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Busting The Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory Myth

This is one of those long overdue posts (and yes there are certainly many more where it came from in my drafts folder) regarding some of the incorrect instructions about setting up Autodiscover which can be found on the Internet.

What am I wibbling about?  Well repeatedly over the last 5 years or so since Exchange 2007 shipped, multiple sources have claimed that one *MUST* configure the InternalURL a… Read the rest “Busting The Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory Myth”

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Exchange 2013 Jetstress Now Available

Reading and writing data to disk is one of the core performance aspects of the Exchange mailbox role.  Exchange uses the Jet Blue Extensible Storage Engine (ESE), do not confuse this with an Access database else you will invoke the mighty wrath of the squeaky lobster!

ESE is responsible for the physical structure of the database on disk.  ESE does not actually know or care that it is storing email, … Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Jetstress Now Available”

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Exchange 2013 RTM Help Files Now Available

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.

Exchange 2013 RTM Help File Download

Note that there are two downloads, one for hybrid configurations and the other for on-premises installations. 

Exchange 2013 RTM Help FileI’d start with the what's new, what’s Read the rest “Exchange 2013 RTM Help Files Now Available”

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Exchange 2013 Hits RTM

 

Exchange 2013 Logo

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 Smile 

 

 

 

 

 

That aside, the other magic number is 15.00.0516.032  which is the RTM build # for Exchange 2013.

This and other interesting detaRead the rest “Exchange 2013 Hits RTM”

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Exchange 2013 Video Sessions From TechEd Australia 2012

If you are looking to see the first public presentations on Exchange 2013, then look no further!  Channel 9 has recordings from last week’s TechEd Australia.

 

You can find these great sessions on Exchange 2013:

 

Exchange Server 2013 High Availability and Site Resilience - EXL315

Exchange 2013 High Availability And Site Resilience

 

 

Exchange Server 2013 Architecture Deep Dive – EXL311

 

Exchange 2013 Architecture Deep Dive

 

Exchange Server 2013 Deployment and C

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The New Exchange

To make a change from the way that a Monday typically starts, Rajesh Jha (Corporate Vice President, Exchange) posted a great overview on Exchange 2013’s features.

This is published on the Exchange team blog.

Exchange 2013 Blog

 

Here are some of the great benefits you get with the next release of Exchange:

  • Reduced costs by optimizing for next generation of hardware

Exchange can now support up to 8TB disks, by reducin… Read the rest “The New Exchange”

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Exchange Server 2013 Forums Available on TechNet

Update: Since Exchange 2013 has now been released the preview forums has been retired, and the RTM forums can now be found here.

Since the Exchange 2013 Preview is now available it is a great chance to see how the next version of Exchange is shaping up!  If you are running to issues then head on over to the TechNet forum for Exchange 2013 Preview and see if the community can help out.

TechNet Exchange 2013 Forums

In addition the… Read the rest “Exchange Server 2013 Forums Available on TechNet”