Michel de Rooij - Pro Exchange 2019 and 2016 Administration: For Exchange On-Premises and Office 365

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I have been working with Exchange since 1997 when Microsoft introduced Exchange server 5.0. Over the years, a lot has changed in Exchange, or as they say in marketing terms, it has been built from the ground up, and with the move writing Exchange in managed code (i.e., .NET), thats completely true.

But theres this other beast called Exchange Online, part of Office 365. It is not a big secret that Microsoft wants everybody to move to Office 365, and for a lot of customers, that is the best solution. All Microsoft developments and new features are in the cloud, and Exchange server on-premises is in a status quo. There are not a lot of new developments, and all updates are about stability and security.

But why a book about Exchange server? There still is a demand for Exchange server on-premises. Sometimes, organizations are running Exchange server for the wrong reason (the cloud is too expensive, for example), but there are organizations that do not want to be the first, or they cannot move to the cloud for legal reasons. Do not forget there are still millions of mailboxes on-premises, and this book is targeted for administrators that are completely moving to the cloud anytime soon and still have Exchange servers on-premises. This can be a full on-premises environment and I still have these types of customers, but also in a hybrid environment where Exchange server on-premises is configured with Exchange Online.

There still is demand for Exchange server on-premises, and there still is demand for an up-to-date book about Exchange server on-premises. This book is about Exchange 2019 and also covers Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013 where appropriate. Exchange server is not dead, since Microsoft already announced a new version of Exchange on-premises, at the time of writing, referred to as Exchange vNext. From the information publicly available, I do not expect too much changes in Exchange vNext.

But until then, enjoy Exchange 2019 and never stop learning.

Another book! When Jaap asked me if I wanted to join him in writing the successor to our previous book that we both co-authored in 2014, I immediately got enthusiastic again. And now, after a few months, the fruit of our labor has once more seen the light. It always is an interesting and rewarding experience. The amount of depth and widening is intense, especially in the cloud era where the rate of change is insane. Then, when you finish writing, you feel you achieved something. Something useful for people that are on their own learning path, be it Exchange or Microsoft 365, something to help them understand and grow.