Category: Exchange


  • If you haven't heard yet, the next version (15 aka 2013) of Exchange, Office, Lync, and SharePoint all hit "Release To Manufacturing" (RTM) late yesterday afternoon. Exchange 2013 RTM announcement. Office 2013 RTM announcement. Lync 2013 RTM announcement. SharePoint 2013 RTM announcement. Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences…

  • Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Service Pack 2 was released today.   Read more about it on The Exchange Team Blog, or download it here. Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with over 26 years of experience as a proven leader in Cybersecurity, Product Management, Threat…

  • It's official, Exchange 15, the next version of Exchange, will be called Exchange 2013!   The preview was announced today, you can download it here.   Learn more about Exchange 2013 here. Or check out the Exchange 2013 Resources for IT Pros here. The Customer Preview for Office 15, which will be called Office 2013, was also…

  • Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 was released today!   Check out the announcement from the Exchange Team here.   Download Update Rollup 3 here.   Check out a list of issues that are resolved by Update Rollup 3 here.   Learn how to install the latest update rollup for Exchange 2010…

  • Today I had my 1st "Phone Advisory" with a large customer wanting some guidance on upgrading to Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010.   It was an excellent discussion, and even though SP2 has been out for about 6 months now, there are still many organizations of all sizes that haven't installed it yet.   If you…

  • Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 was released today.   You can download it here. Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with over 26 years of experience as a proven leader in Cybersecurity, Product Management, Threat Hunting, Incident Response, IT Management, IT Architecture, IT…

  • Yesterday the Exchange Team announced the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012, the 1st time this conference has been held in 10 years.  The Conference will take place in Orlando Florida between September 24th and 26th.   Along with this announcement comes a little bit of news regarding Exchange 15.  Specifically that the beta will be available…

  • Here's an interesting issue you may run into when migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.   E-mails passing through the Exchange 2010 Hub Transport role may bounce back with a Non-Delivery Report (NDR) with the SMTP code 550 5.7.1 that says something like "Submission has been disabled for this account." You would normally only see…

  • Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010 was released today!   Check out the new features here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh529924.aspx   Download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=28190   Or read the announcement from the Exchange Team here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/12/05/released-exchange-server-2010-sp2.aspx   Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with over 26 years of experience…

  • Alex Fontana over on the VMware blogs posted a great article on choosing between virtual disks (VMDK files) and Raw-device Mappings (RDM) when virtualizing an Exchange server.   Check it out here: http://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2011/11/virtualized-exchange-storage-vmdk-or-rdm-or.html I have deployed virtualized Exchange servers on VMDK files in ESXi 4.1 environments without any issues.   I've also used the "In-guest iSCSI" method…