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Goran Topalovic — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:58:33 GMT

I must correct myself considering backup. For the Exchange 2007 SP02 on Windows 2008 it is possible to backup up an application, in this case an Exchange, and afteward there is a possibility to restore that application without a need to restore complete volume.
Just wait for SP02 Exchange 2007.

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Goran Topalovic — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:12:09 GMT

Also, I agree with you Carter. Not just it is hard to remember those commands, but it takes more time to finish a certain task. My clients are paying me hourly, and I tend to finish more job for less amount of time, not for less $ amount. Without GUI that is not possible.

My subjective opinion based on my personal experience.

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Kevin Remde — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:37:32 GMT

I heard that we now have over 6 million mailboxes running on Exchange 14 pre-beta. Former "ExchangeLabs" (now called Outlook.com - which is used to support schools through

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Nitish Agrawal — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:05:15 GMT

Really great!!!!

But I have couple of questions regarding the exchange databases, log files transaction. Can you please revert back to me.

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Jon Galloway — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:07:41 GMT

I'd like to hear about support for OWA in non-IE browsers, too, especially Firefox and Google Chrome. Are you building standards compliant web experiences this time around, or is it all still ActiveX under the hood?

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gallwapa — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:06:12 GMT

One question - roadmap release date? I can't find any info on this. 2010? Early 2010? Our org doesn't have EA/SA (we're on select for Education) and CALs are a central concern. That means we'd have to repurchase CALs if we do our Groupwise -> Exch. conversion soon.

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Shahzad Ahmed — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:41:18 GMT

Dear KC and Jim & Adam,

Thank you very much for sharing this information with us. This video idea is great. I am keen to find out about any changes in the back end architecture that drives this scalability and high availability for 3.5 million mailboxes. Also, what is new with regards to integration with MOSS or OCS? Any improvements in the ActiveSync? What's in there for the Hosted Exchange Service Providers?

Regards,

Shahzad

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BarkOLounger — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:17:05 GMT

I would like to hear more detail around the Unified Messaging server improvements and enhancements.

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Goran Topalovic — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:56:57 GMT

Clint, that is the main issues here. You were Linux admin and I have never installed Linux and I never will. I didn't want to install a server before the Windows 2000 and AD were released, because my choice was GUI not CMD, and during the 90's all the clients wanted Linux for server OS. I wished for 3D user interface in the time when I was assembling PC's and sold them with W95, OK and before that with the DOS.
PowerShell is easy and I agree with you, because I have learned for several years C++, and I know something about the matter. I initially invested in my MS certification not to type scripts and imaging what is going on, but to work in environment like Vista Aero.

My opinion is that, create good PowerShell and build even better GUI on top of it, and let us choose what to use.

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clintboessen — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:07:16 GMT

I like powershell in ex2007. I think powershell is the best thing Microsoft have done. Exchange powershell syntax is extremely easy, its just plain english. I have administered linux servers and I tell you, what microsoft have done barely makes me think.

I'd like to see some more insight into the new features of what Exchange 14 offers. Many of the things mensioned in this video are already available in previous versions of the product.

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hjmiii — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:47:09 GMT

I like some of the add-ons to OWA, but a few things about this intro worry me.

Educational institutions are not good analogues to commercial or governmental agencies. Things that are a side thought in .edu (HIPPA, SOX, e-discovery, etc.) are central to the management of messsaging in corporate environments. These things are missing in Exch 2007, and a big 3rd party market has opened up as a result. In the past things like that were seen as signals to Microsoft about what demand is out there for features.
Will the enhancements to Exchange 14 be all fluff and GUI and no function? The comments on the admin interface seems to indicate that the Exchange team has reversed their direction of doing everything with powershell.

Re: Announcing Exchange 14

Dae Punt — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Wow! That video was so bad, I couldn't even read the screen, which was a pity... Do you have HD camera's or *at least* Steady Shot support?

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Goran Topalovic — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:08:41 GMT

Yes, the 180 MB file is the only way to see this, but I was hoping for better quality for future clips, where you will show more about GUI interface and other aspects of the E14. I am not expecting 800 MB Mark Russinovich Windows 7 C9 interview, but something similar in size.

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Goran Topalovic — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:51:53 GMT

I would not expect anything for the backup, because DPM 2007 SP1 is designed for that purpose. I am using it, and I must say that it is NTBackup on "steroids".

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David Tesar — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:53:17 GMT

Thanks for the recommendation. We do try to use a screen capture software such as the free community clips especially for longer screenshot/demos, but it takes quite a bit more editing work and time to record. Also, if you download the high quality WMV file it looks much better. The low quality WMV is what is streamed in the player by default.

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markatcit — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:13:01 GMT

Unfortunately, your sneak peek didn't show me anything compelling about Exchange 14; however, I am impressed that you have over a million users on it at this time, and the Beta hasn't even been released yet.

My biggest concerns are integration with BlackBerry and the OWA experience for non-IE browsers. I'm in an educational environment and have a large number of Mac and Linux users, which is not going to change. If they cannot have a good OWA experience, then we have a difficult time "selling" Exchange to the campus.

I am also interested in failover options and geo-clutering options.

Thanks for the blog!

Re: Announcing Exchange 14

lhadmin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:11:06 GMT

E14 looks great! I'm really looking forward to it. I have a couple of questions on the new features:

What's happening with Public Folders? Yes I know you want us to use Sharepoint but that's not always practical for smaller orgs.

Will admins be able to "hide" some mailboxes from the GAL but keep the ability to still access those accounts? For example, we have several "system" accounts for different apps that don't need to be listed on the GAL. It would look so much cleaner if our users didn't have to see them.

Thanks for the E14 Show & Tell!

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underlig — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:31:01 GMT

Please note i have no Exchange-training at all so i'm probably not the right person to comment here, i do however work with exchange every day. We manage some e2003 and e2007-servers for clients.

How will spam be handled, whitelists etc that i now (in 2007) have to use powershell for?
Will there be an option to keep badmail again? I'm handling less than 100 users so personally i could handle the load of scanning the rejected mails for our users. Atleast make it possible, if only for the first days or so when setting up the system.
Backups, will there be any built-in option for backing up?

I agree with the camtasia/screencapture program suggestion.

( The posture wasn't that bad ;) )

Re: Announcing Exchange 14

Jeremy Wood — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:13:17 GMT

I would like to see more of the guts. What's new with the transport servers (hub and edge) and what improvements can we look forward to in regards to mobile devices. Loved the sneak peak! Thanks!

Re: Re: announcing Exchange14

wim — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:23:49 GMT

Hi,

the tool they use to show the mobile on screen is Pocket Controller Pro (http://www.soti.net/default.asp?Cmd=Products&SubCmd=PCPro)

Wim

Re: Announcing Exchange 14

Monoman — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:46:49 GMT

Can we finally make groups owners of groups or distribution lists? I know it sounds silly but it would be helpful.

Re: announcing Exchange14

Armarn — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:31:13 GMT

Thanks,
We hope to soon information (news, announcements, coments, docs, videos...) of the new E14

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