RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers
We do have 4 webmail servers. The two in the DMZ are load balanced using MS NLB and used for External staff i.e ones at home to access webmail The two internal are also load balanced again using MS NLB. The Exchange servers themselves send email direct to the SMTP gateway hygiene solution. You got to almost the same number of servers as me, I was going to have 2 x CAS, 2 x HT, 3 x MBX(Only because we have 3 servers already) NetApp may not be the resting place for 2010 data. For now I would say OCS will be internal only. Is best to keep storage local and then to off load the backups of the MBX Stores? Whats MoMT DoMT MailTips? Thanks John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 17:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers A couple of things going on. First the OP said he currently has four servers for webmail - two internal and two external. That indicates a heavy OWA usage to me and while he didn't specifically say so, I _assumed_ by him saying that they were webmail servers, he actually meant front-end so they are handling SMTP bridgehead as well. Next, hardware has gotten more powerful since Exchange 2003. Next, CAS processor and memory requirements have significantly increased in 2010 over 2007; due to MoMT, DoMT, and various other features like MailTips (which - by itself - is estimated to add a 5-7% processor load). Next, if you are going to use Windows Load Balancing (as opposed to a hardware load balancer), it's easier to set up a CAS-only configuration. Next, patching one role at a time puts less of a hole in your infrastructure than patching multiple roles at a time. So... with all of these thoughts swirling around in my head, they went blurp and out came my recommendation. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Barsodi.John [mailto:john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers Any reason to separate CAS and HT servers with EX2010? I run EX2007SP1 with CAS/HT on the same boxes that are Load Balanced. No real performance problems and transferring 8-8.5Million messages/ month with light/medium OWA usage. Starting a similar exercise as the OP of what it will take to upgrade to Exchange 2010 from our 2007 env. Thanks, JB -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:51 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers So...I would probably do a six-server deployment of Exchange itself: 2 CAS, 2 HT, 2 MBX (one primary DAG and a secondary DAG). All of these are inside the firewall. In Exchange 2010 you only need ports 443 (for OWA, ActiveSync, Autodiscover, and Exchange Web Services), 587 (client SMTP submissions if you authorize them), and 25 (SMTP from your hygiene appliance) incoming. You need to model your IOPS need from your netapp using the Mailbox Calculator (get the most recent one from msexchangeteam.com for Exchange 2010). Those mailbox servers are going to need to be pretty hefty, I'd recommend 64 GB RAM, with 48 GB being the minimum. 12 cores. Plus whatever disk the mailbox calculator says you need. For the CAS and HT, eh, 4-8 cores, 12-16 GB RAM, and for the HT put the mail.que DB on a separate raid-1 from the OS. Before we can actually talk about OCS - you need to decide if it's going to be internal only and whether or not you want UM integration with Exchange. OCS 2007 R2 has a bunch of piece-parts. These are all SWAGs, but based on your stated volume, I'd say it's pretty close. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers We use Netbackup and the backups are currently done to a NetApp box. Some are cache mode (don't know how many). The majority are online mode OCS has not been finalised yet, I suspect it will mostly be internal usage Whats MOC? John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 15:37 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers How do you do backup? Are all of your users using Outlook? Are they cached mode or online mode? In regards to OCS, are you going to be federating with external organizations and/or allowing OCS access from the Internet? Are all users going to have MOC deployed to their desktops? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007
RE: Removing 2007 Public folder database
I went ahead and did this, removed all public folders via the PF admin tool and removed the store via ADSI edit along with the database references to it in ADSI edit and so far so good. The 2007 mailbox server is the only 2007 server remaining in the org so I just shut it down to simulate complete removal before I uninstall. Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator benso...@pa.msu.edumailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469 From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Removing 2007 Public folder database Well, long story short - you whack it. This is NOT for the faint of heart. Manually remove everything you can, just so it's as clean as possible. Ensure that you've disabled PF distribution of all OABs. If there are any references to the store left anywhere, this WILL cause problems. If users haven't created new profiles since they last HAD to use public folders, they may experience issues until they stop and restart Outlook (forcing Outlook to use the web services for OAB and free/busy). Dismount the store. Remove the store entry from Active Directory. Recycle MSExchangeIS. Refresh the results page in ESM. The store will be gone. Remove the physical files. Did I mention that this isn't for the faint of heart? Personally, I'd continue maintaining a copy of the PF database unless there is a major reason not to. It's low impact when that's all you've got in it (free/busy and OAB). