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Exchange 2010 and Virtualization VirtG’s Deep Dive Day March 10, 2010

Exchange 2010 and Virtualization VirtG’s Deep Dive Day March 10, 2010. Lee Benjamin ExchangeGuy Consulting www.ExchangeGuy.com. About Lee Benjamin. ExchangeGuy Consulting Architecture, Migration/Upgrades, Project Guidance ISV Advisor, Strategy, Whitepapers, Testing, Reviews

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Exchange 2010 and Virtualization VirtG’s Deep Dive Day March 10, 2010

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  1. Exchange 2010 and VirtualizationVirtG’s Deep Dive DayMarch 10, 2010 Lee Benjamin ExchangeGuy Consulting www.ExchangeGuy.com

  2. About Lee Benjamin ExchangeGuy Consulting Architecture, Migration/Upgrades, Project Guidance ISV Advisor, Strategy, Whitepapers, Testing, Reviews Industry Events, Speaker, Custom Training, Expert www.ExchangeGuy.com LeeB@ExchangeGuy.com User Groups Chairman www.ExchangeServerBoston.org Vice President www.BostonUserGroups.org Global Secretary www.GITCA.org Advisor www.VirtG.com

  3. Agenda • Virtualizing Exchange 2010 • Common Questions, Releases • Architectural Foundation • Exchange Server Roles • Foundation Technologies • Virtualization and Exchange • Generalities • Hyper-V, Other (WSVVP) • Exchange Online In Office 365

  4. Common Questions What Exchange Roles can I virtualize? Should I virtualize the Mailbox Role? Can I virtualize with VMware, or just Hyper-V? What about virtualization snapshots? Should I use Network Load Balancing? Can I virtualize the Unified Messaging Role? Can I virtualize Lync? Is Office 365 considered virtualization?

  5. Exchange Server 2010 Releases • Exchange Server 2010 • Released November 2009 • Final RTM Rollup 5 Released December 2010 • EX2010 RTM Is No Longer Supported (With or Without RU) • Service Pack 1 • EX2010 SP1 Released August 2010 • Rollup 6 for SP1 Released October 2011 • Service Pack 2 • EX2010 SP2 Released December 2011 • Hybrid Configuration Wizard, OWA Mini, Address Book Policies (GAL Segmentation) • Rollup 1 for SP2 Released February 2012 • http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/240.exchange-server-and-update-rollups-builds-numbers.aspx

  6. MEC Is Back !! • Microsoft Exchange Conference • Was The Conference About Exchange • 1996 Austin (Exchange Deployment Conference) • 1997 San Diego • 1998 Boston • 1999 Atlanta/Hamburg/Tokyo • 2000 Dallas/Nice/Tokyo/Singapore • 2001 Orlando/Nice • Started Out Reasonable Size (Though 4000 Peak in Boston) • Many Community Experts • Disappeared For Ten Years.. ? • MEC Returns • September 24-26, 2012 In Orlando • Focus is Exchange, On-Premises and Cloud

  7. Exchange Server Roles Exchange 2003 Exchange 2010/2007

  8. Exchange 2010 Architecture Phone system (PBX or VOIP) Edge Transport Routing & AV/AS Hub Transport Routing & Policy External SMTPservers Unified Messaging Voice mail & voice access Mailbox Storage of mailbox items Mobile phone Web browser Client Access Client connectivity Web services Outlook Anywhere (remote user) Line of business application Outlook (local user)

  9. Exchange 2010 Foundation

  10. Exchange’s Database • Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) • Well Known With 16 Years In Production • 64bit Database Introduced In Exchange 2007 • Removed Database Cache Memory Limitation (1.2GB) • Log Files Are 1MB (was 5MB), STM Files Are No More • For 2010, Database Reorganized For Large Mailboxes • Tables vs. Mailboxes, SIS Casualty, Storage Groups Gone • Database Page Repair From Replicated Copy (Lagged) • 90% IO Reduction Over Exchange 2003 • Really Fast, Latency Matters, No NAS

  11. MAPI To The Middle (CAS) Finally Exchange 2010 Exchange 2007 Exchange Components Exchange Components Transport Agents Transport Agents WS WS OWA OWA Mailbox Agents Mailbox Agents UM UM Outlook / MAPI Entourage Sync Sync Outlook / MAPI Entourage MiddleTier Exchange Biz Logic CAS CAS MiddleTier MAPI, RFR & NSPI RPC Exchange Biz Logic Exchange Core Biz Logic DAV MAPI RPC Mailbox Mailbox MAPI RPC Store Store Performance Implications Moving Heavy Workload

  12. Database Availability Groups • SCC, CCR, and SCR Evolved • No Clustering Knowledge Required • Windows Server Clustering Underneath For Heartbeat • From 2 To 16 Replicas, Multiple Active Nodes • All Managed Inside Exchange • Exchange Management Console or Shell • Recommend 3-4 Node DAGs, Or Larger (2 with SP1) • Allows Slower SAS Or Lower Cost SATA Disks

  13. Must I Sill Backup? Yes. • Storage Groups Removed 2010 • Store:SG Became 1:1 in 2007 • Stores Now Owned By The Organization • Allows Database Mobility • Recover To Another Exchange Server • Recovery Database (was Recovery Storage Group) • Streaming Backup Support No Longer • Only VSS Snapshots • From Microsoft And 3rd Parties • Backup/Restore From/To Any DAG Member • Why Restore When You’ve Got DAG Replication..??

