Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Here is another short article from the "Behind the scenes" series, this time about Exchange test environments. I often need an Exchange test environment, so what could be more obvious than automating the installation? Foreword Essentially, a test environment always consists of a domain controller ... Read more
Exchange Server 2019 will be the first Exchange version that can be installed and operated on a Windows Server Core (Windows without GUI). Windows without a graphical interface may seem strange to many at first, but it certainly has advantages: Fewer updates required Smaller installation Faster boot Less attack surface Very effective protection against "click-click-click-break" admins A Server Core installation requires ... Read more
In the first part of the article, I installed the Exchange 2019 Preview. The setup is almost identical to Exchange 2016. Here is the second part of my first impression of Exchange 2019. Configuration After installation, the Start menu contains the familiar entries from Exchange 2016: A small note in passing: As with ... Read more
The Exchange 2019 preview has been publicly available since today. I have just installed the preview on a Windows Server 2016 Full GUI, here is my first impression of the new version. The preview can be downloaded here: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 - Preview Here are my personal first impressions of the new Exchange version. ... Read more
The new Exchange 2019 version has been available as a public preview since today. The preview is of course not yet ready for use in a productive environment, but anyone who wants to take a look at the new version can now do so. Click here to download the preview (6GB): Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 - ... Read more
The SMTP protocol is getting a bit long in the tooth and has often been declared dead, but now it seems to have been dealt its death blow. Exchange 2019 will no longer support SMTP. MAPIoverHTTP and EWS are waiting in the wings as successors. The SMTP protocol for exchanging emails has been around since 1982, so it is only ... Read more
Microsoft announced the new Exchange version at Ignite 2017. Exchange Server 2019 is due to be released as a preview in mid-2018 and will be available as an RTM in the second half of the year. I am therefore already looking forward to being able to write new articles on Exchange 2019 this year. The year should therefore be quite exciting, because even ... Read more
Recently, I have been confronted with problems and opinions on the subject of backup and Exchange Server. This is certainly a topic that can be argued about, so I have collected a few statements on the subject of backup: We don't need a backup, we use a DAG We don't need a backup, we have ... Read more
A new Exchange Server version was already announced at Ignite in Orlando, but Office will also be available in a new version in 2018. In most cases, Office will even be released a little earlier than Exchange 2019. This means that a few major migration projects are likely to start next year. Today, at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, we announced Office 2019-the next perpetual ... Read more
Microsoft announced Exchange Server 2019 at Ignite in Orlando. The first preview is due to be published in mid-2018. The release is planned for the second half of the year. However, the new functions that will be available have not yet been officially announced. So we will probably have to be patient a little longer. One positive aspect is that ... Read more
