February 2007

Zenprise 3.0: Now available for Blackberry

Zenprise just released Zenprise 3.0 – its first product that helps troubleshoot issues with RIM’s Blackberry Enterprise Server (for Exchange), besides some great new functionality for Exchange Server environments. With mobile email usage predicted to skyrocket over the next few years (According to projections by Radicati Group, number of mobile devices will shoot up from […]

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memberOf Attribute can now be used in OPATH filters!

I’ve blogged about OPATH filters before [read previous post “Adventures with OPATH: some annoyances if you’re used to LDAP“], and one of the annoyances was the the fact that it wasn’t possible to use the memberOf attribute to pick up (or exclude) members of certain groups from all the stuff that uses OPATH filters such […]

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Empower Your PowerShell with PowerGadgets

Exchange MVP Andy Webb showed off this great tool called PowerGadgets recently that can help you build cool gadgets – with or without Windows Vista. The gadgets take piped output from PowerShell commandlets and scripts (as well as SQL databases and web services). Why I think this is so cool:– it allows you to visualize […]

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Exchange 2007 Content Filter: How to move messages to Junk Mail folder

You’ve setup Exchange Server 2007, and configured the shiny new Content Filter agent (CFA), which is more than just a rewrite of the equally loved and hated Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) from Exchange Server 2003. How do you configure it? Spam Confidence Level (SCL) Thresholds in Exchange 2007/2010 The CFA has the following three thresholds, […]

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Windows Vista: Is there really a lack of interest?

Almost every single day for past few weeks, I’ve been asked by someone or the other if Windows Vista is available yet, and whether they should upgrade. Last night it was a teenager at a SonyStyle store in San Jose, where I happened to wander to take a peek at new Vista laptops. (Yes, I’m […]

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Configuring firewalls and name resolution for Edge Transport servers

If you’re planning to deploy the Edge Transport server role in a perimeter network (aka “DMZ”), here are the ports you’ll need to open: Inbound:From external network (internet) to Edge server: SMTP – tcp port 25From Edge server to Hub Transport servers on internal network: SMTP – tcp port 25 Outbound:From Edge to external network/internet: […]

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Get Dell Service Tag using PowerShell

A popular script on this blog uses the Win32_SystemEnclosure WMI class to get the Dell Service Tag from Dell computers [see Getting Dell Service Tag using WMI]. Powershell’s Get-WmiObject cmdlet makes it a one-liner. You can also use it to get the serial number from systems made by other manufacturers.: Get-WmiObject win32_SystemEnclosure | select serialnumber […]

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Exchangepedia is losing the www

Exchangepedia Blog is losing the www from its URL – though it will still be accessible using http://www.exchangepedia.com/blog, all links are changing to https://exchangepedia.com/blog. The atom feed will change from http://www.exchangepedia.com/blog/atom.xml to https://exchangepedia.com/blog/atom.xml at around midnight tomorrow (the former URL should still be accessible).

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Offline Address Book: Mystery of The Missing Recipients

Frequently users report recipients missing from the GAL. So begins the mystery of missing recipients. These are existing users, not new ones. New users don’t show up in the GAL for clients using Outlook 2003 Cached Mode clients, because Outlook uses an Offline Address List (aka “Offline Address Book” or OAB), which is generated once […]

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