Exchange Server 2013 SP1 Architecture Poster

The latest version of the architecture poster for Exchange 2013 has now been released, this time for SP1.

 

Previously made available at the Microsoft Exchange Conference [MEC], it is now available to everyone at the Download Center: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 Architecture Overview.

Exchange 2013 SP1 Feature list

Now that we are getting closer and closer to the release of Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1, here is a list of its main features:

·        Exchange 2013 SP1 will add Windows Server 2012 R2 as a supported operating system for Exchange Server 2013 with SP1;

·        Support for S/MIME in OWA will be brought back in SP1. With SP1 customers will have S/MIME support across Outlook, Exchange ActiveSync clients, and OWA;

·        The Edge Transport server role for Exchange Server 2013 will be available with SP1.

·        Fixes and Improvements. SP1 will include fixes and improvements in several areas. SP1 is the first service pack issued in the new Exchange Server cumulative update release model - thus SP1 is essentially CU4. The installation of SP1 will follow the same process as the prior Exchange 2013 CU releases. SP1 will include all fixes included in previously released cumulative updates for Exchange 2013.

·        MapiHttp is the new communication mechanism added to later builds of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and Microsoft Outlook 2013. The plan is to add the functionality to Microsoft Outlook 2010 in a future build. You may also see the new MapiHttp feature referred to internally as the Exchange HTTP Transport or by the internal code name Alchemy. The new MapiHttp transport protocol replaces the older RPC/HTTP (RPC over HTTPS) protocol. This is in an effort to improve the reliability and stability of the Outlook/Exchange connection by removing the dependency on the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC) communication mechanism;

·         DLP Policy Tip support in OWA.

DLP Policy Tips in OWA

DLP Policy Tips are informative notices that are displayed to senders in Outlook when they try sending sensitive information. In Exchange 2013 SP1, this functionality has been extended to both the desktop version of Outlook Web App and the mobile version (named OWA for Devices), and you will see it in action if you have an existing DLP policy with Policy Tips turned on for Outlook.

 

The experience and functionality are similar to Policy Tips in Outlook, you do not need to set up anything else.

 

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Is Now Available

Been on holidays for a couple of weeks and far away from the IT world...
That's why this news come a little bit out dated   :)

You probably already know most of the new features, so no point in telling them all here.

Just get it now here at the Download Center and try it!

Exchange SP1 Interviews

During Microsoft TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, Harold Wong interviewed a few of the Exchange Server Program Managers and Technical Managers regarding Exchange 2010 SP1 functionalities.

Check them all at Video Interviews From TechEd 2010.

You can find Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta, you can download it from here.