Larger messages and Enhanced NDRs come to Office 365
I wanted to write a quick note to make sure that our Hybrid customers have seen the following two recent improvements made to transport in Office 365, as both of them could be something that you will...
View ArticleGenerating user message profiles for use with the Exchange Calculators
Greetings Exchange Community! My name is Dan Sheehan, and I work as a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, specializing in Microsoft Exchange. As a long time Exchange engineer I am an avid PowerShell...
View ArticleTroubleshooting High CPU utilization issues in Exchange 2013
IntroductionIn Exchange support we see a wide range of support issues. Few of them can be more difficult to troubleshoot than performance issues. Part of the reason for that is the ambiguity of the...
View ArticleNew Support Policy for Repaired Exchange Databases
The database repair process is often used as a last ditch effort to recover an Exchange database when no other means of recovery is available. The process should only be followed at the advice of...
View ArticleHello from Microsoft Ignite
We’re excited to be kicking off Ignite this week in Chicago – doing it on Star Wars day is a nice bonus as the Exchange team is here in full force. It has been great catching up with our customers and...
View ArticleExchange Server 2016 Architecture
Exchange Server 2016 builds upon the architecture introduced in Exchange Server 2013, with the continued focus goal of improving the architecture to serve the needs of deployments at all scales....
View ArticlePublic Folder team is looking for feedback!
Here at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago, the Public Folder team has been asking customers to fill out a survey to help them learn more about public folder use and get feedback on some possible future...
View ArticleExchange @ Ignite 2015
We were joined by thousands of Exchange and Office 365 customers at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago last week. It was full of announcements, new content, and opportunities for the Exchange community to...
View ArticleExchange Online Advanced Threat Protection is now available
Just a quick note that we have released a new service that some of you might be interested in, called Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection. This is a complementary service to already existing...
View ArticleParsing the Admin Audit Logs with PowerShell
One of the nice features introduced in Exchange 2010 was Admin Audit Logging. Concerned administrators everywhere rejoiced! This meant that a record of Exchange PowerShell activity, organization wide,...
View ArticleReleased: June 2015 Exchange Cumulative Update and Update Rollups
The Exchange team is announcing today the availability of our latest quarterly updates for Exchange Server 2013 as well as updates for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 and Exchange Server 2007...
View ArticleExchange 2013 Calculator Updates
Today, we released an updated version of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator.In addition to numerous bug fixes, this version includes new functionality: CPU utilization table,...
View ArticleAsk the Perf Guy: How big is too BIG?
We’ve seen an increasing amount of interest lately in deployment of Exchange 2013 on “large” servers. By large, I mean servers that contain significantly more CPU or memory resources than what the...
View ArticleBooking Delegation Vs. Classic Delegation
Calendar delegation can be assigned in two different ways, each for a specific scenario. However, any mailbox, usually rooms, can be assigned both and this causes confusion when managing delegation of...
View ArticleDeep Sixing PST Files
A little over two years ago we wrote about removing PSTs from your organization and gave you a tool to assist you with that endeavor. .PST, Time to Walk the Plank. Since then, we’ve updated the tool...
View ArticleAnnouncing Exchange Server 2016 Preview!
We’re excited to announce that Exchange Server 2016 Preview is now available for download. At Ignite, we introduced Exchange Server 2016 and demonstrated some of its capabilities. Now you can install...
View ArticleExchange TLS & SSL Best Practices
Whether you are running Exchange on-premises, in the cloud, or somewhere in between, we know that security is a top priority. Microsoft is committed to giving you the information needed to make...
View ArticleHybrid deployment best practices
Many Office 365 customers are using our hybrid deployment option since it offers the most flexible migration process, the best coexistence story, and the most seamless onboarding user experience....
View ArticleA brave new world for Exchange 2016 cmdlet reference topic delivery and updates
Update-ExchangeHelp is an Exchange cmdlet that installs the latest available Exchange cmdlet reference help topics on the Exchange server for use in the Exchange Management Shell (Get-Help...
View ArticleDeprecating the REST API preview endpoint
While we do not cover Developer subjects very often on this blog, we wanted to let you know about this:As some of you know, the Outlook REST APIs moved from preview to general availability in October...
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