Yesterday we released an xml update for ExBPA suite of tools. The update applies to the tools shipped with Exchange Server 2007 systems with Service Pack 1 applied. It is currently only available for English language servers at this time. The following Read More

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP1 (announced a few days ago) has been released. The rollup is available on the Download Center here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=652ED33A-11A1-459C-8FFE-90B9CBFE7903&displaylang=en Read More

This is a heads up that Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is in the final stages of getting released and should be out in a couple of days. The next step for the Exchange team will be to release the Update Rollup onto the Download Center and then Read More

As we have released Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 4 on Microsoft Update two days ago, a question came up: how do you tell which version of the Update Rollup is installed? The simplest answer is to go to Add or Remove Programs Control Panel applet. Read More

EDIT 10/9/2008: We updated the MU (Microsoft Update) release date of this patch as well as the Installation Notes section. We have released the final version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (KB952580) The update is live at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B492ED2-EA92-412F-A852-3AA1C58D9499&displaylang=en Read More

We've recently encountered a small handful of customers who reported mailflow problems shortly after running Exchange 2007's /prepareAD, or after they installed their first Exchange 2007 role (which auto-launches the pre-requisite prepareAD process).  Read More

Hi from Alabama. This is a follow-up to my last post, which was about building a lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2003 using a PowerShell script. This post is about building the same lab using Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008. I Read More

We have always recommended that customers prepare formal server build documentation for their Exchange environments. Until now, we've not provided any formal guidance around what that documentation should look like. We now have build documentation templates Read More

EDIT 8/22/2008: We have updated the troubleshooting section. Download information for Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2007 SP1 The update is live at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=63E7F26C-92A8-4264-882D-F96B348C96AB&displaylang=en Read More

Introduction We have been working on a problem that surfaced with the release of Exchange 2007 Rollup 5. A number of customers reported that some of their Exchange 2007 managed services did not start automatically after Rollup application, however they Read More

Hi! This is my first post to the Exchange Team Blog - hope this is of use! My name is Robert Gillies, and I'm a Senior Consultant in the Federal Civilian Practice of Microsoft Consulting Services. One of my recent projects for one of my customers had Read More

Now that Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is available, I thought I'd demonstrate installing Cluster Continuous Replication on Windows Server 2008. As stated by Scott Schnoll in his blog post, Windows Server 2008 includes a number of improvements and enhancements Read More

In Exchange Server 2007 RTM and SP1, the Exchange team has published guidance for using a CNAME record in DNS as part of the provisioning process for the file share witness (FSW) component of a Majority Node Set (MNS) quorum on Windows Server 2003, and Read More

EDIT: This post was updated on 5/2/2008 to include links to international versions of new XML files. We're happy to announce the release of the English version of an update to the Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Setup prerequisite check file. This update will Read More

Before you can install Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on a Windows Server 2008 there are varying prerequisites that need to be installed, depending on the Exchange 2007 Server role you plan on installing. Details on how to install those prerequisites manually Read More