Information Store timeout detection in Exchange 2007 SP3
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 introduces a new feature that monitors the Information Store service for long running transactions. Transactions are now timed and if a transaction lasts longer than...
View ArticlePotential for database corruption as a result of installing Exchange 2007 SP3...
Update 3/31/2011: The updated Exchange 2007 SP3 RU3 has been released. See Announcing the Re-release of Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 3 (V2).3/30/2011: We posted a status update for this...
View ArticleExchange 2007/2010 Rollup 3 Status Update
I want to thank you for your continued patience while we work to correct the problems encountered with our latest Update Rollups for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 and Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 (E2007...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Re-release of Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 3 (V2)
Update 4/11/11: Please note that the E2007 SP3 RU3 will be available via Microsoft Update on 4/24/11. On March 29th we posted an announcement to the EHLO blog about removing Update Rollup 3 for...
View ArticleAnnouncing some cool new features coming soon to a server near you
Today seemed like a perfect day for us to share a few very special announcements with our customers. We are always looking for ways to make Exchange better. Here are some of the new features we've...
View ArticleExchange Heads to The Experts Conference in Las Vegas
I know a lot of you still have your MEC attendee badges hanging on your bulletin boards (full disclosure – so do I) and miss the opportunity MEC provided to get to know the Exchange team, face-to-face....
View ArticleAnnouncing the Re-release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 3 (V3)
Update 4/11/11: Please note that the E2010 SP1 RU3 will be available via Microsoft Update on 4/24/11. On March 14th we posted an announcement to the EHLO blog about removing Update Rollup 3 for...
View ArticleRobert’s Rules of Exchange: Multi-Role Servers
Overview Robert's Rules of Exchange is a series of blog posts in which we take a fictitious company, describe their existing Exchange implementation, and then walk you through the design, installation,...
View ArticleStore Driver Fault Isolation Improvements in Exchange 2010 SP1
Background The Exchange Store Driver is a core transport component which lives both on the Mailbox server role (as the mail submission service) and the Hub server role. It is responsible for:...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Exchange ActiveSync Logo Program
You’ve told us that one of your top concerns is the increasing diversity of mobile devices that employees use to access your company resources. While many of these devices use Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)...
View ArticleRecommendation: Enabling Kerberos Authentication for MAPI Clients
Update 4/26/11: This post has been updated to include additional steps to ensure Kerberos authentication can be used for OAB downloads by domain-connected Outlook clients. With Exchange 2010, a major...
View ArticleExchange 2010 management tools do not start after the installation of .NET...
UPDATE 4/20/2011: We have now identified the problem and have a solution for customers that were impacted by it Please see the following KB article for the resolution of this problem:...
View ArticleNew features in Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) to meet your...
This latest release of Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) brings a wealth of features that help you protect and secure complex mail flow scenarios. Great news for Microsoft Office 365 Beta...
View Article/Mixed-ing it up: Multipart/Mixed Messages and You
Greetings, Exchange Administrators! In today’s edition of “and You”, we’ll be covering Exchange’s handing of messages generated by iPhones, iPads, and Macintosh Mail clients. Specifically, we’re going...
View ArticleExchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2007 and Office 365...
We're happy to announce that the Exchange Server Deployment Assistant has been enhanced to include support for configuring rich coexistence for organizations interested in maintaining some users...
View ArticleJetstress Field Guide – April 2011 Release
When I released the first version of this guide back in November 2010 I had no idea how many people were out there having problems with Jetstress testing. Over the last 5 months I have had the...
View ArticleExchange at TechEd North America 2011
It’s May, and TechEd North America 2011 is just around the corner, less than two weeks away. This year, there are around 40 Exchange break-out sessions and hands-on labs for IT pros and developers,...
View ArticleHow to manage groups with groups in Exchange 2010
You've migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Your users are reporting that they're unable to modify distribution groups that they could in the past. In How to Manage Groups that I already own...
View ArticleExchange 2010 Mailbox Moves and Mailbox Resiliency
One of the goals of Exchange 2010 mailbox resiliency is to minimize data loss. In Exchange 2010 SP1 we added continuous replication block mode to help further reduce data loss when a failover occurs....
View ArticleHelp us learn more about how you use public folders today!
We wanted to reach out to our customers (you!) to learn a bit more about your public folder topologies and usage scenarios. In order to gather this feedback, we have created an anonymous survey that we...
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