While at TechEd IT Pro North America 2008, I also had the opportunity to attend Brent Alinger’s session on Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V. Brent is a Senior Test Lead on the Exchange Team at Microsoft, and he’s leading our testing efforts around Hyper-V. Brent described a number of terms, such as the Hyper-V root…
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Back From TechEd IT Pro North America 2008
What a week! It was a very busy week for me in Orlando. I delivered two sessions: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Tips & Tricks, and Advanced Troubleshooting Strategies for Exchange Server 2007. Both sessions went really well, and based on the scores and attendee comments, it looks like almost everyone was very satisified. Some folks…
Microsoft TechEd IT Pro 2008
Next week, I’ll be presenting two sessions at TechEd IT Pro in Orlando: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Tips & Tricks This is the ever-popular session where I provide a couple dozen tips/tricks on various aspects of Exchange 2007. Since Exchange 2007 has been out for a while now, it’s getting harder and harder to…
Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1 Available
The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either CDO or MAPI, a program can connect to a MAPI store, and then perform operations against that store….
TechNet and MSDN Site Changes
Many cool changes were made this week to both the TechNet and MSDN Web sites. These changes include a slick new look to the Exchange Server TechCenter, as well. What’s also extremely cool, are the changes you can’t see – both the TechNet (1 million hits a day) and the MSDN (3 million hits a…
Apple licenses Exchange ActiveSync for the iPhone
Today at 10:00am PST, Apple made several announcements at an invitation-only press conference, including the availability of a Beta version of their iPhone 2.0 software that includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) and support for the Exchange ActiveSync protocol for use on the iPhone. For more information on Apple’s licensing of Exchange ActiveSync, see the…
System Center Capacity Planner 2007 has RTM’d!
SCCP 2007 just RTM’d and is now freely available for all to download. Previously, this tool was available only for TechNet Plus and MSDN Premium subscribers, but now it’s available for all. See http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sccp/default.mspx for more information, and a link to the download. The new version adds the following new capabilities: • Application…
Web Update Pack 2.11.18.0 for ExBPA 2.8 Released!
Configuration, rule, and help updates for the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer were released today. This update is for ExBPA version 2.8, and it includes the latest XML and ExBPA.CHM files. Enjoy!
Deploying CCR on Windows Server 2008 by Command-Line Only
With the release of Exchange 2007 SP1, you can deploy cluster continuous replication (CCR) on Windows Server 2008, and enjoy the benefits of Windows 2008 failover cluster improvements. But did you know the deployment of CCR on Windows 2008, including the formation and configuration of the cluster, can be done via the command-line, without using…
Upcoming MVP Expert Chats
Q&A With the Exchange MVP ExpertsWe invite you to attend a free Q&A chat session with Exchange Server MVPs who will answer your questions about Exchange Server, Outlook and Exchange for Small Business Server. So if you are thinking of upgrading to Exchange Server 2007 or have questions about Exchange Server 2003 we hope you…