Exchange 2007 SP1 is now in beta for MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers and there is a lot to love from a mobile standpoint.  Policies, S/MIME, default settings, remote wipe confirmation and bandwidth reduction are all part of SP1.  Take a look Read More

Microsoft IT has published a white paper about their rollout of Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM).  This is a good resource for those who enjoy technical detail and are curious about real-world UM implementations! Using Exchange Server Read More

Seeing that I work closely with Exchange Support Services group, I have yesterday heard of a 2nd instance where a customer has installed Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta 2 in their production environment. It seems it is time for a reminder: If you have access to Read More

We had one more video interview from our TechNet 2007 series to give you: At Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando, Florida, I was able to get some time with Erik Ashby, Group Program Manager, to record a quick interview around tools from Microsoft that are available Read More

I while ago I mentioned that the Unified Communications Group team created a blog. They have announced that they will continue posting on two new blogs in the future: Office Communications Server Office Communicator If you want to keep up with those Read More

As mentioned on the Office Communications Server team blog: Download three preview chapters from Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, by Jeremy Buch, Rui Maximo, and Jochen Kunert with the Microsoft Office Communications Server Team Read More

Please go on our Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updates tracking page to see what is in this new version! A blog post explaining the calculator (updated for this new version) is here. Comments welcome! - Ross Smith IV Read More

As a follow-up to our Exchange 2007 SP1 announcement, I wanted to let you know that we have finished preparing two additional ways in which you can experience Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta 2: SP1 Hosted demo: please visit https://signmeup.exchange2007demo.com/exchange2007demo/ Read More

We just built a new website aimed at helping job-seekers figure out if they might be interested in working in the Exchange team: http://www.exchangeyourcareer.com. Our goal in building the site was to let people know more about what kind of work we do Read More

S/MIME support for Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) was introduced in Exchange 2003. In Exchange 2007 SP1, we are adding S/MIME support back and making it more reliable and powerful. Below, is a short introduction to S/MIME and simple end-to-end steps Read More

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2008 The release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Exchange 2007 cannot be installed on Windows Server 2008. However, Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 will be supported for installation on Windows Server Read More

As I mentioned a couple months ago on my blog, we have been working on two new OWA themes. With the release of Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta 2, we're ready to say what they are:  Xbox and Zune! Here's a preview: Enjoy! - KC Lemson Read More

Microsoft Forefront Team has also announced a Beta release today - Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 1 Beta 2! You can read the details on their blog. Here is a part of their announcement: As a part of our ongoing deep Read More

We have some great news - today, Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta 2 is available as a community technology preview.  This is a great milestone for the product and the team and builds on the great work we did in Exchange 2007.  We are Read More

Continuing our TechED 2007 series: I was able to get some time with Brent Alinger, Senior Test Lead, to record a quick interview around some enhancements in the setup process in Exchange Server 2007 SP1.  Brent was also willing to share some of Read More

At Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando, Florida, I was able to get some time with Charlie Chung, Senior Program Manager, to record a quick interview around some enhancements in the Edge Transport role and some other Transport related items in Exchange Server 2007 Read More

I have learned (via William) that there is a limited time offer of a free Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging course that you can take online if interested. From the course page: Title: Clinic 5091: Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Read More

The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce the following new Exchange Server 2007 content.   Top Three Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Scenarios: Essential Reading Exchange 2007 Webcasts Stopping Junk E-mail with Exchange Read More

This blog post discusses Transport's use of the Temp Table folders during message processing (specifically during bifurcation) and mentions some common examples and scenarios in which Temp Tables gets used by Transport during bifurcation. Bifurcation Read More