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Removing 2007 Public folder database Hi, I have migrated all of our users from our exchange 2007 system to our new 2010 system and am to the point of getting rid of 2007. First step being to get rid of the public folder database on the mailbox server. In going to 2010 we are no longer using public folders, whereas we did in 2007 to support earlier clients of outlook. In most kb articles about getting rid of the public folders on a legacy server it says you must replicate them to a different server, but I do not need to do that as we are no longer using public folders, I just want to delete it and be done with it! :). This is what I have been referencing as well as a couple Technet articles. What am I missing as far as just deleting it? Thanks Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci benso...@pa.msu.edumailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469
Re: Strange entry as an Address List in OWA
:) I found out who built that 'other' Address Book - turns out it's a legitmate project, only just halfway done. Communication could have been a little more open :) On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: I know the 3 other people that have that kind of access on my Exchange server. I'm the only one that actually knows how to do it. ;) On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: True … lots of folks find when upgrading to 2007/2010 that in the “distant past” “someone” did “things” to their environment that no one knew anything about. Address List management is a common one. J Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:19 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Strange entry as an Address List in OWA And take a look at who has rights to create a new GAL and consider taking those rights away. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Russ Patterson rus...@gmail.com wrote: Part 1 - Awesome! Part 2 - Great! Part 3 - Thanks as always! :) On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Part 1 – at some point, someone created another GAL and has made it the default. You’ll have to use PowerShell to change the default and remove the “bad GAL”. You only need msExchQueryBaseDN if you are hosting multiple companies with multiple GALs in multiple OUs. In other words – no. If you needed it, you would already know you needed it. J Part 2 – No. Part 3 – see part 1. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Russ Patterson [mailto:rus...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:57 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Strange entry as an Address List in OWA I think this is a two part question - I apologize for its length. First: When I open a new blank mail in OWA and click the TO: button (or the Address Book button in the toolbar) a new dialog box opens with the title Address Book -- Webpage Dialog. In the upper left corner, an item is selected called Primary Accounts. There is nothing displayed in the center or right panels of the Address Book -- Webpage Dialog dialog box. If I click just below Primary Accounts on the All Rooms item, I see all of our Room mailboxes listed. If I click Show other Address lists and then scroll to Default Global Address List - I see all of our entries in our GAL. It is NOT listed if I scroll back up a bit and select All Global Address Lists. So my first question is - why is an empty item (Primary Accounts) at the top of the list and selected, since it is empty. I also see this entry in Exchange Management Console under Organization Configuration / Mailbox on the Address List tab. The Container for Primary Accounts is \ (without the quotes) and it's type is Global Address List. The same data applies to Default Global Address List - \ is the container, type is Global Address List. If I select either of those items, I only get a Help action available in the Actions pane. - Any other items in there (i.e. All Contacts, All Users, etc etc) - I also get an Edit, Apply, and Remove action available. So again - why is Primary Accounts selected by default in OWA? NOTE: I also see both Default Global Address List and Primary Accounts if I issue the Get-GlobalAddressList powershell cmdlet - however, the Primary Accounts entry seems to have no Recipient Filter. (Which I suppose explains why it's empty.) We are not hosting any services for anyone else, and I have never tried to create a custom Address List - tho' it sure seems someone here has (the Primary Accounts entry. - Right?) Also - all our users have an empty msExchQueryBaseDN. Do I need to script an entry for it? Part two: Am I supposed to have the Edit Action available when I select Primary Accounts in Exchange Management Console under Organization Configuration / Mailbox on the Address List tab? And I guess a THIRD part, sorry - given my description above, do you see actions I should take to improve Address List availablitiy for my users in OWA? Thanks very much! -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Re: lotus notes connector
ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill
RE: lotus notes connector
If you want recommendations of consultants who do this kinda stuff, I can probably find you a name or two. :-) If you want software for this, I'd be looking at Quest's toolsets. But I've never done it (and I'm guessing Martin and Neil - the other two Exchange MVPs that hang around here - haven't either) and can't provide any great advice. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: lotus notes connector ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill
RE: lotus notes connector
They don't call it the bleeding edge for nothing. -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: lotus notes connector ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. **
