You Had Me At EHLO...aka the Microsoft Exchange Team BlogEWS CAS to CAS Request Proxying- July 18, 2008 In Exchange Server 2007 SP1, the EWS team added a new feature called EWS Request Proxying.&160; It is sometimes also referred to as EWS Proxy or HTTP Proxy.&160; Not much has been said about this feature, but if you care about performance, it is important to understand why it is there, why you want to avoid it if at all possible, and if you cannot avoid it, why it is important to have. What is it EWS Request Proxying only comes into play in Exchange installations that have multiple Active...http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/18/449289.aspx Exchange Server Documentation Updates - July 2008- July 16, 2008 The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce updates to the Exchange Server content. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1, take a look at Exchange Server 2007 Documentation Updates. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server Analyzer, take a look at Exchange Server Analyzer Topic Updates. In particular, we would like to highlight the following new or updated topics: White Paper: Continuous Replication Deep Dive:...http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/16/449273.aspx iPhone 2.0; Welcome to Exchange!- July 11, 2008 If you've not heard; Apple released iPhone 2.0 today which includes a software update to the existing iPhones in the market (yes, we mentioned it when it was announced as well).&160; We're thrilled to add them to the family of Exchange ActiveSync licensees that enable all sorts of devices to connect to Exchange Server.&160; For those of you that manage Exchange Servers this means you may see some new devices connecting and we wanted to give you a few notes about what to expect. What iPhone...http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/11/449196.aspx TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Storage Deep Dive- July 10, 2008 Wanted to let you know about this Webcast as it is happening next week... Ross Smith IV is presenting; you can expect an awesome look into designing Exchange 2007 Storage! You can find the details and register here: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Storage Deep Dive (Level 300) - Nino Bilic Share this post : .http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/10/449188.aspx Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Update Rollup 7 for Exchange 2007 RTM have been released- July 8, 2008 EDIT 792008: We have updated the troubleshooting section. Download information for Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2007 SP1 The update is live at: http:www.microsoft.comdownloadsdetails.aspxFamilyId=63E7F26C-92A8-4264-882D-F96B348C96AB&displaylang=en Related KB article: http:support.microsoft.comkbid=949870 Download information for Update Rollup 7 for Exchange 2007 RTM The update is live at: ...http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/08/449161.aspx Exchange 2007 managed services might time out during certificate revocation checks- July 8, 2008 Introduction We have been working on a problem that surfaced with the release of Exchange 2007 Rollup 5. A number of customers reported that some of their Exchange 2007 managed services did not start automatically after Rollup application, however they would start manually. In most of these cases the computer in question was not connected to the Internet. Investigation showed that the problem was the timing of the Windows Service Control Manager (SCM) and validation of all of the certificates..http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/08/449159.aspx Help Us Improve the Transport Rules Experience- July 7, 2008 We're exploring making improvements to the experience of configuring Transport Rules. As part of this, we want to make sure we account for exactly how you are using Transport Rules today. The script linked to below will output some Transport Rules usage data. If you are using transport rules today in Exchange 2007, we'd love it if you could run it and send us the results. To run the script, follow these steps: 1. Open TransportRuleUsage.txt by clicking here. 2. Copy and paste the text.http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/07/449150.aspx Continuous Replication Deep Dive White Paper is here...- July 1, 2008 Many of you have been wondering how continuous replication works in Exchange 2007.&160; The Continuous Replication Deep Dive whitepaper discusses how log shipping, log inspection, and log replay work within Exchange 2007.&160; In addition, the paper discusses the mechanics of how scheduled and unscheduled outages are handled in a continuous replication enabled environment.&160; A big thanks goes to Scott Schnoll, Becky Benfield, Ramon Infante, and Alex Wetmore for helping me put this paper...http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/01/449116.aspx Exchange 2007 Performance Counters and Thresholds- July 1, 2008 Performance analysis and troubleshooting can be a very complex and daunting area with Exchange Server. Being able to quickly and accurately identify and resolve issues requires a thorough understanding of the most interesting and important performance counters. With the July content refresh we've just released new content detailing these counters and many of the important thresholds to be aware of. The content is broken out by counters that are common across Exchange roles and counters that are.http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/01/449113.aspx Did you just say you wanted a large mailbox- July 1, 2008 So you've heard some folks saying large mailboxes are a good idea. Your users have been screaming for mailboxes with more than 1GB quotas. Your management wants you to be able to recover from outages in minutes, not days. Everyone is telling you to do more with less. Well, with Exchange 2007 you can have your cake and eat it too (so long as you plan for it). Have a look at the rules of the game in the new Planning for Large Mailboxes with Exchange 2007 white paper. This white paper covers the...http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/07/01/449112.aspx |