November 2005

New user does not show up in GAL

Scenario: You’ve created a new user (or any Exchange recipient that should show up in Exchange Address Books/GAL), but the recipient does not show up in the GAL in Outlook. Are you using Outlook 2003/2007 in Cached Mode? If yes, login using Outlook Web Access and try to send the user an email. Does the […]

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Exchange Server 2003 gets Common Criteria certified

Your favorite messaging server – Exchange Server 2003 (don’t tell me it’s NOT Exchange Server 2003 as of now… though that may change some time in the near future with E12 betas around the corner.. ) – is now Common Criteria certified. “Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation” (CCITSE) – commonly known as “Common […]

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More on 64-bit Exchange 12

The 64-bit E12 story is turning out to be even more exciting with this tidbit from Bob Muglia’s keynote at IT Forum, courtesy Eileen Brown’s blog post. The product team has found signficant gains with E12 on 64-bit boxes. The numbers are mind-boggling. For starters, the IOPS (IOs per second) reduced by almost 75% compared […]

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Happy 64-bit 2006, including Exchange 12

Earlier today at the IT Forum in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft announced Exchange 12 will be exclusively 64-bit – it will only run on x86 64-bit processors! Other products, most notably Longhorn Server, will also support 64-bit only. This should mark the shift to 64-bit computing next year. Many organizations currently acquiring x86 64-bit hardware still […]

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