The new Exchange 2010 webcast series is live! Register to attend in-person via Live Meeting or download the recorded video or podcast. A full schedule of topics and presenters is below. Each webcast is 60min in length. Looking for something shorter? We also have a new series of ''How Do I'' videos dedicated to Exchange 2010 that can be found in ...

==Version 3.5 Updates== Version 3.5 introduces the following fixes: Improved the text on the input tab with regards to the number of database copy instances you would like for both HA and lagged copies. Fixes an issue where in a high availability architecture the calculator may size the solution based on activating more database copies during a ...

EDIT: This post has been updated on 1/27/2010 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 for it stores the data that users will ultimately access on a daily basis. Therefore, ensuring ...

EDIT 10/14/2009: We updated the section that recommends settings for environments that need to support messages larger than default 10MB message size. Already an expert on large messages? You'll still want to check out the updated ''Best Practices'' section below to harden your server against possible outages. Overview Although email is not always ...

EDIT 3/24/2009: Added a link to WinSAT documentation based on reader feedback. Hopefully you have seen the news regarding the release of the Outlook 2007 SP1 February 2009 cumulative update. If you haven't, then you can read http://support.microsoft.com/?id=968009 for all the detail, but basically we have made significant improvements in terms of ...

Introduction With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a virtualized Exchange 2007 SP1 server is no longer restricted to the realm of the lab; it can be deployed in a production environment and receive full support from Microsoft. This past August, we published our support policies and ...

My name is Rob Simpson, and I’m a Software Design Engineer in Test within the Exchange Scalability and Capacity Planning team at Microsoft.  I’ve been at Microsoft for 3.5 years and have just recently joined the Exchange Team. I’m currently focused on providing mailbox server role scalability and capacity planning guidance for Exchange 14 ...

We want to congratulate the Microsoft Storage Solutions team for releasing Service Pack 1 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. While LCR, CCR and SCR all offer replication/protection capabilities for higher availability, our teammates in the System Center family have been providing a really solid backup & recovery solution for Exchange ...

There has been a lot of interest and discussion about the MCM | Exchange Server 2007 Program since Microsoft announced it earlier this year, and as the PM responsible for the Exchange Program I wanted to give you some of the history of the program, tell you more about what to expect from the program, try to answer some of the many questions I ...

Lately, we've been getting a lot of questions related to Exchange 2007 memory consumption and why Exchange uses so much of the paging file. Well, there are some valid reasons why and some misconceptions that need to be corrected. Comparing memory usage between Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2003First, let's start with why Store.exe uses so much RAM. If