Exchange document review
My company is considering going from in-house Exchange 2007 (we migrated from 2K3 last year) to a complete hosted solution. I have a document created by a team here at work that goes over the various options to achieve RPO and RTO goals. This team, however does not contain any Exchange expertise and I would like to ask if anyone here would volunteer to take a look at the 2 page document and give their thoughts on the analysis - namely does it look accurate, etc. Contact me off list and I'll send you a copy. TIA, David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
RE: lotus notes connector
HA! Well, it just so happens that I've not read this list for a while as I'm currently working away on await for it...Notes to Exchange 2010 project. It just so happens I've just read this post. :) It also just so happens I'm not doing the Notes stuff here, a colleague has that delightful responsibility. I'm just building the Exchange 2010 stuff. Bill, it has been a long time since I've used the E2K3 Notes connector in person but I did set this up for a few companies as more of a long term directory synchronization and free/busy tool rather than as a quick migration tool. It worked but I did lose contact with those companies so I can't comment on the very long term results. In general though, I like to see a migration take place as quickly as possible and these tools decommissioned. ;) We're using the Quest tools in conjunction with the MS Transporter Suite on this project and so far so good (but it's early days). The Quest tools add some useful features, not least the Quest Coexistence Manager for Notes (not just the Notes Migrator for Exchange) : http://www.quest.com/coexistence-manager-for-notes/ - but do check E2K3 compatibility for QMN. You need to lab the environment to work out what works, what doesn't and what the limitations are between the 2 environments during coexistence. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 04 March 2010 15:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: lotus notes connector If you want recommendations of consultants who do this kinda stuff, I can probably find you a name or two. :-) If you want software for this, I'd be looking at Quest's toolsets. But I've never done it (and I'm guessing Martin and Neil - the other two Exchange MVPs that hang around here - haven't either) and can't provide any great advice. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: lotus notes connector ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill
Re: lotus notes connector
When I did this last the Lotus Notes connector required a Notes Client and Lotus license file to be install on the E2k3 server hosting the connectors.When mail stops flowing you'll know that this license file has expired ;-) Also prepare to have fun on both sides keeping addresses in sync as people leave/join. Fo E2k3 see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998732%28EXCHG.65%29.aspx[1] For E2k7 see http://www.shudnow.net/2009/02/23/exchange-2007-and-domino-freebusy-coexistence/[2] Mike - Message from nt...@hedgedigger.com - Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:17:20 -0500 From: Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.com Reply-To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: lotus notes connector To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill - End message from nt...@hedgedigger.com - Links: -- [1] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998732%28EXCHG.65%29.aspx [2] http://www.shudnow.net/2009/02/23/exchange-2007-and-domino-freebusy-coexistence/
RE: Exchange document review
David, I'm not qualified to help with that, but we are going through this same evaluation right now and I'd appreciate a copy to check out. Thanks! Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange document review My company is considering going from in-house Exchange 2007 (we migrated from 2K3 last year) to a complete hosted solution. I have a document created by a team here at work that goes over the various options to achieve RPO and RTO goals. This team, however does not contain any Exchange expertise and I would like to ask if anyone here would volunteer to take a look at the 2 page document and give their thoughts on the analysis - namely does it look accurate, etc. Contact me off list and I'll send you a copy. TIA, David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
RE: Exchange document review
Here is a set of questions I would recommend you ask any time you are looking to outsource email: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/12/17/moving-from-in-house-exchange-to-hosted-exchange.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange document review David, I'm not qualified to help with that, but we are going through this same evaluation right now and I'd appreciate a copy to check out. Thanks! Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.commailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange document review My company is considering going from in-house Exchange 2007 (we migrated from 2K3 last year) to a complete hosted solution. I have a document created by a team here at work that goes over the various options to achieve RPO and RTO goals. This team, however does not contain any Exchange expertise and I would like to ask if anyone here would volunteer to take a look at the 2 page document and give their thoughts on the analysis - namely does it look accurate, etc. Contact me off list and I'll send you a copy. TIA, David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
Re: lotus notes connector
