Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (ExBPA): Webcast 1-20-2006

Good afternoon everyone!  Thank you for attending the live web cast today.  As promised here is the scrubbed Q/A log.  If you would like to down load the slides or watch the presentation again, you will be able to stream it in a few days. 

 

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You can also get more information about this session here: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/events/exchange2003/exc-04.mspx 

 

Question: Does ExBPA work with .NET Framework 2.0?

Answer: It uses .Net Framework 1.1

Question: Does this run on Exchange 5.5??

Answer: Pure Exchange 5.5 topologies are not supported.  For a list of the requirements take a look here: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/downloads/2003/analyzers/sysreqs.mspx

Question: Where can I get the latest ExBPA?

Answer: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=DBAB201F-4BEE-4943-AC22-E2DDBD258DF3&displaylang=en

Question: Where is the Disaster recovery Operations guide?

Answer: Lots of great docs at https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/library/default.mspx . See https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/library/disrecopgde.mspx  for the disaster recovery ops guide.

 

Question: Where can we download a trial of MOM

Answer: https://www.microsoft.com/mom/downloads/2005/default.mspx  

Question: Where Can I get the other tools?

Answer: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/downloads/2003/analyzers/default.mspx

Question: Exchange tends to want to be as big as it can. If I have SBS2003 with several applications including Exchange and 5 users are there guidelines for tuning Exchange down to handle the 100 pieces of mail per day without taking over the entire machine?

Answer: I don't see a specific performance tuning guide in the SBS area. You might want to dig around in the Exchange area. I know there were some KB's that talk about limiting RAM consumption for caching and such.