To read the updated Exchange 2007 Storage Cost calculator blog post and get the calculator, go HERE. All future calculator updates will be rolled into this page, sorted from newer to older. UPDATE ON 12/02/2008: Version 4.0 This release of the Storage Read More

EDIT: This post has been updated on 12/2/2008 to match the newest version of Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator. Overview Earlier versions of Exchange did not scale well enough, at a low enough cost per mailbox (because of expensive Read More

Please go to 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

Hi from Alabama. This is a follow-up to my last post, which was about building a lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2003 using a PowerShell script. This post is about building the same lab using Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008. I Read More

Please go to 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

This August 2008, Microsoft has released an update to the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool. This new version (Version 3.0) offers, amongst others, better support for Israel and Brazil with regards to time zone handling and rebasing of calendars. The Exchange Read More

Many people use rules to automatically sort messages from various distribution lists into folders in order to keep the volume of email traffic in their inbox to a manageable level. This works for the most part - until someone decides to BCC a list. Read More

Please go to our Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updates tracking page to see what is in this new version! There are a lot of usability improvements as well as a whole new section on Storage Design. A blog post explaining the calculator Read More

This has been discussed / asked about several times on this blog (namely in various posts comments) - so I wanted to make sure you knew that this was now released. You can find the download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94274318-27c4-4d8d-9bc5-3e6484286b1f&DisplayLang=en Read More

In order to help our customers configure their servers better, we have been working on a tool that you will be able to run from a workstation and configure your Exchange 2007 servers easier. Some of those options are not easy to configure otherwise, and Read More

As I previously posted about the DPM 2007 Storage Requirements Calculator, I wanted to post a quick note saying that it got updated today. You can get it here: http://blogs.technet.com/dpm/archive/2007/10/31/data-protection-manager-2007-storage-calculator.aspx.  Read More

Please go to our Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator updates tracking page to see what is in this new version! Some great new enhancements and features such as: Projected Number of Mailboxes Growth Network Failure Tolerance Read More

There are many scenarios in Exchange 2007 Server which requires parsing, monitoring, and analyzing Message Tracking logs. For example, in transaction log file and / or Database growth scenarios, Server got hit with spam messages, Looping message scenario, Read More

SCCP 2007 just RTM'd and is now freely available for all to download.  Previously, this tool was available only for TechNet Plus and MSDN Premium subscribers, but now it's available for all. See http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sccp/default.mspx Read More

We have released the updated version of the Microsoft Transporter Suite. The download is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&displaylang=en More details upcoming to the CollabTools Read More