Preview of Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) for Exchange Online
Currently, we support the ability for certain mobile applications to utilize certificate-based authentication (CBA) in Exchange on-premises environments. Today, we are pleased to announce that CBA is...
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Outlook for Mac and public folder access
Exchange Server 2013 introduced modern public folders and also shift in the way clients access the public folders. Ever since, the Outlook for Mac client had limited or no support for public folders....
View ArticleExchange On-Premises TAP Program accepting nominations
We are excited to re-announce that the Exchange On-Premises TAP Program is accepting nominations! The purpose of this post is to provide you with the opportunity to nominate your company for the...
View ArticleVSSTester script updated – troubleshoot Exchange 2013, 2010 and 2016 database...
Just wanted to let you know that the VSSTester script has now been updated to version 1.2. The main feature in this version is that the script now supports Exchange 2016 servers. To read more about...
View ArticleHelp us test Exchange 2013/2016 to Exchange Online public folder migration
Right on the heels of our recent TAP program announcement, we wanted to see if there are customers who would like to help us validate migration of modern public folders from Exchange 2013/2016 to...
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Migrate traditional Distribution Groups to Office 365 Groups
Over the past few months, customers are increasing both the number of Office 365 Groups created and average monthly usage. It’s great to see customers getting value out of the service. If you are using...
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Important notice for Office 365 email customers who have configured connectors
Note: This post, originally published in March, got accidentally re-published on 8/23/16 when updating step 5 below. We are leaving it published as a reminder to our customers as the time for this...
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Deprecating support for SmartScreen in Outlook and Exchange
What are we announcing? On November 1, 2016, Microsoft will stop generating updates for the SmartScreen spam filters in Exchange Server 2016 and earlier (2013, 2010, 2007), Outlook 2016 for Windows and...
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Introducing the Mailbox Recovery Troubleshooter
Troubleshooter There are times when the deletion of a user account or a mailbox needs to be undone. It could be that you accidentally deleted the wrong user or maybe you are not really sure what...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator v7.9
Today, we released an updated version of the Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator. This release doesn’t contain many enhancements, but does contain a number of bug fixes, especially in the...
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Introducing the Mailbox Recovery Troubleshooter
Troubleshooter There are times when the deletion of a user account or a mailbox needs to be undone. It could be that you accidentally deleted the wrong user or maybe you are not really sure what...
View ArticleReleased: September 2016 Quarterly Exchange Updates
Today we are announcing the latest set of Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2013. These releases include fixes to customer reported issues and updated functionality....
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Released: Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator 8.3
Today, we released an updated version of the Exchange Server Role Requirements Calculator. This release focuses around two specific enhancements. Exchange 2016 designs now take into account the CU3...
View ArticleHelp us test large scale Exchange public folder migrations to Exchange Online
We are on a roll! Following our recent migration program announcement, we wanted to see if there are customers who would like to help us validate migration of larger scale public folders from Exchange...
View ArticleHello from Microsoft Ignite (2016 edition)
We are kicking off another Microsoft Ignite conference, this time in Atlanta, Georgia. You are welcome to tune into the live stream for keynote presentations starting at 8:30 AM EDT. Action packed week...
View ArticleOn-Premises Architectural Requirements for the REST API
In the near future, hybrid customers will be able to take advantage of the REST APIs for both Office 365 and on-premises mailboxes. The REST APIs (Mail, Calendar, and Contact APIs), simplify...
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Looking back at Microsoft Ignite 2016
We had a lot of fun last week, with hundreds of sessions that covered vast variety of Microsoft services and products. If you were there – we hope that it was time well spent for you! We had many...
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Tip: a few useful PowerShell scripts for Exchange and Office 365 Admins
Recently there has been some helpful activity over on the Microsoft Script Center for Exchange and Office 365 administrators. Here are 3 scripts that we wanted to call out, as well as a bit of an...
View ArticleOh look, it’s a Public Folders survey!
Seeing that we have been busily working on various things related to Public Folder migration options recently, we wanted to ask you to help us get an updated view of what your migrations plans for...
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Migration to Modern Public Folders – Notes from the Field
In this blog post I wanted to go through the documented TechNet process for migrating legacy public folders to Exchange 2013/2016, expanded with real world guidance gained from field support. I have...
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