What’s New in Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange v1.1
Following the successful release of the first Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange in August 2011, we just released an updated version. The Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange v1.1 allows you to monitor server health, e-mail messages and users across your Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 infrastructure. Here are the top reasons you should install or upgrade.
The Curious Case of the Quoted Backslash
Recently, we released the Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange, which allows you to get all sorts of visibility from your Exchange 2007 or 2010 environment, covering Security, Operations, Help Desk, Client Behavior and Capacity Planning use cases. Quite simply, I believe it’s the most comprehensive view of your Exchange system you’ll likely see.
As the Solutions Architect responsible for the app, and as is typically the case in the development of any app, there were a few hurdles to overcome, and these become lessons learned for future apps.
One of these was the case of the de-quoted backslash. Windows environments do not use the backslash for quoting but the rest of the world does. Windows puts it to a…
