Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 includes a great many fixes to errors big and small in Database Availability Groups, legacy Exchange 2003 migration scenarios, and a number of fairly irritating problems with OWA. What I’m most excited about (in other words, the problems that were most disruptive to my life) are these:
979848 Event [...]
Occasionally, Exchange Server 2010 admins may encounter the following error when attempting to import a certificate or complete a certificate request:
The certificate status could not be determined because the revocation check failed
This error is thrown when your Exchange server is unable to connect outward to the appropriate certificate authority’s certificate revocation list (CRL.) Microsoft’s KB article [...]
One of the most awaited (and misunderstood) features added to Exchange Server 2010 is the disaster-recovery/high-availability feature known as the Database Availability Group (DAG.) Microsoft touts it as a perfected “2.0″ of the heretofore painful database replication process known as Continuous Cluster Replication (CCR,) which came into our lives in Exchange 2007. While the DAG does create a much simpler implementation path for administrators, there are some important design considerations that have the potential to create deep, painful “catches and gotchas.” Continue reading Reliable Exchange 2010 DAG: Part 1, Active Directory Health
Service Pack 1 of Microsoft’s flagship collaboration product, Exchange Server 2010, will be available to beta-testers this June, and the general public later this summer. Based on the quick release of Exchange Server 2010 Rollup Pack 1 and Rollup Pack 2, it is not surprising that Microsoft will roll-out this service pack less than a year after its original RTM.
From the Exchange Team Blog:
SP1 will include fixes and tweaks in areas you’ve helped us identify, including a roll-up of the roll-ups we’ve released to date. I also wanted to flag some of the feature enhancements we’re excited to bring to you with SP1 including: archiving and discovery enhancements, Outlook Web App (OWA) improvements, mobile user and management improvements, and some highly sought after additional UI for management tasks
Although a comprehensive list of changes hasn’t been released, making admins lives simpler, there a number of GUI updates, both to the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and Exchange Control Panel (ECP.)
Continue reading Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta this June