With the new Exchange 2013 architecture moving away from the use of a Hub Transport server and only going with a Client Access server for front end transport and a Mailbox server some are confused regarding how mail flows. The Microsoft Exchange Team says the mail flow process occurs through the “transport pipeline” which [...]
Read moreWhen performing an installation of Exchange 2013 some have noted that the Setup Progress steps at the end of the install process is different for each person. This isn’t entirely accurate (there are patterns) but there are distinctions based upon the amount of effort spent preparing your organization ahead of time combined with the server [...]
Read moreAll the email, calendaring items, contacts, tasks and so forth need to be housed somewhere within Exchange. In the end it all goes into a database and that database needs an engine to help manage it, processes to work with it and additional services to help with the replication of data. Exchange uses the Extensible [...]
Read moreIt’s important to make sure your Active Directory environment is prepared for the Exchange 2013 deployment you are planning. Here are a few important points to remember before you deploy Exchange 2013 into either a fresh environment (one that has never had Exchange installed) or an existing Exchange environment. For starters you need to make [...]
Read moreIf you had a choice of a server to install Exchange 2013 on, you would want to go with Server 2012. But remember, that decision may have a few learning curve bites to it. Exchange 2013, the latest server messaging application from Microsoft, has the ability to be installed on either a Windows Server 2008 [...]
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