We updated the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator.  Head on over to the Updates Tracking page to see what is changed and/or download the revised version.  The main article has also been updated. - Ross Smith IV 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 Exchange Server 2010, there is no more single instance storage (SIS). To help understand why SIS is gone, let's review a brief history of Exchange. During the development of Exchange 4.0, we had two primary goals in mind, and SIS was borne out of Read More

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 (updated for this new version) is here. Comments welcome! - Ross Smith IV Read More

Our friends over in the Data Protection Manager product group recently posted this article on how you can protect your Exchange 2010 high availability architecture using the next version of Data Protection Manager.  To find out more about DPM 2010, head Read More

==Version 6.1 Updates== New Functionality Previous versions of the calculator would sometimes result in a storage design output that required zero disks. This was due to the calculator determining based on the input factors (e.g. deploying a DAG with Read More

Many of you have been asking how you can transition your existing Exchange environment to Exchange 2010 from a client access perspective. For most of you, this will also mean coexisting with legacy Exchange and Exchange 2010 for a period of time.  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

<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 3/16/2010 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

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