Category: Exchange

Exchange Hybrid MRS vs. MigrationService Migrations

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I would like to share some Exchange 2010 hybrid migration facts with you that we figured out.

First, again many thanks to Michael Van Horenbeeck! He helped me discuss this with a customer. I’m always very happy to work with him. And many thanks to Ben Winzenz and Jeff Kizner as well, I’m very grateful for your help.

In short: a customer is trying to keep about 65k mailboxes in sync to ensure a short cutover time. We are using a maximum of 1,500 mailboxes per batch, 5 batches per week, and switching 7,500 mailboxes with an overall data of about 5TB per week. For some technical details, we are using Azure ER (800 Mbit) for migration with 4 TMG as a proxy and some kind of F5 load balancing in between, PAW is activated, and two migration endpoints with each 100 sync/complete in parallel. We did some networking measuring and move request statistics and we had an average migration velocity of 18.6GB/h for batches starting the first incremental sync (0% to 95%) which is great. Of course, the migration velocity depends on the number of batches, mailboxes, mailbox items, network workload, etc.

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Microsoft Ignite 2017: BRK3155 – Thrive in as an enterprise organization in Microsoft Exchange Online

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Large enterprise customers often have unique and specialized requirements for adoption Exchange Online. This session showcases the lifecycle of an enterprise customer leveraging features designed just for them. Demo and some several new features will be covered, such as Mailbox Plans, Client Access Rules, on send event APIs, and a first look at technology for mergers and divestitures.

The full recorded session can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6lsxKRrJQ&t=1503s

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Microsoft Ignite 2017: BRK3154 – The epic Exchange preferred architecture debate

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What is the best, DAS or SAN? Are SSDs on the way in or are slow spindles here to stay? Should you give up and migrate to the cloud? What about virtualization? This session covers the various Exchange architectures that can be deployed on-premises and hybrid.

Announcements:

  • Exchange 2016 now supports up to 192GB of memory
  • Item Recovery Enhancements20170927_163343930_iOS

Sample questions:

  1. Should I follow the PA? Yes. If it is possible, follow the PA. This is the tested and best practices solution from Microsoft running in Exchange Online. This simplifies the operation process in case of outage, failures, etc.
  2. Should I deploy SSD? No. Jeff Guillet mentioned a good example for this. If you are using SSD’s for Exchange, it is like you are driving a Ferrari on a gravel road.
  3. Should I virtualize Exchange? Yes and no. Of course, you can virtualize Exchange. Be sure that you use the calculator for virtualization 1:1 as you would do it for physical servers. Physical servers are more easier to manage and deploy because virtualization needs some more things to do.
  4. What should I do if I plan to have a hybrid deployment with O365? Follow the same approach as you would do it for an on-premises environment. If all your mailboxes are migrated to Exchange Online, use a single Exchange server for recipient management purposes only.
  5. What size mailbox should I deploy? Are 1GB mailboxes valid anymore? You already get 25GB mailboxes for free today and simple JBOD storage is a very low cost factor.
  6. Third-party archiving solutions or keep in Exchange? The Microsoft perspective is that archive mailboxes should be retain in Exchange. In case of big mailboxes and Outlook OST slider, there is no reason to use archive mailboxes anymore. If you are having strict compliance regulations for archiving, you can use Exchange, Exchange Online, or of course third-party archiving solutions.

Microsoft Ignite 2017: BRK4029 – Inside Exchange Online

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Matt Gossage and Ananth Sundararaj show how Exchange Online works. The engineering leaders who design and build the infrastructure reveal the secrets of deep neural networks, machine learning, substrate, shards, and much more. They also share how these mystical creatures actually impact IT pros and users of Exchange and Outlook.

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