Beyond Messaging

Get a Nicer Looking Easier to Remember URL for OWA w/ 2010

Exchange 2010 with IIS 7.0 makes it easier to clean up your Outlook Web Access URL.  Here's instructions on how to do it, from Henrik Walther on the MSExchange.org blog.

New Certificate Management Features in Exchange 2010

Here is an interesting blog post about the new certificate management features in the Exchange 2010 release candidate.

Video: High Availability in Microsoft Exchange 2010

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a good video is priceless.  Here is a series of four videos from the MS Exchange Team covering High Availability in Exchange 2010.  I think the database availability group (DAG)features in 2010 are going to be very important as we find companies looking for cost effective ways to achieve increased reliability.

The four videos cover:

1. Database Mobility, Incremental Deployment, Database Availability Groups, Mailbox Database Copies
2. Creating a database availability group (DAG) and adding two Mailbox servers to the DAG.
3. Creating a mailbox database copy and monitor the health and status of the copy.
4. Performing a database switchover using the Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell. Also demonstrating the Outlook Web Access experience during a database switchover using Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Exchange 2010 Release Candidate is Here

CRN.com reports that Microsoft has released Exchange 2010 Release Candidate is now publicly available.  A release candidate is the next step after beta testing, but before the actual official product release to manufacturing, (RTM) which is scheduled later this year.
 

Here is the post from the Microsoft Exchange Team blog and check out the "What's new in Exchange 2010" page on TechNet.

Download Exchange 2010 Release Candidate Here

What new features of Exchange 2010 am I excited about?  The improved IO performance, database availability groups for increased failover are two big ones on the server side.  Users will be excited about faster searching, and great new features like "Ignore Conversation" and automatic transcription previews of voicemails.

I wonder if there is an "Ignore Conversation" feature for real life?  Or is that "talk to the hand?"