Since the 12. February 2013 is the service pack 3 (SP3 für Exchange 2010 available and ready for Downloaded in the appropriate language.
Das Service Pack 3 is a full slipstreamed version of Exchange 2010 and can be used for a new installation or an upgrade.

The following new features and functions are included in SP3:

• Coexistence with Exchange 2013: Ein Exchange Server 2013 You are now in an existing infrastructure of Exchange 2010 be introduced, since the required changes in the coexistence SP3 available. Reference: Ein Exchange 2010 SP3 can only be used with Exchange 2012 servers in coexistence, when the cumulative update “Exchange 2013 CU1″ was installed. This is also in the first quarter 2013 published.
• Support for Windows Server 2012: With SP3, it is possible an Exchange Server 2010 on a Windows server 2012 to install and deploy.
• Support for Internet Explorer 10: With SP3, it is possible with the IE10 connect to an Exchange 2010 produce.
• Fixes Included: All the previous released updates and update rollups, were released before SP3, are now included in SP3.

For details on the release of Service Pack 3 see here in the official Exchange Team Blog. Also on TechNet for more information “What's new in Service Pack 3?”.

This article is about the procedure an Exchange 2010 SP2 upgrade to SP3.

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Since many companies in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is used, occurs again and again the question: What is backed up and then restore it successfully?

It is therefore very useful 1. Backup to create and 2. to test their functionality. This should be done regularly and be guided accordingly log of. The time required is relatively low. Especially when you consider, that you can sleep as a system administrator much quieter.

I want a little help as you try to enter into a corporate network from its isolated environment backups can. This process is called also Disaster Recovery (Disaster Recovery).

Preferably, I use Windows standard tools (NT Backup) to create the backups. This software is free and the operating system (Microsoft Windows Server 2003) it. It is a system backup and requires a full backup per storage group. Are these backups available can be started to create a test environment.

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