Hi folks, KC here. As I've mentioned before, we have many open SDET positions in Exchange. I thought it might help to pull together a few resources such as a post from an SDET in Exchange in combination with the job description. So, here is the job description from Zoe: Job Title: Software Development Engineer in Test Responsibilities: ...

It’s amazing how much can change in six years.  Test has always been an area of constant innovation, creative problem solving, and process improvement.  As a result of this continuous improvement we have dramatically changed our work lives as testers. When I started my first contract job for Microsoft nearly six years ago I was

(This is a part 4 of the series. Please go here for part 1, here for part 2 and here for part 3.) Proxy generation On Exchange 2003, with proxy generation logging turned up you will see an event 3006:   Event Type:      Information Event Source:   MSExchangeSA Event ...

(Please go here for Part 1 of this series and here for Part 2) Question 4 when troubleshooting the RUS - Which policies match the user? If you got this far, then you know that the RUS queried for the changes, and the query returned the expected result. The next question is what happened when the RUS processed that user. When the RUS picks ...

EDIT 8/6/2008: Please see this post for additional information related to Hub throughput and different message sizes. Large message size: effect of transport database cache size on throughput. Background Recently one of our support engineers came to us requesting performance data for a client deploying Exchange 2007 SP1 (E2K7 from now on). The ...

If there's one thing that's true of all busy Exchange servers, it's that they generate massive amounts of disk I/O. There's a joke around here that Exchange is the world's biggest hard disk diagnostics program.   Typically, your disks will be the first component of your Exchange server that starts groaning as you add load. And, frequently, ...

Executive Summary   The dynamic disk management functionality in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is based on technology licensed to Microsoft by VERITAS Software Corporation. VERITAS Volume Manager for Windows (now called VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows) provides additional dynamic disk ...

(For Part 1 of the series, please go here) Question 2 when troubleshooting the RUS - How to determine if a RUS Rebuild was run? One way to check for a Rebuild is to use the repadmin tool from the Windows 2000 Support Tools. Use ADSI Edit or LDP to get the distinguishedName of the RUS you are troubleshooting. Then, from a command line, ...

At Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando, Florida, I was able to get some time with Brent Alinger, Senior Test Lead, to record a quick interview around some enhancements in the setup process in Exchange Server 2007 SP1.  Bret was also willing to share some of the things the Exchange team did to test different scenarios prior to shipping Exchange Server ...

NOTE: this job opportunity is no longer available. Are you a person who loves design and engineering work with cool new hardware and software technology?  Do you like doing software design and integration with the latest technologies in storage (SAN, ISCSI), servers (64bit/OS), telephony (VOIP, IM), and other cool applications?  Do you ...