Heh, nice coincidence. Thanks for the information, Neil and Michael. Bill Neil Hobson wrote: HA! Well, it just so happens that I've not read this list for a while as I'm currently working away on await for it...Notes to Exchange 2010 project. It just so happens I've just read this post. :) It also just so happens I'm not doing the Notes stuff here, a colleague has that delightful responsibility. I'm just building the Exchange 2010 stuff. Bill, it has been a long time since I've used the E2K3 Notes connector in person but I did set this up for a few companies as more of a long term directory synchronization and free/busy tool rather than as a quick migration tool. It worked but I did lose contact with those companies so I can't comment on the very long term results. In general though, I like to see a migration take place as quickly as possible and these tools decommissioned. ;) We're using the Quest tools in conjunction with the MS Transporter Suite on this project and so far so good (but it's early days). The Quest tools add some useful features, not least the Quest Coexistence Manager for Notes (not just the Notes Migrator for Exchange) : http://www.quest.com/coexistence-manager-for-notes/ - but do check E2K3 compatibility for QMN. You need to lab the environment to work out what works, what doesn't and what the limitations are between the 2 environments during coexistence. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 04 March 2010 15:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: lotus notes connector If you want recommendations of consultants who do this kinda stuff, I can probably find you a name or two. :-) If you want software for this, I'd be looking at Quest's toolsets. But I've never done it (and I'm guessing Martin and Neil - the other two Exchange MVPs that hang around here - haven't either) and can't provide any great advice. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: lotus notes connector ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill
RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers
Netapp/das/other-san/whatever - still model your IOPS using the mailbox calculator. Netapp has some great backup/recovery tools for Exchange. I just _assumed_ :-) that if you had a netapp, you would use them. One of their primary advantages is that they can do backups without causing any I/O load on your Exchange Servers at all. Which is great! Otherwise, I would recommend you do your backups on the passive node, d2d2t or d2d2d. MoMT - MAPI on the Middle Tier (Outlook now does all MAPI to CAS) DoMT - Domain on the Middle Tier (Outlook now does all NSPI/AD/etc. to CAS) MailTips - OWA and Outlook 2010 display information about messages before you send them (such as warning you when you would send an email to a large distribution group) For OCS - you can put 5,000 users on a single 8-core/8 GB server running standard edition - with no failover. But if you want failover, you'll need two Enterprise Edition servers (same config) with a third server (or cluster) running SQL Server. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:01 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers We do have 4 webmail servers. The two in the DMZ are load balanced using MS NLB and used for External staff i.e ones at home to access webmail The two internal are also load balanced again using MS NLB. The Exchange servers themselves send email direct to the SMTP gateway hygiene solution. You got to almost the same number of servers as me, I was going to have 2 x CAS, 2 x HT, 3 x MBX(Only because we have 3 servers already) NetApp may not be the resting place for 2010 data. For now I would say OCS will be internal only. Is best to keep storage local and then to off load the backups of the MBX Stores? Whats MoMT DoMT MailTips? Thanks John -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 March 2010 17:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers A couple of things going on. First the OP said he currently has four servers for webmail - two internal and two external. That indicates a heavy OWA usage to me and while he didn't specifically say so, I _assumed_ by him saying that they were webmail servers, he actually meant front-end so they are handling SMTP bridgehead as well. Next, hardware has gotten more powerful since Exchange 2003. Next, CAS processor and memory requirements have significantly increased in 2010 over 2007; due to MoMT, DoMT, and various other features like MailTips (which - by itself - is estimated to add a 5-7% processor load). Next, if you are going to use Windows Load Balancing (as opposed to a hardware load balancer), it's easier to set up a CAS-only configuration. Next, patching one role at a time puts less of a hole in your infrastructure than patching multiple roles at a time. So... with all of these thoughts swirling around in my head, they went blurp and out came my recommendation. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Barsodi.John [mailto:john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers Any reason to separate CAS and HT servers with EX2010? I run EX2007SP1 with CAS/HT on the same boxes that are Load Balanced. No real performance problems and transferring 8-8.5Million messages/ month with light/medium OWA usage. Starting a similar exercise as the OP of what it will take to upgrade to Exchange 2010 from our 2007 env. Thanks, JB -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:51 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 2010 servers So...I would probably do a six-server deployment of Exchange itself: 2 CAS, 2 HT, 2 MBX (one primary DAG and a secondary DAG). All of these are inside the firewall. In Exchange 2010 you only need ports 443 (for OWA, ActiveSync, Autodiscover, and Exchange Web Services), 587 (client SMTP submissions if you authorize them), and 25 (SMTP from your hygiene appliance) incoming. You need to model your IOPS need from your netapp using the Mailbox Calculator (get the most recent one from msexchangeteam.com for Exchange 2010). Those mailbox servers are going to need to be pretty hefty, I'd recommend 64 GB RAM, with 48 GB being the minimum. 12 cores. Plus whatever disk the mailbox calculator says you need. For the CAS and HT, eh, 4-8 cores, 12-16 GB RAM, and for the HT put the mail.que DB on a separate raid-1 from the OS. Before we can actually talk about OCS - you need to decide if it's going to be internal only and whether or not you want UM integration with Exchange. OCS 2007 R2 has a bunch of piece-parts. These are all
