As mentioned before - we now have CTP build of Exchange 12 those of you that have MSDN and TechNet subscriptions can install it.   One issue that seems to come up frequently for those of you that have tried installing this build is the following Read More

It seems we have some badly worded docs on some Microsoft sites that may lead you to believe that you cannot run Exchange 2003 on x64 bit systems. Also the release notes seem to be in error as well. Let me assure you that this information is incorrect Read More

Because of the fact that the Community Technology Preview (CTP) build of Exchange 2003 SP2 is now available, we wanted to mention a permissions requirement for the FIRST SP2 installation into the organization.   With Exchange Server 2003 Service Read More

It seems like a question of compatibility / incompatibility of current versions of Exchange (mainly Exchange 2003) and Windows Server 2003 x64 editions is coming up more and more, so let’s address it.   In short – running current versions of Exchange, Read More

Introduction Exchange 2003 requires specific memory tuning to function optimally.  This flash outlines Windows 2003 boot.ini configuration settings for Exchange 2003 and highlights recent changes.  See the following KB articles for relevant Read More

Alex MacLeod posted an excellent article on Exchange TechCenter that deals with creating and editing files needed for Exchange 2003 unattended setup. Really a great read if this is what you were wondering about! Check it out here! - Nino Bilic Read More

As I already mentioned on my blog, here is some information on a somewhat confusing subject. I added two more questions about MSDTC that we hear often:   Over the years, the best practice recommendations on where to place the MS Distributed Transaction Read More

Prior to releasing Exchange Server 2003 we didn’t test this scenario, and since we only support scenarios that we have tested and have confidence in this was considered unsupported.  However, with so many customers interested in this method Read More

The version of Exchange that ships with SBS is 99% the same as Exchange 2003 Standard.  The only difference is that the SBS version of Exchange can only be installed on an SBS server since there was a minor change added to look for the SBS product Read More

Here are some pretty useful tips straight from the Exchange Setup Test Team for using the Exchange Setup Log to troubleshoot Exchange Setup issues. Tip #1: Most of the errors in the Setup Log are not really errors! Yup, as silly as it sounds the vast Read More

Disable services, features and components that you are not using. Exchange is a complex product that provides many features.  Many of the features are not used by every Exchange customer.  In Exchange 2003 we changed the install to only Read More

What is DomainPrep? Why does Exchange recommend running DomainPrep on the Root Domain if there are no Exchange servers or users in that domain? I have been asked these questions so frequently I thought I’d do a post on it. I know DomainPrep is Read More

It is possible while installing the Active Directory Connector (ADC), or while running an Exchange setup forestprep action, to be greeted with this incredibly generic error message:  “Extending the schema in the Active Directory failed.  Read More