Exchange 2013 : 100 Databases are back with CU2
Microsoft would like to give us 100 databases per server /DAG same as Exchange 2010 with cumulative update 2 which is expected to be released in the 3rd quarter of the year 2013.
As a matter of fact we can go from 50 databases to 100 Databases per server or Database Availability Group.
This means we can plan/design to deploy 100 databases if there is a requirement for future projects.
This increase in the database will only be helpful for Enterprise Edition of Exchange 2013.
CU2 won’t change number of databases per server for standard edition which will remain at 5 databases per server/DAG.
CU2 will allow your DAG Witness Server to be located in Azure. This will be a great advantage to have no outage of Witness.
CU2 will also provide DAG Management Service.
For more information you can read the blog post from “Ross Smith”.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/06/04/per-server-database-limits-explained.aspx
Following issue will be fixed in CU2
You can’t disable Outlook Web App access for users in Office 365 or on-premises Exchange Server – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2835562/en-us?sd=rss&spid=16662
Prabhat Nigam
Microsoft MVP | Exchange Server
team@msexchangeguru
July 1st, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Our Enterprise is on Exchange 2013 CU1 On-Premises and it Rocks, looking forward to CU2.
After the recent news of “NSA backdoor access to the Public Cloud servers”, many Enterprises are considering Exchange 2013 On-Premises.
July 2nd, 2013 at 12:26 am
@John
Great to know !
As always, test the CU2 in you lab before deploying into production when it comes.
I am not sure about NSA backdoor access to the Public Cloud servers but it is always good to have all yours emails in your hand. This is totally my point of view. 🙂
July 2nd, 2013 at 6:53 am
Agree with Prabhat & John 100%.
Well everyone knows it by now after the recent international news of “NSA backdoor access to the Public Cloud servers”.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/06/report-nsa-collects-data-directly-from-servers-of-google-apple-microsoft-facebook-and-more/
July 2nd, 2013 at 8:59 am
Thank you Tom for sharing. So, all the system admins jobs are secure.
As far as you don’t do anything wrong they will not harm your data.
July 2nd, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Have you all seen the new commercial from Public Cloud companies?
“Do not worry about your Emails and data, even if our servers goes down & we lose your Emails and data, NSA has it” 🙂 LOL
July 2nd, 2013 at 2:22 pm
@Pathel
We are living in Exchange 2007.2010,2013 age where there is no data loss. I would recommend you to Upgrade your legacy system.
July 10th, 2013 at 10:18 am
hello,
I tried to install Exchange server 2013 CU2 .I have an error and installation is stopped. The error is:
the following error was generated when error clear if get service msexchangeservicehost
microsoft exchange service host service failed to start
How can I fix it? Thank you for recommendations. I am waiting your answers.
July 10th, 2013 at 3:33 pm
There must be something wrong. Please check the setup.log for more information about the error.
Please check the installation steps here.
https://msexchangeguru.com/2013/07/10/install-e2013-cu2/
January 17th, 2017 at 6:32 am
very good article. I like it. Thanks for sharing……