RE: Exchange document review
Thanks for this! Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange document review Here is a set of questions I would recommend you ask any time you are looking to outsource email: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/12/17/moving -from-in-house-exchange-to-hosted-exchange.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange document review David, I'm not qualified to help with that, but we are going through this same evaluation right now and I'd appreciate a copy to check out. Thanks! Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange document review My company is considering going from in-house Exchange 2007 (we migrated from 2K3 last year) to a complete hosted solution. I have a document created by a team here at work that goes over the various options to achieve RPO and RTO goals. This team, however does not contain any Exchange expertise and I would like to ask if anyone here would volunteer to take a look at the 2 page document and give their thoughts on the analysis - namely does it look accurate, etc. Contact me off list and I'll send you a copy. TIA, David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
Phone / Exchange Sync
Greetings all, My boss got an HTC Droid Eris - PB00100 cell phone and he wants to sync his phone with Exchange, and ideas on how to do this? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com
RE: Phone / Exchange Sync
If it's anything like my Droid phone - Accounts sync/ Add Account/Corporate/ fill in your info. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.commailto:kandy.luk...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone / Exchange Sync Greetings all, My boss got an HTC Droid Eris - PB00100 cell phone and he wants to sync his phone with Exchange, and ideas on how to do this? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.commailto:i...@sonomatilemakers.com
RE: Phone / Exchange Sync
Is that on the phone or in Exchange? I have never used a droid, so I know zero about them. Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone / Exchange Sync If it's anything like my Droid phone - Accounts sync/ Add Account/Corporate/ fill in your info. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com mailto:kandy.luk...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Phone / Exchange Sync Greetings all, My boss got an HTC Droid Eris - PB00100 cell phone and he wants to sync his phone with Exchange, and ideas on how to do this? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com
Re: Phone / Exchange Sync
Google is your friend... http://www.myvusers.com/forums/htc-droid-eris/4931-how-set-up-exchange-activesync-htc-droid-eris-adr6200.html On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Doug Rooney d...@sonomatilemakers.comwrote: Greetings all, My boss got an HTC Droid Eris – PB00100 cell phone and he wants to sync his phone with Exchange, and ideas on how to do this? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com
RE: Phone / Exchange Sync
If you're the Exchange admin, I'd recommend having your boss buy TouchDown w/ Exchange ActiveSync ($19.99) - http://www.nitrodesk.com/dk_touchdownFeatures.aspx. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:28 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone / Exchange Sync Google is your friend... http://www.myvusers.com/forums/htc-droid-eris/4931-how-set-up-exchange-a ctivesync-htc-droid-eris-adr6200.html On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Doug Rooney d...@sonomatilemakers.com wrote: Greetings all, My boss got an HTC Droid Eris - PB00100 cell phone and he wants to sync his phone with Exchange, and ideas on how to do this? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com Virginia Opera's 35th Anniversary Season The One You Love Celebrate with a 2009-2010 subscription: La Boh?me?|?The Daughter of the Regiment?|?Don Giovanni?|?Porgy and BessSM Visit us online at www.VaOpera.org or call 1-866-OPERA-VA The vision of Virginia Opera is to enrich lives through the powerful integration of music, voice and human drama. This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). Unless otherwise specified, persons unnamed as recipients may not read, distribute, copy or alter this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail belong to the author and may not necessarily represent those of Virginia Opera. Although precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present, Virginia Opera cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of this e-mail or attachments.
Lowering POP3 Connector poll time in Exchange 2007
I'm sure a bit more googling would find this but my google-fu is failing at this hour. Anybody aware of a trick to lower the POP3 connector polling time? MS has a valid point that you might have a large attachment that takes longer than 5 minutes. However, we're migrating to Exchange from an in-house Postfix system, the two are connected with a gigabit link, only checking about 25 email boxes, so 30 second poll time wouldn't be unreasonable. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER.
