Category Archives: Exchange Server

MEC 2014 Update: Sessions & Speakers

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mec2014logoA quick heads-up for those still in doubt whether to visit MEC or waiting for session information after which to decide on attending or not. MEC is the premier global event for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 professionals and the 2014 edition will be held in Austin, Texas (USA) from March 31st to April 2nd, 2014.

The first sessions and speakers of the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2014 – or MEC for short – have been announced. According to the announcement, there is more to come so make sure you follow MEC’s official Twitter account at @mecconf.

MEC is a chance to get in-depth information and learn from real-life experiences on Exchange and anything related. It’s also a chance to meet people from the Exchange product group and the majority of your Exchange rock stars – presenting or attending (like me).

There are still tickets available. When you want to attend, you can register here.

MS13-105: Security Fix & Rollup Fest for Exchange 2007/2010/2013

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Ex2013 LogoToday the Exchange Team released security fixes for the issue described in bulletin MS13-105. Fixes have been released for the following product levels:

Note that depending on the release scheme fixes are either made available through a Rollup or as security fix; the Rollups only address the vulnerabilities mentioned in security bulletin.

Note that this Rollup or security fix replaces MS13-061 – you can install MS13-105 over installations containing MS13-061 (no need to uninstall it first).

Sharing your Exchange ideas

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Ex2013 LogoOur Pat Richard of the UC Architects put up an Exchange community on ideascale.com,similar to the popular lync.ideascale.com.

IdeaScale is a site where you can create communities for exchanging suggestions or ideas – in this case Exchange-related – and have people vote or provide other feedback on those ideas in an open but organized fashion. The idea is that the best or much in-demand ideas will float to the top as they will receive the most votes.

This is of course only possible if you participate You can make suggestions, vote on ideas or provide feedback at exchange.ideascale.com. When making suggestions, please keep in mind to:

  • Check if your idea is not already listed;
  • Submit well-defined ideas, so everyone know what you are referring to or mean;
  • Submit single ideas, i.e. do not post a suggestion containing a set of ideas. This makes it easier to comment on (or provide workarounds) or mark it completed.

Note that the The Microsoft Exchange Improvement Suggestions community is informal, meaning Microsoft does not (necessarily) monitor or support this community in any way. However, Microsoft did address some of the top voted items on lync.ideascale.com, and we’re hoping that a loud voice from the Exchange community will be heard with regards to product improvement suggestions or other ideas.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep31

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UC2We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 31 of The UC Architects podcast.

This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, and StĂĄle Hansen. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topic in this episode are:

  • Exchange cumulative and update rollups
  • The future of Exchange
  • Profiles for Lync
  • Snom webinar
  • Network planning with Lync Server
  • E911 and Lync Windows Store App
  • OWAS fix for Win 8.1
  • Using Lync SDK and PowerShell to control Lync presence
  • Android Kitkat EAS issues
  • Mailbox Moves report script
  • Office 365 URLs and IP ranges
  • (Updated) Directory Sync tool
  • Message encryption and Office 365
  • and more ..

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

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The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.

Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator 6.1

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Excel-2013[1]The Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator received an update to reflect changed incorporated in Exchange 2013 CU2, like the increased maximum number of databases. The new version number is 6.1.

Changes since version 5.9:

  • Fixed operator mistake in calcNumActiveDBsSF formula
  • Fixed missed validation scenario where the calculator could recommend a copy count that could not be deployed on the custom disk architecture
  • Optimized remaining servers formula
  • Fixed an issue where single datacenter, multiple databases per volume architecture with lagged copies didn’t calculate the correct number of
    copies/volume
  • Fixed VirtCPUFactor reference
  • Various comment changes
  • Improved cell highlights for insufficient disk capacity on storage design tab
  • Added additional storage capacities – 1.2TB, 6TB and 8TB
  • Fixed database count validation logic to take into consideration dedicated lagged copy servers

You can download the calculator here. For more information please consult the release notes and read me