We are seeing some trends where quite a few customers are migrating mailboxes to a new Exchange organization, in a different Active Directory (AD) forest. This blog post is aimed at helping to explain the fundamentals of what is required to move mailboxes across forests so that you can be prepared with the correct data, make better plans, and successfully perform a migration without encountering painful problems. The blog post doesn’t cover how to setup and configure shared address space or Free/busy.

After reading this blog post, you should have better understanding of:

• How to plan your migration by understanding your current forest configuration and your desired configuration.
• Different ways for you to synchronize user data between different AD forests.
• Networking and Administrator permissions required to perform a successful cross-forest mailbox move.

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/08/10/455779.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

Have you ever wondered why, in Exchange 2010, you can create a new mailbox and you don’t have to tell Exchange in what mailbox database it should be created? Or had an administrator in one department create a mailbox, and the mailbox is created in a database that their department isn’t assigned? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to either of those questions, you’ll want to check out a new article that was just posted today.

Where Did That New Exchange 2010 Mailbox Go? introduces you to automatic mailbox distribution, which is a new feature added to Exchange 2010. The article talks about how automatic mailbox distribution works, steps you through the selection process, and shows you how you can control it using exclusions, Active Directory sites, and (in Exchange 2010 SP1) database scopes.

Take a look at the article and let us know what you think of this new feature.

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/08/09/455756.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

A major part of the cloud computing offering from Microsoft is BPOS: off premise Exchange, SharePoint and LiveMeeting. I hosted a panel of BPOS experts at TechEd, where they talked about the migration and implementation of BPOS, and took some questions live from Twitter.

Check this out at: http://edge.technet.com/Media/BPOS-Business-Produc...echEd/

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

You can create virtual domains within FOPE to provide different filtering settings for a particular group of users, specify a different mail delivery location for a subset of users, and to rewrite recipients’ email address based on the needs of your organization. This video will show you how to create and configure virtual domains.

Check this video out at: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Virtual-Domains-in-F...hange/

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

Microsoft UC Team released this information yesterday about Polycom partnership with Microsoft.

We are announcing today that Polycom has signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft, becoming one of our strategic partners to offer integrated solutions in the Unified Communications space. Our goal is to deliver products to help our customers improve productivity, overcome communications challenges, and adjust their structure to the current economic environment, supporting things like: mobile workers, telepresence, and globally distributed teams. Both companies are committed to developing standards-based solutions that are interoperable and that protect customer investments and choices.

• New and next-generation Polycom CX series endpoints optimized for Microsoft UC, featuring Polycom’s market-leading HD video and voice technologies
• New, innovative room-based video systems designed specifically for enabling direct integration with Microsoft Communications Server “14″
• Additional interoperable solutions between Polycom’s existing and future video conferencing solutions

Read more at source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/08/09/p...p.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

After completing this lab, you will be better able to create a distributed application model, define a Service Level Objective against an Exchange Server, generate a Service Level Tracking Summary Report, and configure and verify a dashboard.

Check this out at: https://cmg.vlabcenter.com/default.aspx?moduleid=8...9b235b

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

Hi folks,

Do you have more than a single server to manage ForeFront Protection for Exchange Server? If yes, this Script Kit is for you!

The Forefront Protection Server Script Kit provides multi-server management for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint. In addition to the ability to manage multiple Forefront Protection Servers from a single location, this Solution Accelerator provides easily extensible command-line scripts that help enable server discovery, configuration, deployment, and integration with existing management technologies. It also offers basic reporting capabilities to detect configuration drift and monitor server statistics.

THE LICENSE TERMS HERE APPLY TO YOUR USE OF THE MICROSOFT FOREFRONT SERVER PROTECTION SCRIPT KIT SOFTWARE AND, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH TERMS ARE PRESENTED, SUPERSEDE ANY OTHER LICENSE TERMS PRESENTED DURING DOWNLOAD OR INSTALLATION.

BY DOWNLOADING AND USING MICROSOFT FOREFRONT SERVER PROTECTION SCRIPT KIT YOU AGREE TO SUCH LICENSE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THEM, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.

Supported Protection Servers

• Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
• Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint

  Configuration Management and Reporting

• Capture server configuration snapshots and push snapshots to any number of servers
• Compare configuration of any number of servers or baselines
• Obtain statistics from one or many servers, including information about infected files, detected malware, server health, and more
• See summary and/or server detail views

  Ease of Use

• Discover Forefront Protection Servers and export information to a .CSV file
• Use customizable Windows PowerShell™ scripts to enhance your existing automation

  To learn more about the Forefront Protection Server Script Kit, visit the TechNet Library.

  Send questions or feedback directly to the security team at secwish@microsoft.com.

  The license terms here apply to your use of the Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Script Kit software and, to the extent that such terms are presented, supersede any other license terms presented during download or installation.

  Before you install and use Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Script Kit you must:

1. Review the Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Script Kit license terms by clicking here.
2. Print and retain a copy of the license terms for your records.

By downloading and using Microsoft Forefront Server Protection Script Kit you agree to such license terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the software.

Outlook Team blogged about he Insert Calendar option that we have using Outlook.

During the summer season, I like to travel and visit my family and friends. Before I leave the office for my trips, I share these important dates with my colleagues so they know that I won’t be around the office. Instead of sending an email message to my colleagues with a list of dates, I prefer to include a visual representation of my calendar.

On the Insert tab, in the Include group, click Calendar.

Read more at source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/outlook/archive/2010/07/29...r.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

Hi folks,

DPM Team published a new white paper about How DPM 2010 can protect Exchange Server 2010, check this out: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?di...aed960

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio

ExchangeTeam blogged about two new cmdlets related to throttling.

Exchange 2010 SP1 introduces two new throttling cmdlets: get-ThrottlingPolicyAssociation and set-ThrottlingPolicyAssociation. In Exchange 2010 RTM, in order to determine which throttling policy was associated with a given user, you would use something like:

Get-Mailbox JohnDoe | fl ThrottlingPolicy

To assign a non-default throttling policy to a user you would call

set-Mailbox JohnDoe -ThrottlingPolicy Foo

Read more at source: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/08/02/455707.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
Twitter: @apatricio