Team’s prescriptive...
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MEC 2014 Recordings are here!
A few weeks ago we wrapped up MEC 2014 in Austin, TX with the farewell Austin post. Today we are happy to announce that the MEC 2014 keynote and breakout sessions are published on Channel 9. This...
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Released: PelNet
downloadWith the huge scale environment I currently work in my team has had some difficulty when it comes to validating customer transport changes, specifically when adding new send connectors or new...
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Outlook Connectivity with MAPI over HTTP
Among the many new features delivered in Exchange 2013 SP1 is a new method of connectivity to Outlook we refer to as MAPI over HTTP (or MAPI/HTTP for short). We’ve seen a lot of interest about this new...
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