Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2019. Microsoft customers with a volume license contract can now download and use the new Exchange version. Source: Exchange Team Blog - Exchange Server 2019 Now Available As previously announced, Exchange 2019 is only available in the VL program, customers without Volume Licensing must continue to use Exchange 2016 or switch to Office ... Read more
Microsoft Ignite 2018 is over and the recordings of the sessions are now gradually being published. There are already a few recordings on the topic of Exchange Server, which you can now watch at your leisure: Ignite 2018 Exchange on Demand Sessions More sessions will certainly be put online bit by bit, there are ... Read more
In the last article, I published some information about Exchange 2019, and I have already received a lot of emails about this today. Many readers of the article are wondering whether at least 128 GB of RAM is really required for Exchange 2019. Here is a screenshot of the Exchange 2019 system requirements: Source: Exchange Server system requirements For the mailbox role ... Read more
Michel de Rooij summarizes the latest information on Exchange 2019 from Ignite 2018 on his blog. As was already known, Exchange 2019 is to be released this year, which is fitting as Microsoft has just released Office 2019 and therefore also Outlook 2019. It is also interesting to note that Exchange 2019 is only available in the volume licensing program ... Read more
I have received various questions in the comments and by email about the migration options for Exchange 2019. Judging by the messages, many people are wondering whether it will be possible to migrate from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019. The question is quite justified if you take a look at the version numbers: Exchange 2010: 14.0 Exchange 2013: 15.0 ... Read more
Exchange 2019 is currently only available as a Technical Preview, so I cannot publish detailed instructions on how to migrate from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 at this point. Nevertheless, I was interested to know whether migration is already possible. At the moment, of course, this is only recommended for testing in test environments, as the Technical Preview ... Read more
Microsoft Ignite will take place this year from September 24 - 28, 2018 in Orlando. There will again be some interesting sessions on Exchange Server. With Exchange 2019 just around the corner, there will certainly be some interesting presentations on the new Exchange version. Ignite is already fully booked, so it is no longer possible to spontaneously ... Read more
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
