When you use a single server in your organization, but wish to publish Free/Busy for Exchange users from another organization (using the Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace cmdlet and InterOrg replication or third party solutions), it is important to remember Read More

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

This is one of those subjects that keep coming up. A while ago, we had a post on how to troubleshoot error 0x8004010f when downloading an OAB in Outlook. Dave Goldman has been working on updating this guidance with latest tips and tricks and has, after 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

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

Are you prepared for outages that affect e-mail service or data availability? Have you defined recovery strategies and procedures for disasters big and small? This Webcast will cover the recommended strategies for protecting Microsoft Exchange Server Read More

Wanted to let you know about this Webcast as it is happening next week... Ross Smith IV is presenting; you can expect an awesome look into designing Exchange 2007 Storage! You can find the details and register here: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Exchange Read More

Many of you have been wondering how continuous replication works in Exchange 2007.  The Continuous Replication Deep Dive whitepaper discusses how log shipping, log inspection, and log replay work within Exchange 2007.  In addition, the paper Read More

Performance analysis and troubleshooting can be a very complex and daunting area with Exchange Server. Being able to quickly and accurately identify and resolve issues requires a thorough understanding of the most interesting and important performance Read More

So you've heard some folks saying large mailboxes are a good idea. Your users have been screaming for mailboxes with more than 1GB quotas. Your management wants you to be able to recover from outages in minutes, not days. Everyone is telling you to do Read More

There has been a lot of discussions in the Exchange ecosystem (see comments on this post and other posts on our blog for example) about the fact that Windows Server 2008 built-in backup application (Windows Server Backup) is not Exchange-aware. Even 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

If you've wanted to know more about why high item counts and restricted view requests can impact the performance of your Exchange environment, we've just released some detailed information about the behavior you may see as item counts in your critical Read More

This blog post discusses several top issues seen to date by the Microsoft Exchange Product Support Team regarding the Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) feature introduced in Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1. We wanted to share this information as it can Read More