Exchange Server 2013

The old adage is that you wait forever for a bus and then two come along in quick succession. So it is with Exchange 2013 hardware planning tools with the May 6 article on performance planning methodology being followed by by a May 14 release of an updated mailbox role calculator. All seems well and there's lots of goodness in the Excel-driven calculator. But do remember to engage your brain as recommendations derived by software are not always (or ever) perfect....More

Exchange 2013 supports site mailboxes, a new way of document-centric collaboration that bridges the gap between Exchange and SharePoint. To use site mailboxes, you need to deploy SharePoint 2013 alongside Exchange 2013 and use Outlook 2013 as the client. Outlook is clever enough to mask the join marks between the email items stored and managed by Exchange and the documents held in SharePoint, with each site mailbox using a form of shared mailbox in Exchange and a SharePoint site. So good so far and we’re off to a new era of collaborative bliss – or maybe not....More

Las Vegas in October - conference time again. But with a difference - Exchange Connections is back and it's going to be packed with insightful and practical information about Exchange and its surrounding ecosystem. Opportunities exist for speakers and you can submit session ideas until May 14. It should be great fun!...More