April 15, 2009
As stated on many blogs and websites today, a beta version of Exchange Server 2010 are now available from this link on the Microsoft Download Center.
Exchange Server 2010 Documentation are available on TechNet.
Among the things that can be found there are “What`s New in Exchange Server 2010”, “Exchange 2010 System Requirements” and “Exchange 2010 Prerequisites”.
Also check out the Exchange Server TechCenter which are updated with new Exchange 2010 content, as well as the new Exchange Server 2010 forum.
For those of you who are interested in Exchange Server I would recommend to attend the following E-Learning from Microsoft: Collection 6899: Exploring Features of Exchange Server 2010
I installed the beta version on a virtual machine running on Hyper-V tonight. You can see some screenshots below.
Installation
I started by promoting the server (running Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise) as a Domain Controller in a new domain (for testing purposes).
I then installed the prerequisites and started setup.exe:
Administrative tools
After installation the following appeared on the Start-menu:
The structure of the Exchange Management Console are the same as in Exchange Server 2007:
The same are true for the Exchange Management Shell:
Compared to Exchange Server 2007, who got 394 PowerShell cmdlets for administration, Exchange Server 2010 got as many as 638:
Outlook Web Access
The Outlook Web Access are also improved:
The “Options” page:
New “Phone” features (Text Messaging):
When logged on as an Exchange administrator, it`s possible to choose to manage “My Organization” instead of “Myself”. Here Mailboxes, Groups, and External Contacts can be managed.
Reporting:
The beta version really looks exciting, and I`ll post follow-up posts when I explore new features. Stay tuned!
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Posted by Jan Egil Ring
March 23, 2009
I`ve just installed Update Roll-up 7 for Exchange 2007 SP1, and afterwards the Outlook Web Access showed a blank page and there was a yellow exclamation mark in the bottom left corner, which stated “syntax error on line 6 of login.aspx”.
I first tried the solution Microsoft provided in this support forum thread, although it didn`t work for me.
I had to re-create the OWA Virtual directory.
I accomplished this using these two PowerShell commands from the Exchange Management Shell:
Actually the Microsoft Exchange Team stated the following reminder in the blog post regarding Update Roll-up 7:
“And finally, from the installation perspective, a friendly reminder that the roll-up installer will overwrite any OWA script files if required to ensure proper operation of OWA. So if you have customized the logon.aspx page or other similar OWA pages, you will need to redo any customization after installation of the roll-up.”
My recommendation would be to backup the C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\OWA folder before installing an Exchange 2007 Update Roll-up.
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Posted by Jan Egil Ring
January 8, 2009
Today I was creating a new e-mail address policy on an Exchange 2007 server, and got this message when applying the new policy:
Warning:
Failed to update recipient "domain.local/Department/User 1". The following exception occurred: Exchange Server 2007 server.domain.local returned an error -2147023653 from the Address List Service..
Warning:
Failed to update recipient "domain.local/Department/Distribution List 1". The following exception occurred: A proxy generator DLL on server server.domain.local could not be found or failed to initialize. Proxy addresses for the current recipient cannot be calculated. Please ensure that all the proxy address generator DLLs have been installed on the target server..
Warning:
Failed to update recipient "domain.local/Department/User 3". The following exception occurred: Exchange Server 2007 server.domain.local returned an error -2147023653 from the Address List Service..
Warning:
Failed to update recipient "domain.local/Department/User 4". The following exception occurred: Exchange Server 2007 server.domain.local returned an error -2147023653 from the Address List Service..
I didn`t find any resolution when Googling for the error number.
I then tried changing the policy from a custom format to a standard format like %g.%s@domain.com, and then the policy applied successfully.
When reading things like “proxy genererator DLL” I started to fear that something was wrong with missing files on the server, so I do think that this error message could have been more decriptive like “Wrong syntax in policy” or something similar.
That being said, Exchange 2007 is a great product!
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