Items related to messaging services with a focus on Exchange Online (EXO) and Exchange server (on-premises)
Some featured white papers on the Exchange TechNet site:
Technical White Papers for Exchange Server 2010
White Paper: Understanding the Relative Costs of Client Access Server Workloads in Exchange Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff803560.aspx
White Papers: Exchange 2010 Tested Solutions
Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) is a great tool to consolidate multiple RDP connections into a single window to prevent desktop clutter.
Update 24-6-2021: RDCMan 2.8.1 is available. Please see here.
Update 19-11-2014: RDCMan 2.7 is now available. Please see here.
Update 29-3-2017: 2.2 is no longer available for download - please use the 2.7 download link.
The tool can be downloaded from… Read the rest “Remote Desktop Connection Manager Download (RDCMan) 2.2”
The Exchange 2010 RTM (Release To Manufacturing) build has now reached the end of its support lifecycle. Customers should upgrade to SP1 to continue to receive support (amongst many other good reasons!).
The Exchange 2010 lifecycle can be viewed here:
Full details about the Microsoft lifecycle policy can be viewed here
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/
My good friend Dan wrote a great blog entry about automating the installation of the required Windows OS prerequisites for an Exchange 2010 install. You can read it here.
Over and above this, Exchange 2010 SP1 adds a new setup switch
/InstallWindowsComponents
Exchange 2010 SP1 Setup has been improved to allow you to install the required Windows roles and features. If you select th… Read the rest “Best way ever to install required OS components for Exchange 2010 SP1 install!”
Perhaps the most significant change between Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 is the move to channel Outlook connectivity through the CAS role. In Exchange 2007 Outlook would connect to the mailbox role, whilst other protocols (POP, OWA, IMAP etc.) would leverage the CAS role.
In Exchange 2010 this means that we now find two new services installed on the CAS role: