New Transporter released today - things are getting busy
New build of the transporter shipped today, you can download it here:
This is the transporter release that has been in the works for a while now. It includes new powershell commands to assist in migrating from any generic pop3 or imap server to Exchange 2007.
A quick quote on that:
Key Features of POP/IMAP migration tools:
Tools are designed to enable an administrator to bulk migrate mailboxes from generic POP/IMAP servers to Exchange.
• General extraction of mailbox content from generic POP/IMAP servers
o Test has migration of mailbox content from Exchange, Domino, GMAIL, AOL, Comcast, IMAP UW Server on Unix, Mail.RU,Communicate Pro
o Extraction can use individual mailbox credentials or through an administrative credential
• Migration to Exchange 2007 using the Transporter Engine and Exchange Web Services
o Migrates content into existing mailboxes using Exchange Web Services
o Preserves all mail formatting, address headers and iCAL content
• Easy to use MMC Wizard GUI and PowerShell tasks
o GUI can be used to load and track bulk lists of mailboxes to migrate
o PowerShell can be used for automation/advanced migration
So here recently i've had a couple things i wanted to blog about, but we have been incredibly busy the last few weeks. Today i read an article that might explain why, and gives a little insight into how the next few months might go:
https://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3722791
Specifically this section of the article which Justin pointed out to me this morning:
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That rhetoric is echoed by his boss. "In the last six months of 2007, in the enterprise customer segment alone, more than 300 firms representing 2.8 million people began the move to Exchange Server, Office SharePoint Server and the Office suite," Chris Capossela, corporate vice president in the Microsoft Business Division, said in a statement. "That’s a 164% increase over the same period in 2006 [and] we’re already on track to exceed these numbers in 2008," he added.
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Busy times... busy times