Exchange 2010 SP1 is here

[john]

Just seen on Twitter that the MS Exchange team have released Exchange SP1 into the wild so the good news, if you were missing it, is Themes are back and avaliable in final real code for you

Full post by the MS Exchange team is here:
You Had Me At EHLO... : The Future of Exchange Starts Here: Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Is Now Available

and link to the download is here:
Download details: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1

So who's going to do the upgrade now ready for September

[Theblacksheep]

Woo hoo... 550mb download.

Nice list of additional features for the EMC. 27 themes?

[steve]

I only finished the install of 2010 the other week - I had hoped the SP would leave me alone for a while :-(

[john]

Woo hoo... 550mb download.

Nice list of additional features for the EMC. 27 themes?

Yes I noticed the large number of themes, most tbh are more comical / fun / playful than corporate, thus I've removed themes option from mine, fine not on SP1 yet, but keeps them from having silly ones

[Theblacksheep]

are the all the themes on/off or can some be allowed?

[john]

Global on / off is the option as its in the settings for OWA in the ECP. You could probably just delete the themes from the server folder though at a rough guess (note - not tried, tested or approved but a suggestion to try on a test setup!)

[Gatt]

I appear to need to install a load of hotfixes for this to work :-S

[teejay]

Installed this afternoon, works pretty well once you get through the hotfix hell, much better than that stupid break everything rollup 4 ;-)

[Theblacksheep]

How long does it take?

[nickbro]

I'm loving the SP1 for exchange 2010. The themes are a nice touch, but I doubt our teachers would even notice them. The hotfixes were a nightmare, why don't they make the read more link point to the hotfixes rather than a useless technet article

[nickbro]

How long does it take?

About 1/2 hour per server. The SMTP server for me only took 15 mins, the main server took about ~30 mins

[john]

Installed this afternoon, works pretty well once you get through the hotfix hell, much better than that stupid break everything rollup 4 ;-)

Really, I survived that fine, infact, touches wood (now ive said this i'm doomed ain't I!) I've not had any issues with updates for it..... Although the PST export / import near enough killed me! Blasted Microsoft!!

Think I will wait till half term before SP1 as I need to get a good full backup of Exchange and the Server, DCs etc before I do that

[Arthur]

I found the following webpages really useful when installing SP1 this afternoon. The first link lists all the prerequisite hotfixes. No need to copy and paste.

Exchange 2010 SP1 Prerequisites
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb691354.aspx

What's New in Exchange 2010 SP1?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../ff459257.aspx

Release Notes for Exchange Server 2010 SP1
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../ff728620.aspx

[RabbieBurns]

With regards to the hotfixes, If I have Windows updates on and updating straight from MS, should the hotfixes be already applied?

[nickbro]

The hotfixes haven't been released to windows update