August 2007

Dynamic Distribution Group quirkiness in Exchange 2007

In “New Distribution Groups do not receive internet email by default“, I wrote about Devin’s observation that all new Distribution Groups created in Exchange Server 2007 do not receive internet/unauthenticated email by default. Here’s some more often overlooked Dynamic Distribution Group (DDG, aka “Query-Based Distribution Group” in Exchange/Windows Server 2003) quirkiness. When creating a new […]

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NetCraft: IIS gaining ground on Apache

Internet research firm NetCraft reports Microsoft’s IIS web server is now gaining ground on its open-source rival Apache. Out of close to 128 million web sites surveyed this month, 34.2% use IIS – an increase of 1.4%. Apache’s marketshare slipped by 1.7%, to 48.4%. More in NetCraft’s August 2007 Web Server Survey. Update:Eric Lai reports […]

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Blogroll: Brian Tirch’s blog

My friend Brian Tirch has started blogging. He’s an active participant in the Exchange Server 2007 (RTM & SP1) TAP, and has been running a significant Exchange Server 2007 deployment since before it RTMed. His blog – Exchange_Genie – is at http://exchange-genie.blogspot.com/. Adding to Blogroll.

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Outlook Anywhere and Exchange’s Self-Signed Certificate

Outlook Anywhere (known as RPC over HTTP in Exchange Server 2003), the Exchange Server + Outlook + Windows Server feature that allows Outlook clients to access Exchange servers without a VPN, does not work with Exchange Server 2010/2007’s self-signed certificate. Yes, this is different from Outlook Web Access (OWA, Outlook Web App in Exchange 2010) […]

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Mozilla promises to patch in 10 days

In a sign of further security goodness, Mike Shaver – Mozilla’s Director of Ecosystem Development, claims Mozilla will fix all vulnerabilities in (his own words) “10 [expletive] days“. The caveats: provided there is “responsible disclosure”, and the claim is for critical vulnerabilities. As a FireFox user, what’s troubling is the fact that Mozilla has to […]

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Which name should I use as Common Name for my UC certificate?

I recently got a UC/SAN cert from DigiCert (read previous post “DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service“). Here’s a tip from them about which name (fqdn) to use as the Common Name. Q: Which name should I use as the “common name” for my UC certificate?A: It’s probably best to use the name […]

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Exchange ActiveSync, ISA 2006 and Error 0x85010004

When publishing Exchange ActiveSync with ISA Server 2006, you get an error 0x85010004 on the device. The error: Result:Your account in Microsoft Exchange Server does not have permission to synchronize with your current settings. Contact your Exchange Server administrator. Support code: 0x85010004 After hours of troubleshooting, deleting the ISA rule and recreating it, playing with […]

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New Exchange Server 2007 mailbox stamped as legacy mailbox

If you use the Exchange Server 2003/2000 extensions to Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) console to create mailboxes residing on Exchange Server 2007 servers, these mailboxes get stamped as legacy mailboxes. Exchange Server 2007 mailboxes should be created using the Exchange (2007) console or shell. To remove the legacy tag from mailboxes created using […]

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