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Microsoft has updated their Exchange Load Generator to work with Exchange Server 2010. The load generator is a simulation program that allows you to test how your server handles large batches of email. From the mouth of babes:

“LoadGen allows you to test how a server running Exchange 2010/2007 responds to e-mail loads. To simulate the delivery of these messaging requests, you run LoadGen tests on client computers. These tests send multiple messaging requests to the Exchange server, thereby causing a mail load. LoadGen is a useful tool for administrators who are sizing servers and validating a deployment plan. Specifically, LoadGen helps you determine if each of your servers can handle the load to which they are intended to carry. Another use for LoadGen is to help validate the overall solution,” a rep from Microsoft stated.

Be warned. The application is a whole lot easier to use if you have the brand new Service Pack 1 installed on your Exchange Server. Download Exchange Load Generator here.

Those crafty rapscallions over at TechNet are up to their old tricks again! The nature of these tricks, you ask? Why, producing high quality and informative webcasts covering the entire Exchange world. The subject this time is calendar sharing and Federation in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

Sharing your free/busy calendar with business partners is an essential part of any successful enterprise. Exchange does it’s part to make it easy but there are still some aspects of the service that can be tricky to get the hang of. That’s where this webcast comes in.

In TechNet’s own words:

“Federation is a key part of the architecture of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, powering new organization-to-organization sharing scenarios. Attend this webcast to learn how to implement free/busy and full calendar sharing with your business partners using Exchange Server 2010.”

The webcast is presided over by Joel Stidley, Principal Systems Architect for Terremark Worldwide. It is available now. Click here to watch it.

The time is here! Exchange Server SP1 beta is available for download. Rejoice! What does the pack offer? Well, first and foremost, there are some major changes to the Personal Archive features of the program. The archive is no longer limited to being in the same database as the primary mailbox. Others might be more excited about upgrades to Outlook Web App (OWA) or all the new functionality added to the GUI. There’ s a lot there. Check it out.

Download it here. Have fun guys.

Ever wonder how the gang at Microsoft got around to updating to Exchange Server 2010? Did they have their own hiccups? What kind of problems did they have to overcome to get it running smoothly? It was way beta, after all. Well, wonder no more. In this unusual and highly interesting webcast, the gang at TechNet take us through their own journey with Exchange Server 2010 deployment.

Luisa Garcia Zapata, Microsoft’s IT Service Manager, takes us through the anecdotes and does quite a job doing so. Here is what Microsoft has to say about the webcast:

“Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 introduces numerous advances in performance, scalability, and reliability, while lowering the total cost of ownership. In this Webcast, we discuss the Exchange Server 2010 deployment within Microsoft IT. The session includes descriptions of the Exchange Server 2010 roles, design criteria, hardware choices, and operational changes.”

It’s an hour long and available. Click here to watch.