No matter how many lines of code it has, every software application has scalability limits. Some limits can be caused by limits that are external to the application itself, while others can be inherent within the application. As a software engineering Read More

Today I am pleased to announce the release of the Exchange Server Pre-Deployment Analyzer (ExPDA). You can use the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer to perform an overall topology readiness scan of your environment. When you run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Read More

In this blog post, we will be highlighting some of the most common errors that may be seen when attempting to open the Exchange Management tools (Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell). To start off, you first need to be aware that Read More

Early 2008 we have posted a blog entry with a VB script that generates some pre-canned reports that are based on message tracking logs. The script has proven to be useful in understanding Microsoft's Exchange work load and guide some design decision for Read More

In November, we launched the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant. In the initial version of the Deployment Assistant, content was available for customers upgrading from Exchange 2003. We are happy to announce that today we've released content for Read More

EDIT 12/8/2009: Made a few modifications to the post and script based on feedback received. Working in Exchange Customer Service and Support, we often see cases where user performance, or overall server performance, is impacted because of a high number Read More

Six or seven years ago, I was faced with several cases where the permissions on public folders had been made non-canonical by programs running against the M: drive. This was back in the Exchange 2000 days when IFS was still around, and it exposed the 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

This post applies to Exchange 2010. By default, PowerShell has 7 Cmdlets loaded in the remote session for "import-session *" scenario which leads to about 30 MB of memory spike. Any additional Exchange help files that are loaded will cause additional Read More

Today we released an updated version of the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer. For those of you not familiar with this site, it is a Web-based tool that helps you troubleshoot connectivity issues. The tool simulates several client logon and mail flow Read More

We have released the Exchange Load Generator 2010 Beta to our downloads site. Exchange Load Generator 2010 Beta (64 bit) Exchange Load Generator 2010 Beta (32 bit) There have been several changes made since the last available build. Some of the "coolest" Read More

Download location:  Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress 2010 Beta (64 bit) Jetstress has been updated to support the new IO characteristics of Exchange 2010. This build is now available for everyone to test with. CHM Help File The Jetstress 2010 Read More

There has surely been enough discussion on this blog (and other community sites) how Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2008 does not provide any out-of-the-box functionality to backup Exchange 2007. Some examples on our blog are here and here, but Read More

EDIT 04/27/2009: We have updated the calculator to v16.9 to address a bug that was found. Please go to our Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updates tracking page to see what is in this new version! A blog post explaining the calculator Read More

EDIT 6/25/2009: We have updated the download package to remove the need for dependency on Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable package. The tool can be found in the same place as before, but the version has now changed to 14.00.0611.003. Just a quick Read More