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Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3 (Service Pack 3) installation

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 18/02/2013 - 01:01 | ,
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Most of us will want to install Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010, mainly because it allows the coexistence with Microsoft Exchange 2013.

Unfortunately coexistence with Microsoft Exchange 2013 will be possible only after the release Cummulative Update 1 for Microsoft Exchange 2013 which is expected in the Q1 of 2013, but sooner or later it is worth to install SP3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010 to be prepared for the upcoming changes.

As usual, we should first install SP3 in test environment, not in production right away, because you never know what to expect when you install Service Pack 3.

Below we show the installation of SP3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010, on the server with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

What you need to know before installation of Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010:

  1. SP3 require Active Directory schema update
  2. Exchange 2010 SP3 is listed as including all security bug fixes up to SP2 UR5-v2. It actually includes all security and bug fixes up to SP2 UR6
  3. SP3 you can only install on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  4. coexistence with Exchange 2013 will be possible after installation CU1 (Cummulative Update 1) for Exchange 2013

 

Servers Upgrade order:

Exchange servers should be upgraded in the following order:

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Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Standards Documentation

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 15/02/2013 - 03:24 |
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On Microsoft Download Website you can find new version of documentation describing Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards.

ExchangeOutlook_Standards

 

 

This documentation describes how Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook support industry messaging standards.

You will find informations about iCalendar, IMAP (Internet message Access Protocol), POP3 (Post Office Protocol).

You can download this documentation in one .zip file (3,8MB):

Exchange_Standards.zip

 

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) KB2808208 released

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 13/02/2013 - 21:47 |
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Finally Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010.

Installation of SP3 for Microsoft Exchange 2010, will rising the Exchange version number to: 14.3.123.4

 

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Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Exchange can be downloaded here:

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3

And description of SP3 you can find in this KB articles KB2808208:

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3 description

 

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Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 KB2746164

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 13/02/2013 - 06:52 |
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Today 02/12/2013 Microsoft released Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

After you install this Rollup 6 you will update Exchange Server 2010 SP2 version number to 14.2.342.3

This update resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 since the software was released.

 

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This is a cumulative rollup as always so you don’t need to install previous versions.

This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 customers.

Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 is available here:

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2746164)

 

List of all build numbers of Microsoft Exchange Server you can find here:

Microsoft Exchange build and version numbers

 

As always we recommend do not install new Rollups in production environment, you should test it first in LAB.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see:

Description of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2746164)

 

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Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 KB2788321

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 13/02/2013 - 06:44 |
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Today 02/12/2013 Microsoft released Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3

After you install this Rollup 10 you will update Exchange Server 2007 SP3 version number to 8.3.298.3

This update resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 since the software was released.

 

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This is a cumulative rollup as always so you don’t need to install previous versions.

Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 is available here:

Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2788321)

 

List of all build numbers of Microsoft Exchange Server you can find here:

Microsoft Exchange build and version numbers

 

As always we recommend do not install new Rollups in production environment, you should test it first in LAB.

For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see:

Description of Update Rollup 10 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3

 

 

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iOS 6.1 and Exchange 2010 apid growth in transaction logs, CPU use, and memory consumption KB2814847

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 12/02/2013 - 08:42 | ,
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Finally Microsoft published article about problems with iOS 6.1 and Microsoft Exchange Server.

 

When user with mobile devices with iOS 6.1 syncs mailbox Microsoft Exchange Server resources are consumed, transaction logs growth becomes excessive, memory and CPU use may increase significantly,a nd server performance is affected.

You can read about it here:

Rapid growth in transaction logs, CPU use, and memory consumption in Exchange Server 2010 when a user syncs a mailbox by using an iOS 6.1-based device

 

Right now, Apple and Microsoft are investigating this issue. When they find any fix, it will be published as soon as it will becomes available.

If you have such problems in your Exchange environment you should open case with Apple Support.

