Items specifically related to Exchange 2010
After installing Internet Explorer 9 onto an Exchange server, you may have experienced that the Exchange Management Console (EMC) will not close. The following error is observed:
You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console
This did not affect everyone, and you may have been blissfully unaware of this 
The Exchange Team Blog originally discussed the issue, an… Read the rest “Exchange EMC May Not Close – Update”
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”
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:
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”
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”
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”
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:
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”
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
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!”