This post is mainly for other softies who read the blog, but we hope our customers and partners enjoy it with us as the squeaky lobster has long been part of Exchange culture and lore and -- if we have anything to do with it -- will continue to embarrass Read More

Terry Myerson, Microsoft CVP for Exchange, is heading over to lead the Windows Mobile product team. The Exchange community will miss Terry,  but this is a fantastic opportunity for him and the Windows Mobile team gains a strong new leader. Terry Read More

During Terry's keynote on INTERACT2008 conference, we showed a 5 minute video that introduces some of the members of the Exchange Team and gives some insight into what they do. We figured that some of you might be interested in seeing it too so it is Read More

Ever wondered how Exchange Server evolved over the years? And how come Exchange Server 2007 shows "8.0" as its version number? Here is a brief history of time... it might add a bit to the known history! First Exchange proof of concept was Read More

MAPI Messaging Benchmark (MMB3/MMB4) has been the benchmark for measuring the performance and scalability of computers running Microsoft Exchange Server.  While MMB has served its purpose, it also has limitations in helping our customers compare 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

Granted, this is a bit belated, but you should know that Outlook Web Access (OWA) just recently turned 10 years old! On May 23, 1997 we have released Exchange Server 5.0. The product contained a Web based e-mail interface which was Read More

Introduction For the last few years in the Exchange team, we have embarked on a series of programs intended to bring our engineers closer to our customers and the experience they have with actually using our products.  We've been doing a number Read More

This morning, we signed off Exchange 2007 for release to you! We've bet the company on this product. Here at Microsoft, we have over 120,000 mailboxes running in production on Exchange 2007 – exceeding our SLA of 99.95% availability. Likewise, over 200 Read More

Introduction By now you've probably noticed that Exchange Server 2007 has a brand spankin' new icon. Gone is the familiar "Globe and Mail" icon of Exchange versions past, replaced with a new, dynamic and somewhat abstract "X." So how did we come up with Read More

Note: There is absolutely no useful content in this posting whatsoever.  If you are looking for some little nuggets to help you administrator Exchange, you aren't going to find it here.  If, however, you're a bit bored because Exchange is working Read More

As most people know, back in the days of Exchange 5.5, Exchange servers were grouped into sites, representing groups of well-connected servers.  In Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 we introduced the idea of routing groups, which represented well-connected Read More

When customers first hear about being able to enable extra JET Blue or ESE Database performance counters via adding a "Squeaky Lobster" registry value, they often think it must be a joke or ask you to repeat it.  And invariable the question comes Read More

Seems like yesterday that Exchange 4.0 hit the market. In March of 1996 Exchange 4.0 was released. I thought I would give you a link for the geeks among you that have been along for the ride and for those that go even further back to ALL-IN-ONE, MailWorks, Read More

Not so long ago, we had this question as a blog subject suggestion, so here it is: Exchange implements many of its services through the remote procedure call (RPC) facilities provided by Windows.  RPC is not limited to any particular transport Read More