Now Microsoft recommend only Workarounds:

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Devices with iOS 6.1 cause Exchange excessive transaction log growth

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 11/02/2013 - 00:35 | ,
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apple_wormNew upgrade for Apple devices like IPhone or IPad to iOS 6.1 can couse Exchange Admins headache.

With new version of iOS (iOS 6.1) we have new problems, users connecting to Microsoft Exchange mailboxes using mobile devices with iOS 6.1 can generate excessive transaction logs.

This is caused by syncing mail and calendar services, devices with iOS 6.1 seemed to go into a loop and ended up by generating some 50GB of transaction logs.

This situation can be dangerous for Microsoft Exchange server, because when free space for transaction logs will end, then Exchange will dismount mailbox database.

Upgrading Apple devices to new iOS to fast is not recommended.

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Exchange Server 2013 TechNet video

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 06/02/2013 - 23:01 |
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On TechNet websites you can find two new online videos about Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.

Both videos are about an hour long.

Watching these videos you can get familar with Exchange Server 2013.

 

Fist video: What´s new in Exchange 2013? explains what’s new in Microsoft Exchange 2013 like new architecture, HA, and features.

 

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Exchange 2010 SP2 after install RU4 message delivery is delayed on a BlackBerry mobile device

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 06/02/2013 - 06:30 | ,
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Microsoft has confirmed problems with message delivery to BlackBerry mobile devices after installation of Rollup 4 for Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2.

This issue occurs only in specific Microsoft Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise Server environment.

In this scenario:

  • You install Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 in an environment that is running against a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES).
  • The BES uses MAPI or Collaborative Data Objects (CDO), instead of Exchange Web Services (EWS), to communicate with Exchange servers.
  • The mailbox contains many folders. For example, the mailbox contains more than 5000 folders.

You can encounter one or more of the following issues:

  • Email message delivery to the mailbox on a BlackBerry mobile device is delayed.
  • It takes a longer time to complete a folder hierarchy scan in the mailbox. For example, before Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 was installed, a scan that typically takes 5 minutes may now take 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • The Microsoft Exchange Information Store process (store.exe) on the Exchange Mailbox server may use excessive CPU resources.
  • Some BES event log entries are logged on the Exchange Mailbox server. Before Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2 was installed, these entries are less in occurrence or nonexistent.
  • Some events are logged in the BlackBerry Messaging Agent (MAGT) log. These events that are logged in the BlackBerry MAGT log resemble the “Busy Working” threads that are described in the following article in the BlackBerry Knowledge Base: Users may experience delayed email after upgrading to Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 Rollup 4 or Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 Rollup 5

 

Currentl there is no HotFix to resolve those problems. Probably Rollup 6 for Exchange 2010 SP2 will fix this.

But Microsoft recommend below workaround:

Method 1

Install Exchange Server Service Pack 2 RU 6 when it becomes available.

Method 2

Add more agents on the BES if they are not already at the max of 15 agents.

Method 3

Temporarily reduce the number of folders in the mailbox of the user.

Method 4

Move all users who have high folder counts (>500) to their own instances of BESAgent.exe.

 

More informations you can find here:

Email message delivery is delayed on a Blackberry mobile device after you install Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP2

 

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Exchange Environment Report script 1.5.6 – Steve Goodman

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 01/02/2013 - 03:47 | ,
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Few days ago Steve Goodman published new version of Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport.ps1 script on his Blog.

This script is really cool, and using it you can easly create report of your Mircosoft Exchange environment. 

 

New version supports Microsoft Exchange 2013 and fixes bugs reported by users.

We think that every Exchange administrator should has this script.

Executing the script is straightforward – the only setting you need is to specify where to write the HTML file:

.\Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport  -HTMLReport c:\report.html

If you want it to email the results, the follow parameters are available to allow the report to be sent directly from the script:

.\Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport  -HTMLReport c:\report.html -SendMail:$true -MailFrom:you@example.com -MailTo:you@example.com -MailServer:smtp.example.com

 

Read more about this script: Steve Goodman Blog

You can download this script here: Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport.ps1

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