With the release of Exchange 2007 SP2 we provided a Supportability Matrix which outlined the supported configurations for Exchange 2000 SP3, Exchange 2003 SP2, and Exchange 2007 (RTM, SP1, and SP2).   But as many are aware, with the release of Windows Read More

EDIT 11/24/2009: Corrected the permissions needed in KB 970104 section. It has been about a couple of months since we released Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2. About 3 years ago when we shipped Exchange Server 2007 we promised cumulative update rollups Read More

NOTE: This article has been updated to correct the MSAS URLs mentioned in this article. By now most of you have heard about the release of Exchange 2010.  Those of you that are upgrading from Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007 or a mixture of the two, are Read More

This one can be a bit counter intuitive for folks coming from any legacy version of Exchange... Issue You got your shiny new Exchange 2010 download and excitedly installed it on your 2010 hardware. You have setup all your CAS server settings, your DAG Read More

Introduction Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is the new permissions model in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. With RBAC, you don't need to modify and manage access control lists (ACLs), which was done in Exchange Server 2007 and earlier. On the flip side Read More

By now you have seen our interviews with both Global Crossing and Lifetime Products and you've heard what excites them most about moving to Exchange 2010. Check out the video interviews with Global Crossing and Lifetime Products. We headed down to Memphis Read More

In Microsoft CSS (Customer Service and Support) we deal with many anti-spam questions. While the anti-spam features that come out of the box with Exchange 2007 provide a robust level of protection against unwanted garbage in your inbox, there is still Read More

<edit 11/12/09 10:48pm: Added some additional information, links, etc.>On November 9th, many of our web properties were updated with new content and information to coincide with the general availability of Exchange 2010. With all the new information Read More

We heard concerns from our early adoption Exchange Server 2010 customers regarding transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 and/or Exchange Server 2007 in a few key areas. One of which is the fact that you, Exchange/IT administrators, are burdened with Read More

EDIT: This post has been updated on 2/17/2010 for the new version of calculator. For the list of latest major changes, please see THIS. Overview The Exchange Mailbox Server role is arguably one of the most important roles within an Exchange deployment Read More

It is my distinct pleasure to announce today the global availability of Exchange Server 2010. This has been an amazing journey from conception to launch, and the team has delivered an unprecedented line up of innovations in this release. I am incredibly Read More

Coming off the heels of our interview with Lifetime Products and hearing what excites them most about moving to Exchange 2010 (check out the interview here), I caught up with our customer, Global Crossing, while attending the recent SharePoint conference Read More

We've just finished our 6 part series of webcasts on six key topics that developers need to know about as they start planning for moving their applications to Exchange 2010.  Those webcasts are now available as on-demand webcasts below, check them out Read More

I had a chance to go on the road and talk to a few of our Exchange 2010 early adopter customers. My first stop was in Clearfield, Utah where I met up with the folks at Lifetime Products. Lifetime Products is an early adopter of E2010, and appreciates Read More

EDIT 2/15/2010: Please see this post for updates on this subject. We always talk about listening to customers and sometimes this is written off by many as 'marketing speak'.  In fact, we do take feedback seriously and no input is more important Read More

The management experience given by Exchange 2010 through PowerShell has been moved all the way from Local to Remote. This will mean that enterprise Admins will have to adjust their regular scripts to connect to Remote PowerShell instead of creating a Read More