Nice read, with a somewhat different slant than the official whitepaper. It's interesting to note how that project (and probably other similar projects) have impacted changes in Windows Server in the last couple of releases, with significantly improved command line tools, significantly redesigned event subsystem, redesigned (and basically eliminated) IIS metabase, etc. And in regards to the command line, I'm not JUST referring to PowerShell, although that is certainly a major piece of it.
There have been some backward steps, of course. The major one that popped into my mind is that the SMTP Service (in standalone Windows, not Exchange) is a poor poor shell of itself compared to what it used to be. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 4:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hotmail? Took a bit to find, but of historic interest: http://tamersahin.com/mssecrets/hotmail.html I remember the news articles around that time and their laughter. It was still fun to read a decade later; we've come so far, yet not so far at all depending where you look. ~JasonG > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 7:08 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hotmail? > > You can find the whitepaper that discusses the Hotmail move to Windows. > It's available for download at Microsoft.com/downloads. > > The product you are thinking of is MCIS - Microsoft Commercial Internet > System. It was supposed to be integrated into Exchange/IIS with "Project > Mercury". Effectively, it was replaced by HMC, but all of the goals of > Mercury weren't realized until "Exchange Hosting Mode" was released with > Exchange 2010. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:49 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hotmail? > > I remember years ago when they aguared hotmail it ran on UNIX. There was > talk of moving it to windows. I also remember Microsoft had a product they > offered to large ISPs for email but I do not know what ever happened to > that product. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > > -----Original Message----- > From: messagel...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:31 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Cc: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Hotmail? > > Nope it is home grown (says the former Hotmail Operations PM). > > Kat Aylward > > > On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:12 PM, "Ryan Finnesey" > <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone happen to know what Microsoft is using to deliver the > Hotmail service? Is it Exchange? > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
