As many of you know, there will be a change next year in the transition dates for US daylight saving time. I won't go into all the gory details here, but if you want them follow this link http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx This site Read More

I wanted to draw some attention to this article as I think it is very cool as it shows how different analyzer tools have impacted you, our customers, and us in Support Services, when helping you. Ed Beck wrote the article titled Exchange Analyzer Read More

We run into the following two questions every so often: "I have a non-English server, and when I run ExBPA on it (English version), it produces a report that is not in English; any way that I can make ExBPA create reports in English?" The answer to that Read More

The Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program, also known as SQM or Software Quality Metrics, is a way for Microsoft to get usage information back from customers for the purposes of product planning.  This information is anonymous, and we Read More

Have you tried the "Exchange Mail Flow Troubleshooter" in Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant v1.0 (ExTRA)? This is a new troubleshooter that you can use to troubleshoot common mail flow problems you see on Exchange servers. It is designed to identify Read More

What Jon Avner announced in this blog post is now a reality - today we have released the version 1.0 of Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant. You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4bdc1d6b-de34-4f1c-aeba-fed1256caf9a&DisplayLang=en Read More

Along with the public release of Exchange 2007 Beta 2, we are today releasing an update to ExBPA v2.7 called the "Exchange 2007 Readiness Check". This is a new type of scan that you can run against your existing Exchange deployment. Its purpose is to Read More

What do Microsoft Support Engineers look for in the results of the MPS Reports diagnostic tool?   The Microsoft Product Support Report (aka MPS Reports) is arguably the most used diagnostic gathering tool used by Support Engineers to diagnose and Read More

* TLA = Three Letter Acronym   In September 2004, we released the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBPA).  We followed up on this success in November 2005 with the Performance Troubleshooter (ExPTA) and the Disaster Recovery Analyzer (ExDRA).  Read More

Last week, we released an updated version of Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folder DAV-based Administration Tool (aka PFDAVAdmin) Version 2.6 (Build 7830) to the web. You can download it from:   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=635BE792-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en Read More

Wanted to let you know that today, we made several new tools available on the Exchange Server 2003 Tools site. Here are some examples:   Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Editor. You can get it here. If you want to read some more interesting information Read More

Many of you might have seen our new Videos page... One of videos that we wanted to share with you is an interview with Paul Bowden, who talks about the past, present and the future of the ExBPA tool. Hope you like it! Head over here to see it: http://msexchangeteam.com/videos/9/train/entry426963.aspx Read More

Hi All, I thought I would introduce myself to the BLOG-O-Sphere, my name is Scott Roberts and I'm a Software Developer in Test for the Exchange Sustained Engineering team. One of my responsibilities on the Exchange team includes being part of a team Read More

A while ago, I blogged about Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool here. We now have some updates! We are pleased to announce the availability of the Exchange Server Profile Analyzer WR2.5. The new version can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Read More

This release of ExPTA includes the following:   1.    Perfmon data collection:  Collect performance data to log file or analyze previously collected logs.  ExPTA can collect for durations between 5 minutes to 8 hours. Collection Read More