Exchange 2010

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Exchange 2010 SP2 – What You Need To Know

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Last week the Exchange team released SP2 for Exchange 2010 over on the Exchange team blog as described in the previous post which announced the upcoming release.

I wanted to use this blog entry to provide links to all the relevant content for SP2 and to raise awareness of some specific issues so that they will not negatively impact your deployments.

You may have heard of the four main features that ar… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP2 – What You Need To Know”

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Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Released

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This update contains a number of customer reported and internally found issues since the release of SP1 RU5. In particular we would like to specifically call out the following fixes which are included in this release:

  • 2627769 Some time zones in OWA are not synchronized with Windows in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2528854 The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service crashes on a computer t
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Change DAG to DHCP

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One of the great changes to Exchange 2010 SP1 was that a DAG static IP address can be set using the Exchange Managemetn Console.  Prior to this in RTM, the Exchange Management Shell had to be used to set a static IP.  An example of this would be:

 

In the SP1 EMC to revert the DAG to using DHCP, simply remove all the IP Addresses that were assigned.

But how can you revert a DAG back to using DHC… Read the rest “Change DAG to DHCP”

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Outlook & Restricting DAG Cross-Site Connections

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This post is to clarify that a previously discussed feature that was intended for Exchange 2010 SP1 is not present in the SP1 final build.

Update:  This feature is now live in the Exchange 2010 SP2 RU3 build of Exchange. 

The feature I am referring to is the allow/block cross site RPC Client Access connections.  This sometimes comes up in workshops and discussions with clients regar… Read the rest “Outlook & Restricting DAG Cross-Site Connections”

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Exchange 2007 & 2010 Least Cost Routing

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Exchange Routing Path

Exchange 2007 & 2010 use a different message routing design than Exchange 2003.  This is an important aspect to understand when transitioning from Exchange 2003 upwards due to the change in behaviour.

TechNet has articles that discuses these concepts :

Exchange 2010 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998825.aspx

Exchange 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998825(EXCHG.80)… Read the rest “Exchange 2007 & 2010 Least Cost Routing”

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Exchange & The Autodiscover Web Service

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In the Exchange 2003 world and below, those administrators looking to automate and control the behaviour of MAPI profiles on user’s desktops quickly became familiar with tools like:

  • ORK (Office Resource Kit)
  • .PRF Files
  • .OPS files (from the Office Profile wizard)
  • PROFGEN
  • PRFPATCH
  • ExProfRe

For a refresher on such joys  of .PRF files etc. take a peek at:

Whitepaper: Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PR… Read the rest “Exchange & The Autodiscover Web Service”

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Exchange 2010 White Papers

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

 

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

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513520.aspx

&… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 White Papers”

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End Of Exchange 2010 RTM Support

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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:

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Full details about the Microsoft lifecycle policy can be viewed here

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ 

 

I woul… Read the rest “End Of Exchange 2010 RTM Support”

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Best way ever to install required OS components for Exchange 2010 SP1 install!

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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!”

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Exchange 2010 RPC Client Access

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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:

  • RPC Client Access
  • Address Book servic
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