http://justaucguy.wordpress.com/ What version of Exchange are you on? Exchange 2013? Exchange 2010? Exchange 2007? Exchange 2003? Exchange 2000? Really? • Features are subject to change • Pricing of new capabilities is yet to be determined This presentation contains preliminary information that may be changed substantially prior to final commercial release of the software described herein. (per Microsoft) • • • • • • System / AD Requirements Outlook 2010 + MAPI / HTTP IP Less DAGs IOPS reduction – again Up to 40% Network traffic reduction • MAPI / CDO Operating System Requirements • Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 10 • .NET Framework 4.5.2 • Windows Management Framework 4.0 • Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 4.0 Domain / Forest Levels (minimum) • Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest functional level • Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain functional level • Windows Server 2008 R2 Global Catalog servers • Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers Outlook 2016 • Outlook 2013 with SP1 (& KB3020812) • Outlook 2010 with SP2 (& KB2956191 / KB2965295) • Outlook for Mac 2011 or later • • Outlook 2007 Replacement for RPC over HTTP Uses standard HTTP commands Exchange 2013 ** NOTE ** • Make sure to configure your MAPI virtual directory. • Forgetting to do so might result in a subpar user experience. • Off by default • Turned on or off at the organizational level Exchange 2016 • On by default • Turned on or off at the user level Introduced in Exchange 2013 SP1 Reduces complexity for installation Exchange 2013 ** NOTE ** • Less IP Addresses needed for Exchange • Verify third-party apps will work with this configuration • Not configured by default • IP Addresses are required for the DAG Exchange 2016 • IP Less DAGs are configured by default • Less IP Addresses to assign and remember for Exchange Exchange 2016 • Reduces IOPS from Exchange 2013 by another 22%. What does this mean? • • • • How were IOPS reduced in 2016? Less reliance on SAN Less reliance on RAID Less reliance on expensive hardware Lower operating costs Lagged Copies – adjustments made to reduce IOPS by 22% Index for active and passive databases are built from the local database copy – no longer uses the active copy only. • For a four copy DAG in 4 datacenters – 40% traffic reduction • Less copies/locations will equal less reduction – 20-30% is the estimation • Possible as a small subset of RPC operations can now be performed against the passive copies. • • Role Consolidation • Collaboration Improved • Coexistence Changes • Emphasis on the Preferred Architecture • Improved Reliability and Performance • Data Loss Protection • Auditing • Outlook Add-Ins and Apps • Outlook Search Improvements • Modern Attachments Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2010 Edge Transport Server Edge Transport Server Client Access Server Client Access Server Hub Transport Hub Transport Mailbox Server Mailbox Server Unified Messaging Unified Messaging Exchange Server 2013 2013 – Pre – SP1 SP1 Exchange Server 2016 Edge Transport Server Edge Transport Server Client Access Server Mailbox Server Mailbox Server Fully on-premises (documents stored in SharePoint 2016) On-premises Exchange Server 2016 SharePoint Server 2016 Office Web Apps Server 2016 Exchange integration with Outlook and SharePoint helps solve one of email’s oldest pain points: working with attachments Receiving and editing documents Sharing documents Exchange 2016 Coexistence is much better. • Exchange 2013 can front end Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2010 OWA Redirect if ExternalURL exists in remote site. mail.contoso.com europe.mail.contoso.com Layer 4 or 7 LB IIS HTTP Proxy E2010 CAS E2016 Store Protocol Head DB DB E2010 MBX 9 Site Boundary Protocol Head Layer 7 LB Protocol Head E2010 CAS Store DB E2010 MBX Setup formalizes the Preferred Architecture • Building block model with combined Mailbox and Client Access Server role • Use commodity hardware • Multiple database per volume • Battery backed up controller • DAGs – symmetric datacenter layout, single network (no replication network), witness in 3rd datacenter (or Azure), one lagged copy • Automated Repair • Find database corruptions via DB divergence detection • Loose Truncation – long-term outages out-of-space won’t dismount DB • ReFS Support – Decrease FS corruption, reseeds and rebuilds • Faster Recovery (now even more HA) • • • • Faster database *overs (95%ile @ 18s) Faster site resilience: Database copy activation suspended and Move Now DAG Management Service – reducing failure domains Replay Lag Manager on by default – auto-play down when insufficient avail copies • Reduced WAN costs - Search index using passive copy • Supports bigger disks with less IOPS (>22% lower than E15 RTM) • 8 TB, 7200 RPM JBOD • Delayed lag play-down DB Maintenance compares active and passive copies to detect logical corruption and data divergence • Finds logical corruption due to: o Controller failures o Battery failures for controllers o hardware firmware bugs o transient memory corruptions o Minimal increase in log generation - ~ 72MB log db /day • • Logging for this - ESE Event 538, 539 and 540 Builds on hybrid capabilities introduced in previous Exchange versions Secure mail routing Unified address list Free/busy calendar sharing Single OWA URL Hybrid Configuration Wizard now cloud-deployed • Works with Exchange 2013 and 2016, independent of CU • Multi-forest support with AADSync, OAuth enhancements for MFA and more New DLP sensitive information types added to Exchange PolicyTips added to Excel and other Office applications Extension of DLP capabilities to SharePoint New auditing architecture and schema Same as Office 365 audit log structure; makes hybrid scenarios and integration with 3rd party products easier Improved search and filtering for audit data across the organization Integrate apps to the Outlook UI to enable engaging experiences Multiple integration points: Ribbon Command Bar Context menus (right-click), Body text (hover) Task pane Side-loading – easy peer deployment of line-of-business apps Strong admin control New add-ins developed by 3rd parties: DocuSign, Salesforce, Uber, Boomerang, Do.com, and more Sub Second Search in OWA and Outlook o Directly from Office 365 analysis of searching • Schema Changes needed in order to make this happen • Involves: o Pre-reading as much information as possible o Moving certain bits of information into different areas to enable the content to be found faster • • Calendar searching in OWA! • Don’t disable IPV6 completely • Use High Performance Power Plan • If using a WAC server (called OOS now), configure this for OWA • Exchange 2013 can managed 2016 objects • Exchange 2016 can manage 2013 objects • Exchange 2010 is a crap shoot for management, use native 2010 tools • DO NOT restrict the dynamic TCP port range • Disable Hyper-threading • Plan your namespace carefully, just like older versions Damian Scoles | Netrix LLC Microsoft Exchange Server MVP dscoles@netrixllc.com http://justaucguy.wordpress.com