The past few years (since Microsoft’s support policy officially supported it) all you have heard about is how you should virtualize Exchange. Virtualize your CAS and Hub Transport roles. Even virtualize your Mailbox server role but avoid using fixed .vhds and go with SCSI pass-through storage or iSCSI storage (although the Mailbox role is still [...]
Read moreSUBMISSION: In smaller Exchange environments, one person may be handling all of the administrative roles for an Exchange organization. Larger environments however, will require that roles be distributed to other individuals, which is where the role types come in. The roles are: Exchange Organization Administrator Exchange Public Folder Administrator Exchange Recipient Administrator Exchange Server Exchange [...]
Read moreThe Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) was resurrected last week in Orlando Florida. In an outstanding event that was part entertainment bling and part knowledge explosion over 1500 people converged in one location with one thing on their mind: Exchange. Some may wonder why the need for a MEC when Microsoft has TechEd and typically persons [...]
Read moreA distribution group will simply be expanded on any server in the organization by default. In cases of large distribution groups or dynamic distribution groups hurting performance however, it is possible to assign them to an expansion server, which was discussed in our earlier overview to distribution groups. This can be done by selecting [...]
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