Released: Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 and Exchange 2007 SP3...
Today the Exchange CXP team released the following update rollups to the Download Center. All three releases cover Security Bulletin MS13-012 (KB 2809279). Because this is a security release, the...
View ArticleAddress Book Policies, Jamba Jokes and Secret Agents
Since we added the Address Book Policy feature in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2, one of the questions I frequently hear (related to ABP’s that is) is, “when are you adding ABP’s to Office 365?”...
View ArticleDon’t miss the Virtual Launch Event for the New Office 365 for Business
Join us at our Virtual Launch Event on February 27th as we celebrate the availability of a major new release coming to Office 365 for businesses. If you are exploring cloud offerings, you do not want...
View ArticleExchange, Firewalls, and Support… Oh, my!
Over the years Exchange Server architecture has gone through a number of changes. As a product matures over time you may see us change what is supported as we react to changes in the product...
View ArticleUpdate: Exchange Server TechNet Library URLs
Many of you have seen our previous blog post announcing the Exchange documentation URL changes, and have provided us with your feedback on the matter. Starting off, we want to thank you for all of it;...
View ArticleHosting and Multi-Tenancy Guidance for Exchange Server 2013 Now Available
We are pleased to be able to announce the oft-requested Hosting and Multi-Tenancy Guidancefor Exchange Server 2013 document. It is available for download here.As the keen eyed reader will observe, it...
View ArticleTime to go PST hunting with the new PST Capture 2.0
Ahoy, Exchange Ninjas! It’s time to buckle up and go PST hunting again with the new PST Capture 2.0! Earlier this week, we released a brand new version of the free PST Capture tool that allows you to...
View ArticleAnnouncing the new Exchange Online
Yesterday we announced worldwide availability of the new Microsoft Office 365 services for businesses, including the new Exchange Online and introducing Exchange Online Protection.Since launching in...
View ArticleNow Available: Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant
We’re excited to announce the availability of the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant at http://technet.microsoft.com/exdeploy2013. The Exchange Deployment Assistant is a web-based tool that...
View ArticleUpdated: Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant for Exchange 2010 SP3 and...
We're happy to announce that the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant (ExDeploy) now includes updates for supporting hybrid deployments with Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) organizations and...
View ArticleAnnouncing Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer (MCA) 1.0 and Microsoft Remote...
Back in November 2012, we announced our MCA Beta client. We have been very busy working to improve the testing options that are available from the MCA client. Here’s what we’ve built for the 1.0...
View ArticleReleased: Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT)
On March 8th, we released the Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) to the Microsoft Download Center, replacing Outlook Configuration Analyzer (OCAT), the original diagnostic tool for Microsoft...
View ArticlePreserve mailbox data for eDiscovery using inactive mailboxes in Exchange Online
In Exchange Online and Exchange Server 2013, you can use In-Place Hold to preserve mailbox content for litigation or investigations. Many organizations also need to preserve mailbox data for users who...
View ArticleExchange 2013 RTM CU1 Status
Originally, we stated we would deliver Exchange 2013 RTM Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) by the end of this quarter. Unfortunately, we are not going to meet that goal. We know that many of you will be...
View ArticleMysterious mail loop on Edge Transport server: Check your size limits!
I'm a support enginer in CSS. I was working with a customer who reported a mail loop error for a specific domain like contoso.com. This error was only observed in large emails. Yeah that’s really...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange Server 2013 RTM Cumulative Update 1
downloadrelease notesWe know a lot of you have been waiting for this, and so it is with great excitement that we announce that Exchange Server 2013 RTM Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) has been released to...
View ArticleSending common or canned responses from a shared or repository mailbox
As a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE), I assist companies with Lotus Notes and GroupWise migrations to Exchange/Outlook environments and have found that different applications act differently....
View ArticlePreserving Activation Blocks After Performing DAG Member Maintenance
In Exchange 2010, when a database availability group (DAG) member needs service, it can be placed into maintenance mode. Exchange 2010 includes scripts the StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rapid Growth in Databases and Transaction Log Files in...
A few years back, a very detailed blog post was released on Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Store Log/Database growth issues. We wanted to revisit this topic with Exchange 2010 in mind. While the...
View ArticleUpdated: Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant
We’re happy to announce updates to the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant! We’ve updated the Deployment Assistant to include the following new scenarios:Upgrading from Exchange 2007 to Exchange...
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