In this post we will have a look on the new features that are introduced in Exchange Server 2013 and on the later topics we will discuss more on the same.
Only two Server Roles in Exchange 2013
With Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 we have 5 server roles but Exchange 2013 preview only has Mailbox server role and Client Access Server role. It feels like we are going back to Exchange 2003 concept. Having only 2 doesn't mean that other server roles are removed in Exchange 2013, all the Hub and UM role Componentsfunctionalities are shared between Mailbox and Client Access Server roles
Exchange 2013 has new Management Console
Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 have the new management console like Exchange Management console, Exchange Control Panel and Exchange Management Shell. Exchange 2013 Preview has a brand new management console named Exchange Administration Center (replacement of Exchange Management Console) and Exchange Management Shell.
Exchange Administration Center is a web based unified management console which replaces the legacy exchange management console and the Exchange control panel. This is similar to administration center available in Windows 2012. We can access the EAC using http://ClientAccess-ServerName/ECP
High Availability Concept in Exchange 2013
High Availability for Mailbox databases will have the same Database Availability Group. The rewritten code of transactional logs and exchange managed Store make the failover faster.
Messaging policy and compliance
Exchange 2013 preview has a new feature named Data Loss Prevention which helps to protect sensitive data and inform users of compliance policies. Data Loss Prevention also does the same functions like Mail Tips.
Archiving Retention and E Discovery
In place hold in Exchange 2013 allows to place a query based hold or litigation hold and the In-place e-discovery allows searching and preserving data across multiple data repositories. In Place e-discovery feature allows the ability to perform discovery search across Exchange mailbox, SharePoint 2013 preview and Lync 2013 preview.
Archive Mailbox Search from OWA– Exchange 2013 allows the option to search the Mailbox and Archive mailbox from OWA and users can apply personal tags to default folders from OWA.
New Mail flow Architecture
Because of the new architecture in Exchange 2013 with 2 server roles, Mail flow in exchange 2013 has a new architecture made up of several different services like the Front End Transport service on Client Access servers, the Hub Transport service on Mailbox servers, and the Mailbox Transport service on Mailbox servers.
Transport Rules
Transport rules in Exchange 2013 preview is similar to exchange 2010 transport rules and having few additional options on the transport rule predicates and actions.
Self-Signed certificate automatically trusted by Client Access
Earlier certificate warning in OWA, because of the self-signed certificate issue is not available in Exchange 2013. Mailbox Server will have a default self-signed certificate and this will be automatically trusted by the client access server in exchange server 2013
New Public Folders concepts in Exchange 2013
Public Folders are now created in Public Folders Mailbox. This public folder architecture uses the specially designed mailboxes to store both the hierarchy and the public folder content. This new design also means that there is no longer a public folder database. Public folder replication now uses the continuous replication model.
New Site Mailbox
Site Mailboxes improve collaboration and user productivity by allowing access to both documents in a SharePoint site and email messages in an Exchange mailbox, using the same client interface. To have the Site Mailbox functionality we need to deploy SharePoint
Unsupported Configuration:
- Exchange 2003 cannot be supported in a coexistence environment.
- Exchange 2013 preview Mailboxes can be accessed via the client like outlook 2007 SP3, Outlook 2010 SP1 and Outlook 2013 preview
Lot of new features are available in Exchange 2013 and those information will be added later.
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