Exchange Rollups when adding a new role to an existing Exchange 2007/2010 Server

Many people on the forums seem to be confused about how to add a role to an existing Exchange Server when a Rollup (RU) is applied.

Let's say we have an Exchange 2010 Client Access Server with RU1 applied. We now want to add the Hub Transport Role to this Server. Do I have to uninstall the RU, add my new role and then re-apply the RU?

Well the answer is no you don't have to. Be content in the fact you can add extra roles without having to perform further Administrative tasks. When Exchange setup runs, it looks into the MSI to figure out what files and other things should be on the box for the “Add Role Scenario”. and if the MSI Service detects that a Rollup is installed, the MSI Service will combine both the MSI and the Rollup into a single entity and then install what is needed.


Oliver Moazzezi

MVP - Exchange Server

How to view whitespace in Exchange 2010

Many people are finding that they cannot see how much whitespace they have anymore. 1221 events simply do not show up in the Application Log anymore.

Well the good news is this is by design, with the replacement of OLD with OLD2.

You can now see the status of your whitespace via Powershell:

Get-MailboxDatabase YourDatabaseHere -Status FL AvailableNewMailboxSpace

Note the difference between using FL and Select after piping














Oliver Moazzezi

MVP - Exchange Server

ISA 2006 SP1 Configuration with Exchange 2010

Ross Smith IV has written a great article on publishing Exchange 2010 with ISA 2006 SP1.



Read it here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/12/17/453625.aspx



Oliver Moazzezi

MVP - Exchange Server

Released for Download 09-Dec 2009 - Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 (KB976573)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=371add31-d7a0-4c8b-8325-a6fced2d05e6

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 customers.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB976573.

Issues that the update rollup fixes

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

977439  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977439/ ) Exchange Server 2010 users cannot open certain attachments when they access their mailboxes by using Outlook Web App

977551  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977551/ ) Meeting requests that are sent to a room mailbox are not processed in Exchange Server 2010

977552  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977552/ ) Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes in the Handler.dll that is located on an Exchange 2010 Client Access service server

977553  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977553/ ) Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes in Parser.dll on the Exchange Server 2010 CAS server

977554  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977554/ ) The subject or body of a message that is hosted in an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox is not set as expected

977555  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977555/ ) The message body is inaccessible when the property conversion from PR_BODY_HTML to PR_BODY fails

977556  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977556/ ) The body text of an e-mail message is invisible after you create exceptions for a recurring appointment or for a recurring meeting by using a CDO application together with Exchange Server 2010

977557  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977557/ ) An E_FAIL error occurs when you create an exception to a meeting request by using a CDO application for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 mailbox

977558  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977558/ ) A folder name is not changed when you try to move and then rename the folder in an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox by using the CopyFolder method of the IMAPIFolder interface

977559  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977559/ ) The location of a meeting or an appointment is not updated on an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox

977560  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977560/ ) Update fails when you use a CDO application to update a recurrence task on Exchange Server 2010

977561  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977561/ ) VSS backup process stops responding when you try to perform a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup for Exchange Server 2010 databases

Cobweb Solutions launches a new managed service for Dedicated Exchange 2010 with Active Directory integration

I'm very pleased to announce Cobweb have completed development and testing of a new managed service for Dedicated Exchange 2010 which includes integration into a customers' existing Active Directory.

Cobweb has built this messaging and collaboration solution based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and are able to offer integration with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Once again, Cobweb has been part of the TAP (Technology Adoption Programme) for Microsoft Exchange 2010, as they were for Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. It's interesting to note that Cobweb have developed this solution for a VMware vSphere 4 platform. As such, Cobweb are now a listed Partner for Virtualizing Exchange.

I believe that this service will allow organisations, from 500 seats and upwards, to consolidate their messaging and collaboration environments, improve business productivity and reduce operational costs. With no capital expenditure and predictable costs, this private-cloud service provides scalability and performance for organisations to meet their ever changing technology demands.

Integration with an established on-premise Active Directory is an important development for Cobweb and provides customers with single sign-on for users, unified user management, and wider application support. The fragmentation of user management can often be a barrier to the adoption of cloud services for enterprise organisations. When moving to any cloud service, it's important that the experience is risk free for the organisation and painless for the end-user. In the majority of deployments, it's now possible to move from on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers to our Dedicated Exchange service with no end-user disruption – settings, user name and passwords remain the same.

For further details visit www.cobweb.com/DedicatedExchange2010

Dan - http://twitter.com/dan_germain

Exchange 2010 RTM available to download now!

Grab it here:


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=05741f65-2a7b-4070-879f-d74208d6171d#tm

You can trial it before having to apply licenses - the same way 2007 was delivered.


Oliver Moazzezi

MVP - Exchange Server

Supporting Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2?

It's near... http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/04/453026.aspx

To quote;

We heard from many customers that this was important for streamlining their operations and reducing administrative challenges, so we have changed course and will add R2 support.  We are still working through the specifics and will let you know once we have more to share on the timing of this update.

So, keep the feedback coming.  We are listening.

 

Dan - http://twitter.com/dan_germain

Exchange 2010 Web Services (SDK)

The Exchange 2010 Web Services (SDK) has been released

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=155ab218-3cd5-439f-9ce3-5e6983ab6b79#tm

The Exchange 2010 Web Services SDK assists developers who are building Web services–based applications for Exchange 2010. This release of the SDK provides new and updated information and sample code to help you develop collaborative enterprise applications for Exchange 2010. The Readme file contains installation instructions for and late-breaking information about the Exchange 2010 Web Services SDK

 

Dan - http://twitter.com/dan_germain

Exchange 2010 is Code Complete and on its way to General Availability!

Final code has been signed off and ready for RTM!



Read more about it here:



http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/10/08/452775.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage


Oliver Moazzezi

MVP - Exchange Server

IBM launch Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging.

Read all about it here:



http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/notes-hosted-messaging/

This is an interesting twist to the market that already includes Microsoft and Google, and third party providers of those platforms.


Oliver Moazzezi

MVP - Exchange Server