With Unified Messaging (UM) language packs installed you enable callers and OVA (Outlook Voice Access) users to interact with the Unified Messaging system in multiple languages. Each UM language pack includes :

• TTS engine (Tex-to-Speech)
• ASR (Automatich Speech Recognition)
• Voice Mail Preview

Installing UM Language packs for Exchange 2010 can be done in two ways. First you have to download the correct Exchange 2010 UM language packs. The UM langauge packs for Exchange 2007 cannot be used! Read more »

Yesterday Microsoft released the first Exchange 2010 rollup, number 1. You can download the update here.

A nice addition is that Blackberry Enterpris Server (BES) is now fully supported with Exchange 2010 Rollup 1.

More details about the update can be found here.

Exchange 2010 is Code Complete. In November the product will be available.

More info on the Microsoft blog

I just saw an interesting interview with Adam Glick about Exchange 2010 and Windows Mobile 6.5.

A short summary of the interview about the new features:

Windows Mobile 6.5 and Exchange 2010

• Conversations and Read more »

As I’m reading more and more about Database Availability Groups, I’m getting very excited about this new feature in Exchange 2010.

I found some interesting links for those of you who want more information :

• Exchange Genie
• MSExchange.org
• Technet Blog Jesús Nacimiento Navarro

The Microsoft Exchange Team has published some good articles about Exchange 2010 and high availability. The main subject is the database availability groups which are available in Exchange 2010.

In Exchange 2007 CCR and SCR where introduced. You needed a Windows Cluster Read more »

The Microsoft Exchange Team announced the release for Service Pack 2. It’s expected in Q3 of 2009.

This Service Pack will be required for transitioning to Exchange 2010.

You’ll be able to upgrade directly to SP2 for all Exchange 2007 versions (RTM, SP1).