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During my stay at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, I had to work the Exchange Server 2010 Flexibility and Reliability booth. Although most questions were on the Exchange DAG, the second most popular discussion was around the Client Access Server (CAS) and CAS-Arrays. Hence, the 10 most predominant questions (and of course, the answers to [...]

Working the Exchange booth during TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, I got lot of questions regarding the Database Availability Group, or DAG, in Exchange Server 2010. Here’s the 10 most predominant questions (and of course, the answers to them); Q1. Can I use the DAG with Exchange Server 2010 Standard Edition? A1. Yes, you can [...]

The beta version long anticipated Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2010 is available for the public now! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=193120 There are some pretty cool features in SP1 like Mailtips and the seperation of the Online Archive from the regular mailbox.

Okay, here are just 10 random thoughts that I can come up with and that I had to deal with lately with regards to Exchange 2010. Could very well be I have to expand the list a little in the coming days or weeks. The only high-availability Exchange 2010 is offering is through the Database [...]

Today, Microsoft or better; the Microsoft Exchange Product Group released a new version of the Storage Calculator for Exchange. In good Microsoft fashion, this version has been renamed. It’s now called the “Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator”. That new name should better cover the tool’s use… But when would you be using this [...]

During Interact, I asked Scott Schnoll, former MVP and currently a Blue Badge at the Technical Writing Team on Exchange, about the DAG in Exchange 2010. Don’t get me wrong; I think it is by far the most elegant HA solution has offered so far and everyone should at least look at it! But I [...]

In OWA 2007 one had the option to change the appearance of OWA (Outlook Web Access) through the “Appearance” setting under “General Settings” (in Options). In OWA 2010 (Outlook Web App), these settings are no long present. (See also: Configure Segmentation in Outlook Web App) Yet, all the PowerShell commands, registry settings and directory structure [...]

Ever since the first betas of Exchange 2010, one of the most discussed features is the Database Availability Group; DAG. Without going into all the details of DAG, it truely is huge step forward in Exchange High-Availablility, primairily because it’s so very, very easy to configure. Exchange 2010 comes, just like previous versions, in two [...]

The message tracking log in Exchange 2007 gives you some nice statistical information on your mailflow. Today, I’m interested in received messages between two dates. Furthermore, I want to know to which email address these messages were sent to. (If you query the message tracking log by recipient, and give an email address as the [...]

The Client Access Server, or CAS in short, is the primairy connection point for all clients to access thier email. The CAS handles incoming client connections for Webmail (Outlook Web Access, or OWA), The Offline Address Book (OAB), Unified Messaging (UM), ActiveSync, POP, IMAP and the Exchange Web Services. Note; Currently (Exchange 2007 SP1) all MAPI [...]