1. Jaap Wesselius May 27, 2009 Exchange Server 2010 what’s new?

2. Agenda Disclaimer Disclaimer Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2010 Exchange Server 2010 Server Roles Server Roles Management Management Coexistence Coexistence

3. Exchange Server 2010 Beta1 Disclaimer: this presentation is based on the first beta of Exchange Server 2010. This one is not feature complete! Disclaimer: this presentation is based on the first beta of Exchange Server 2010. This one is not feature complete! –Features might be added –Features might be changed –Features might be removed

4. Exchange Server 2007 X64 bit enhancements X64 bit enhancements Scalability (memory) Scalability (memory) Reduction in disk I/O Reduction in disk I/O Active Directory sites routing Active Directory sites routing ‘Traditional’ clustering with shared storage ‘Traditional’ clustering with shared storage Database replication – LCR, CCR and SCR Database replication – LCR, CCR and SCR

5. Exchange Server 2010 New replication technology called ‘database availability’ New replication technology called ‘database availability’ Public Folders are still here! Public Folders are still here! New move-mailbox New move-mailbox Remote Management Remote Management MAPI on the CAS Server (MoMT) MAPI on the CAS Server (MoMT) Windows Server 2008 and R2 only Windows Server 2008 and R2 only Real cool Outlook Live! Real cool Outlook Live!

6. Exchange Server Roles Exchange has 5 separate server roles: Exchange has 5 separate server roles: –Mailbox Server Role –Hub Transport Server Role –Client Access Server Role –Unified Messaging Server Role –Edge Transport Server Role Roles can be on dedicated hardware or combined, except for Edge Transport Roles can be on dedicated hardware or combined, except for Edge Transport

7. Mailbox Server Role Contains Mailboxes and Public Folders Contains Mailboxes and Public Folders –MAPI Clients do not connect to MBX –MAPI Clients do connect to PF Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) High Availability via replication High Availability via replication

8. Database changes Drastic changes in the database schema Drastic changes in the database schema Less tables, less indexes  better performance Less tables, less indexes  better performance Database page size from 8KB to 32KB Database page size from 8KB to 32KB Host large mailboxes (>1 GB) Host large mailboxes (>1 GB) Database and log files on one SATA disk Database and log files on one SATA disk SIS is gone… SIS is gone…

9. Database changes cont’d Storage Groups are gone Storage Groups are gone Database, log files and checkpoint Database, log files and checkpoint Database no longer on server level but on organization level Database no longer on server level but on organization level

10. High Availability Database Availability Database Availability Basically CCR and SCR combined Basically CCR and SCR combined –LCR, CCR, SCR and SCC are gone No need to install fail-over clustering No need to install fail-over clustering Database Availability Group Database Availability Group Multiple Database Copies Multiple Database Copies “self healing” database functionality “self healing” database functionality Add servers on demand Add servers on demand

11. DEMO MAILBOX SERVER ROLE

12. Move Mailbox New Move-Mailbox functionality New Move-Mailbox functionality Old and New mailbox are synchronized and switched when needed Old and New mailbox are synchronized and switched when needed Small downtime (don’t know about Outlook 2010 though) Small downtime (don’t know about Outlook 2010 though) Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 only Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 only

13. Hub Transport Server Role Routes all messages in Exchange org Routes all messages in Exchange org –Internal Messages –External messages Compliancy Compliancy Enhanced Disclaimers Enhanced Disclaimers Shadow redundancy Shadow redundancy Integration with RMS Integration with RMS

14. Client Access Server Role All clients connect to CAS Server All clients connect to CAS Server Including MAPI (=Outlook) clients Including MAPI (=Outlook) clients New Outlook Web Access (now called Outlook Live) New Outlook Web Access (now called Outlook Live) Cross Browser experience is cool! Cross Browser experience is cool! Cross Browser Cross Browser

15. DEMO OUTLOOK LIVE

16. MAPI on the Middle Tier Outlook (MAPI) clients connect to the Client Access Server for mailboxes Outlook (MAPI) clients connect to the Client Access Server for mailboxes No direct connections to the Mailbox Database No direct connections to the Mailbox Database Public Folder access still to Mailbox Server Public Folder access still to Mailbox Server

17. Edge Transport Server Role Additional layer of security Additional layer of security Message hygiene Message hygiene Routes all messages to/from Internet Routes all messages to/from Internet

18. Exchange Management Management Console & Management Shell Management Console & Management Shell Powershell v2 Powershell v2 Windows Remote Management (WinRM) Windows Remote Management (WinRM) ‘known issues’ in Beta1! ‘known issues’ in Beta1! Use local shell as work-around Use local shell as work-around

19. DEMO EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT

20. Coexistence Exchange 2010 can coexist with: Exchange 2010 can coexist with: –Exchange Server 2003 SP2 –Exchange Server 2007 SP2 –No support for Exchange Server 2000 Intra-org: transition Intra-org: transition Inter-org: migration Inter-org: migration

21. Conclusion It’s too early to make any conclusion It’s too early to make any conclusion Exchange 2010 looks promising Exchange 2010 looks promising Database Availability is key feature Database Availability is key feature Less complexity (esp. on clusters) Less complexity (esp. on clusters) Database changes, less disk I/O Database changes, less disk I/O Start looking, start playing, but please don’t bring it into production yet! Start looking, start playing, but please don’t bring it into production yet!

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