I got this from our Exchange Specialist. If you’re a customer of mine, find this information useful, and want to talk with him, send me an email and I’ll hook you up.
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- Exchange Server Jetstress
Verify the performance and stability of the disk subsystem before putting the Exchange server into a production environment.
64-bit download | 32-bit download- Exchange Load Generator
Perform benchmarking, pre-deployment validation, and stress testing tasks that introduce various types of workloads into a test (non-production) Exchange messaging system. Simulate the delivery of multiple MAPI client messaging requests to an Exchange server.
64-bit download | 32-bit download- Exchange Server Stress and Performance
Simulate large numbers of client sessions by concurrently accessing one or more protocol servers. Exchange Server Stress and Performance includes multiple modules that you can use to simulate several protocols and loads.
64-bit download | 32-bit download- Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
Collect estimated statistical information from a single mailbox store or from across an entire Exchange Server organization. Use the collected data for tasks such as analyzing the performance and health of a server that has mailboxes.
64-bit download | 32-bit download- Exchange Public Folder DAV-Based Administration
Use the Exchange Server Public Folder Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV)-based Administration tool (PFDAVAdmin) to perform various management tasks related to public folders and mailboxes.
Download- Management Pack for Exchange Server 2007 for MOM 2005
A significant aspect of Exchange 2007 daily operations is to monitor the health of Exchange components. The Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack includes rules and scripts to monitor and report on performance, availability, and reliability of all Exchange 2007 server roles including Mailbox, Client Access, Hub Transport, Edge Transport, and Unified Messaging.
Download- Exchange 2007 PowerShell Script Resources
The Exchange 2007 Community Wiki was created to enable rapid sharing of tips, tricks and FAQs for Exchange 2007.
PowerShell Scripts | PowerShell Resources
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Exchange 2007 Pocket Administrators Guide
We can get you some copies of this book. Very helpful/task-oriented book; not a lot of “fluff”.Microsoft Exchange Team Blog
The Exchange Product Team maintains this VERY active blog. LOTS of very good information here.IT Showcase – Exchange Server 2007
IT Showcase is where you can get a view into Microsoft IT’s early adopter experiences, best experiences, and lessons learned from our own deployments of Exchange Server within our global enterprise. By leveraging our best practices, you can make decisions about how best to plan for, deploy, and manage Microsoft solutions in your own environment.Exchange 2007 Help File (RTM) | Exchange 2007 Help File (SP1)
There is a lot of good information in this help file. One of the best help files I have seen. It’s almost on the level of being a Microsoft Press book on Exchange design, administration, etc., plus it’s searchable!Exchange Server 2007 – RTM Evaluation Software
You can download both the 64-bit and 32-bit software. They are both fully functional. 64-bit is the only one supported for production, but the 32-bit is ideal for installing in a virtual environment, or on a spare server for lab testing.Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
Same as above for the RTM version of Exchange 2007. The SP1 download is slipstreamed, so there is no need to install RTM and then upgrade. Just go straight to the SP1 download, and install.Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1
Help improve the detection of viruses, worms, and spam in Exchange 2007 environments with this free 120-day trial of Forefront Security for Exchange Server.Exchange Server 2007 Virtual Hard Disk
If you just want to get your hands on a working copy, without having to go through the installation, we are providing pre-configured installations of Exchange 2007 for use with VirtualPC or Virtual Server. Last I checked, this was Beta code, so there would be some differences from the RTM version, but for the most part, it is a good representation of the functionality.Exchange Server in Depth
This site collects Webcasts, Virtual Labs and Podcasts related to Exchange Server 2007.Southern California Unified Communications
Our Unified Communications Specialists set up a public SharePoint site for our Southern California customers. Chandler is a Unified Communications Technical Specialist, focused on Real-Time Communications (Live Communications Server 2005, Office Communications Server 2007, LiveMeeting). Michael is a Exchange Messaging Specialist. Their goal is to make this a useful resource specific to Southern California. We put notifications of upcoming events, new things we have discovered about the products, etc.
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