What's New in Exchange 2019? You Need To Know!

You might think that the newer version of good old Exchange 2016 can’t bring anything new to the world, while everyone seems to be moving to the cloud. Surprisingly, Microsoft’s new on-premises email server features a lot of significant improvements.

Valuable for large enterprises, exchange server 2019 fits the needs of the largest organizations, as most of the value security over innovation. 

For security purposes, it is recommended to install the newest version of exchange on windows server core. 

NO UNIFIED MESSAGING, UMI role is removed alternatives to UM include Skype for business server, voice mail in office 365 (hybrid model) and third-party tools. 

SECURITY: installing exchange 2019 on window server core strengthens security because it offers:

1. Small footprint
2. Reduced attack surface
3. Only essential features installed
4. No legacy security protocols

PERFORMANCE: Improved performance and scalability of exchange 2019 are achieved by:

1. Switch from workstation GC to Server GC
2. Support for up to 48 processors per server
3. 128 GB minimum RAM requirement
4. Up to 50% latency reduction 

CLIENT ACCESS RULES: new options to selectively allow or restrict access to exchange via Exchange Admin Center Or Powershell, basing on the criteria of IP address, authentication type, and user property values.

Change in the search engine is based on the technology implemented in Bing - big funnel. Index files are in each mailbox. 

CHANGES FOR END-USER

1. Default end date option in setting calenders meetings recurrence.
2. Meeting organizers can prevent attendees from forwarding meeting requests.
3. Improved calendar management for admins with new remove-calender events.
4. New out of office options to block calendar during the user's absence. 

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