  14. Transition: Deployment Assistant http://technet.microsoft.com/exdeploy2010

  15. Remote Connectivity Analyzer • https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/ • Test • Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) • Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP) • Autodiscover • SMTP • …More Will Come… • Office 365 • Use It Every Step Of Transition

  16. Architectural Best Practices • Multi-Role Servers • When At All Possible • Combine Roles • CAS+HUB Obvious • Similar Functions (Protocols) • CAS And HUB Not Supported In the DMZ • Not MBX or UM Either, Only Edge • Infrastructure Remains Critical • 64bit Domain Controllers • Load Balancers versus NLB • Redundancy, Redundancy, Redundancy

  17. EX2010 Virtualization Support • EX2010 Runs On Windows Server 2008 And R2, 64bit • Not Supported On Server 8 Beta !! • Microsoft Hyper-V • Also Microsoft Hyper-V Server/R2 • Third-Party Hypervisor Validated Under WSVVP • Windows Server Virtualization Validation Program • VMware, Other • Any Exchange 2010 Role • Unified Messaging (UM) Supported SP1 • Only Virtualization SW On Host, and Management SW • Dynamic Memory Not Useful

  18. Virtual Concerns • 9-12% Overhead For Hypervisor • Plan For 10% Less Users • Same CPU and Memory Requirements As Physical • Savings May Not Be There • Scale Out Rather Than Scale Up • Conscious Decision From Exchange Team • Spread The Load And Risk • More Servers And Replicated Copies (DAGs) • Storage • Must Use Fixed Size Virtual Storage Disks, or SCSI Pass-Through Physical Disks, or iSCSI SAN Disks • No Differencing Disks, No Hypervisor Snapshots

  19. Virtualization Scenarios • CAS/HUB, MBX, UM • Branch Office • Streamlined Provisioning To Smaller Offices • Distributed DR Sites • Around The World • DR Sites With Lagged Copies • Log Files Are Replicated • Delayed Insert Into Database (Hours, Days) • If Major Corruption, Remove Troubled Log Before • Transition Helper • CAS/HUB 2007 And CAS/HUB 2010

  20. Living With The Cloud- Hybrid Coexistence Sync AD Seamless User Experience On-Premises Cloud Services

  21. Microsoft Office 365 BRINGING TOGETHER CLOUD VERSIONS OF MICROSOFT’S COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION PRODUCTS WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF OUR DESKTOP SUITE FOR BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES.  26

  22. What’s New in Office 365 • Flexible service offering with pay-as-you-go, per-user licensing • The complete Office experience with services integration in Office 365 • Always the latest version of the Office apps, including Office Web Apps • Familiar Office user experience to access services • Voicemail with unified messaging • Integrated personal archiving • Retention policies and legal hold • Exchange Control Panel • Free/busy coexistence • Cross-premises management • IM & Presence across firewalls • GAL/Skill search in SharePoint • Online meeting with desktop sharing • Activity feeds • Contact photos • Click to communicate from Office contact cards • Windows Live federation • My Sites to manage and share documents • Access documents offline • Improved Team & Project Sites • Document-level permissions to protect sensitive content • Share documents securely with Extranet Sites • Cross site collection search Platform Capabilities • New user interface • Role based access • Identity federation (eliminate sign-in client) • Multi-factor authentication support 27

  23. Simple Exchange Coexistence • Exchange Online can coexist with Exchange Server on-premises • All users share the same domain name and global address list • Directory Sync keeps address lists and groups up to date • Admin uses Web-based migration tool to move mailboxes in stages • Exchange 2010 is not required for simple coexistence features Exchange 2003, 2007 or 2010

  24. Rich Exchange Coexistence • Share free/busy data between cloud and on-premises users • Manage cloud and on-premises users from one place • Configure secure, high-fidelity cross-premises mail flow • Migrate users to the cloud with native Exchange tools • Easily move mailboxes back on-premises • Exchange 2010 SP1 “gateway” server enables rich coexistence with Exchange 2003/2007 Exchange 2010 SP1 server Exchange 2003/2007

  25. Uses same replication engine as on-premises mailbox moves Migration support is built into Exchange Management Console and Remote PowerShell No Outlook resync or profile change required after mailbox move Yes, you can go back Rich Coexistence Mailbox Moves Exchange 2010 SP1 CAS Mailbox migration Exchange 2003 Exchange 2007 Exchange 2010 SP1

  26. Office 365 Simple vs. Rich Coexistence *Rich Coexistence feature set requires Exchange 2010 SP1 HT+CAS on premises and requires supplemental configuration steps (both on premises and in the cloud)

  27. Common Questions What Exchange Roles can I virtualize? Should I virtualize the Mailbox Role? Can I virtualize with VMware, or just Hyper-V? What about virtualization snapshots? Should I use Network Load Balancing? Can I virtualize the Unified Messaging Role? Can I virtualize Lync? Is Office 365 considered virtualization?

  28. Virtualization Summary

  29. Thanks! Lee BenjaminExchangeGuy Consulting www.ExchangeGuy.com LeeB@ExchangeGuy.com ExchangeServerBoston.org, Chairman BostonUserGroups.org, Vice President Virtualization Group (VirtG), Advisory Board GITCA.org (formerly Culminis), Director, Global Board

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