[tweetmeme source=”stalehansen” only_single=false]Lately I have seen a lot of good articles about what the new and improved features of Exchange 2010 SP1 are and also a lot about how to configure these features. This post is written while Exchange 2010 SP1 is still in Beta so the information provided may be a little off from the released version later this year. I wanted to collect the posts I find interesting here so I have them all in one place when I will deploy SP1 to my customers.
Here is the main new features in Exchange 2010 SP1 and how to configure them
- Installation of prerequisites made part of SP1 setup process
- DAG improvements
- DAC mode support for 2 node DAG’s over two datacenters and in single AD sites
- Ability to set static IP and Alternate Witness Server in EMC
- Continuous Replication – Block Mode. Each update to the log file is updated on the copy databases
- Archiving improvements
- Archives can be stored in different databases, DAG’s and servers
- Create retention policy tags for automating archiving
- Outlook 2007 can access archive mailboxes
- Import and Export of mailboxes can be done directly to pst files without the need for Outlook
- E-Discovery improvements
- View preview of search before actually performing the search
- De-Duplication of emails in the search result sent to the DiscoveryMailbox
- http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2010/06/mailbox-search-improvements-in-exchange.html
- Support for iCal Calendar Sharing
- Enables the administrator to publish calendars publicly
- http://www.stevieg.org/2010/06/calendar-sharing-improvements-coming-in-exchange-2010-sp1/
- Administrator Audit Logging improvements
- Review Audit Log Entries in the Shell
- Manually Write Entries to the Audit Log
- Review Audit Reports in ECP
- http://www.mikepfeiffer.net/2010/07/whats-new-in-administrator-audit-logging-in-exchange-2010-sp1-beta/
- OWA improvements
- Ability to choose themes. Branding of OWA can be down with only one theme for the entire organization
- Delivery reports improvements
- ECP, more configuration possibilities available
- Journar rules
- Transport rules
- MailTips
- Manage Litigation Hold
- Public Folder permissions added to EMC
Some minor changes in how to configure some features
- Change to how static ports are assigned on a CAS server
- Reset virtual directories in EMC
- Change to how to configure OWA integration with OCS 2007 R2
You can find a longer list of new features here: http://exchangepedia.com/2010/06/released-exchange-sever-2010-sp1-beta.html
TechEd 2010 Interviews with folks from the Exchange Product group about SP1: http://blogs.msexchange.org/walther/2010/06/16/teched-2010-interviews-with-folks-from-the-exchange-product-group/
msunified.net 
Another link on Administrator Audit logging:
http://www.shudnow.net/2010/08/03/changes-in-exchange-2010-sp1-administrator-audit-logging/
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