Well, I was out in San Francisco last week for Exchange 2010 Ignite Partner training (more info to come), while I was there Exchange 2010 RTM was released as noted here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/09/453096.aspx!  I am sure you are aware of the many benefits of Exchange 2010 and I’m happy to see it has been released.  I have a number of clients that would like to leverage archiving which  has become available in Exchange 2010.

Another announcement while I was gone was the release of the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator.  I have used this tool a number of time for Exchange 2007 and it is definitely worth checking out if you haven’t done so already.

Finally the MS Exchange team announced the Release of the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant.  This looks like a great way to help plan the deployment of exchange 2010 in your environments.

I highly recommend you take a look at the articles around the storage calculator and the 2010 deployment assistant.  If you have any desire to deploy Exchange 2010 or 2007 feel free to send me an email if you need help or post on the Exchange Forums.  Don’t forget, I’m also a consultant who specializes in Exchange.