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Namespace Planning in Exchange 2013
A while back we promised an article on namespace planning and load balancing principles with Exchange 2013. We’re finally going to fulfill that promise as a series of articles. The articles will span...
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Load Balancing in Exchange 2013
This article is part 2 in a series that discusses namespace planning, load balancing principles, client connectivity, and certificate planning.Load BalancingUnlike previous versions of Exchange,...
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Now Available: GetLogFileUsage.ps1 script
Whether you’re using the Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator by Ross Smith IV or the Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculatorby Neil Johnson, you’ll need to provide statistics about your...
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Exchange 2003 migration toolkit
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 entered the market on September 28, 2003 and continued the great messaging and collaboration experience that Microsoft Exchange Server had provided in previous releases....
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Client Connectivity in an Exchange 2013 Coexistence Environment
This article is part 3 in a series that discusses namespace planning, load balancing principles, client connectivity, and certificate planning.Over the last several months, we have routinely fielded...
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Certificate Planning in Exchange 2013
Now that we understand the load balancing and namespace planning principles and how clients connect in an Exchange 2013 environment that has Exchange 2007 and/or Exchange 2010 deployed, the proper...
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The Preferred Architecture
During my session at the recent Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC), I revealed Microsoft’s preferred architecture (PA) for Exchange Server 2013. The PA is the Exchange Engineering Team’s prescriptive...
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OAB Improvements in Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 5
Cumulative Update 5 (CU5) for Exchange Server 2013 will be released soonTM, but before that happens, I wanted to make you aware of a behavior change in the Offline Address Book that is shipping in CU5....
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Site Resilience Impact on Availability
This article continues the analysis I started in my previous article, DAG: beyond the “A”.We all understand that a good technology solution must have high levels of availability, and that simplicity...
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Come get your Calculator Updates!
Today, we released updated versions of both the Exchange 2010 Server Role Requirements Calculator and the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator.The Exchange 2010 version is an incremental...
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OAB Improvements in Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 7
Note: Cumulative Update 7 (CU7) for Exchange Server 2013 will be released soonTM.Back in May, I discussed the changes we introduced in Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 5. Specifically with CU5 and...
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On-Premises Legacy Public Folder Coexistence for Exchange 2013 Cumulative...
What are we talking about today?In Exchange 2013 CU5 (yes 5, V, cinco, fem, and cinque) we started implementing changes to how Legacy Public Folder endpoint discovery will be performed by Outlook (for...
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Using an Azure VM as a DAG Witness Server
I’m happy to announce support for use of an Azure virtual machine as an Exchange 2013 Database Availability Group witness server. Automatic datacenter failover in Exchange 2013 requires three physical...
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Configuring Multiple OWA/ECP Virtual Directories on the Exchange 2013 Client...
We have previously published guidance for setting up multiple OWA and ECP virtual directories for Exchange Server 2007 and 2010, and now it is the turn of Exchange Server 2013.The eagle eyed amongst...
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Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010 Coexistence with Kerberos Authentication
In April 2011, I documented our recommendation around utilizing Kerberos authentication for MAPI clients to address scalability limits with NTLM authentication. The solution leverages deploying an...
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Exchange Server 2016 Architecture
Exchange Server 2016 builds upon the architecture introduced in Exchange Server 2013, with the continued focus goal of improving the architecture to serve the needs of deployments at all...
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Exchange 2013 Calculator Updates
Today, we released an updated version of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator.In addition to numerous bug fixes, this version includes new functionality: CPU utilization table,...
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Ask the Perf Guy: How big is too BIG?
We’ve seen an increasing amount of interest lately in deployment of Exchange 2013 on “large” servers. By large, I mean servers that contain significantly more CPU or memory resources than what the...
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Deep Sixing PST Files
A little over two years ago we wrote about removing PSTs from your organization and gave you a tool to assist you with that endeavor. .PST, Time to Walk the Plank. Since then, we’ve updated the tool...
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Ask The Perf Guy: What’s The Story With Hyperthreading and Virtualization?
There’s been a fair amount of confusion amongst customers and partners lately about the right way to think about hyperthreading when virtualizing Exchange. Hopefully I can clear up that confusion very...
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