Exchange Server 2010 Beta1
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
Exchange Server 2007
X64 bit enhancements Scalability (memory) Reduction in disk I/O Active Directory sites routing ‘Traditional’ clustering with shared
storage Database replication – LCR, CCR and
SCR
Exchange Server 2010
New replication technology called ‘database availability’
Public Folders are still here! New move-mailbox Remote Management MAPI on the CAS Server (MoMT) Windows Server 2008 and R2 only Real cool Outlook Live!
Exchange 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
Mailbox Server Role
Contains Mailboxes and Public Folders– MAPI Clients do not connect to MBX– MAPI Clients do connect to PF
Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) High Availability via replication
Database changes
Drastic changes in the database schema
Less tables, less indexes better performance
Database page size from 8KB to 32KB
Host large mailboxes (>1 GB) Database and log files on one SATA
disk SIS is gone…
Database changes cont’d
Storage Groups are gone Database, log files and checkpoint Database no longer on server level
but on organization level
High Availability
Database Availability Basically CCR and SCR combined
– LCR, CCR, SCR and SCC are gone No need to install fail-over clustering Database Availability Group Multiple Database Copies “self healing” database functionality Add servers on demand
Move Mailbox
New Move-Mailbox functionality Old and New mailbox are
synchronized and switched when needed
Small downtime (don’t know about Outlook 2010 though)
Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 only
Hub Transport Server Role
Routes all messages in Exchange org– Internal Messages– External messages
Compliancy Enhanced Disclaimers Shadow redundancy Integration with RMS
Client Access Server Role
All clients connect to CAS Server Including MAPI (=Outlook) clients New Outlook Web Access (now called
Outlook Live) Cross Browser experience is cool!
MAPI on the Middle Tier
Outlook (MAPI) clients connect to the Client Access Server for mailboxes
No direct connections to the Mailbox Database
Public Folder access still to Mailbox Server
Edge Transport Server Role
Additional layer of security Message hygiene Routes all messages to/from Internet
Exchange Management
Management Console & Management Shell
Powershell v2 Windows Remote Management
(WinRM) ‘known issues’ in Beta1! Use local shell as work-around
Coexistence
Exchange 2010 can coexist with:– Exchange Server 2003 SP2– Exchange Server 2007 SP2– No support for Exchange Server 2000
Intra-org: transition Inter-org: migration
Conclusion
It’s too early to make any conclusion Exchange 2010 looks promising Database Availability is key feature Less complexity (esp. on clusters) Database changes, less disk I/O Start looking, start playing, but
please don’t bring it into production yet!
Questions and Answers
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