One issue that is often encountered on Exchange engagements is that of maintaining the update level of other applications in the environment. This can relate to backup software, management software in addition to just the Exchange server’s service pack and rollup version.
To assist with keeping the Forefront products at the latest patch level, there is a handy dandy guide on TechNet.
And the table a… Read the rest “Forefront Update Page”
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Cheers,
Rhoderick
Update 17-11-2012: 2010 SP2 RU5 is currently not available due to an issue with the update.
Update 11-12-2012 2010 SP2 RU5v2 is now available. Details are here.
Exchange sustained engineering has released Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 to the Microsoft Download Center.
The list of fixes is at the bottom of the post, though one worth mentioning is this: 2733415 Event ID 1 is logged on the Exchange Server… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 Released”
This could be a handy dandy addition to your RSS feed so you can keep track of the updated articles relating to Exchange.
The RSS feed contains a list of the recent KBs for a given version of Exchange, this is the Exchange 2010 feed for example:
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Exchange 2007 feed can be found here.
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Exchange 2003 feed is here.
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Cheers,
Rhoderick
Exchange administrators will inevitably run into issues with the interaction between the Outlook client and Exchange server. So how can we identify the configuration data that is sent to Outlook from the Exchange server, and troubleshoot?
This article will describe how to analyse the data returned to Outlook to assist with troubleshooting Exchange s… Read the rest “How To Read Exchange Autodiscover Response In Outlook”
The evaluation build of Exchange 2013 is now available on the TechNet Evaluation Centre.
That’s a lot of Exchange 2013 loving in the last week -- enjoy!
Cheers,
Rhoderick
I’d previously mentioned the availability of Lenovo’s Windows 8 beta drivers.
There is now an updated ThinkVantage System Update tool which supports Windows 8 which is neat.
Updated my W510, so let’s see what new features this brings 
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Cheers,
Rhoderick
If it wasn’t enough to be spoiled with the Exchange 2013 RTM help files being made available yesterday, now you can hit up TechNet and download the actual product.
How neat is that?
If you are reading this, why are you still here?? Go get downloading now……
Cheers,
Rhoderick
Looking for some interesting bedtime reading? Want to pick through the new and exciting features in Exchange server 2013?
Well then this should be something you want to scoot off and download – The Exchange 2013 RTM build of the standalone help file.
Note that there are two downloads, one for hybrid configurations and the other for on-premises installations.
I’d start with the what's new, what’s … Read the rest “Exchange 2013 RTM Help Files Now Available”
11-10-2012 is an interesting number as this is the date when the Exchange product group signed off on the build to release Exchange 2013 to Manufacturing. If you are in the UK, yes I know the month and year are the “wrong” way around 
That aside, the other magic number is 15.00.0516.032 which is the RTM build # for Exchange 2013.
This and other interesting deta… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Hits RTM”