Bharat Suneja

Adventures with OPATH filters in Exchange 2007 and some annoyances if you’re used to LDAP

If you’ve deployed or have been testing Exchange Server 2007, you must have certainly crossed paths with OPATH. OPATH is a querying language, somewhat similar to SQL. It is used to filter objects in PowerShell. OPATH filters replace the LDAP filters for EmailAddressPolicies (equivalent of Recipient Policies), Address Lists/GAL, and Dynamic Distribution Groups (aka “Query-Based […]

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IMF: Updates not showing up in Add/Remove Programs?

Some users report that recent updates to Microsoft’s Intelligent Message Filter (for Exchange Server 2003) do not show up in Add/Remove Programs in Windows. Double-checking on some servers, I’ve noticed this – the last update that shows up on those in Add/Remove Programs is dated 8/10/2006.If you look at the registry key for this update […]

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Microsoft announces co-existence and migration tools for Lotus Notes/Domino

Microsoft announced the public beta of its coexistence and migration tools for Lotus Notes/Domino, called Transporter Suite 2007 for Domino. More info on the team blog.

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Exchangepedia Blog crosses another landmark: over 1000 pageviews/day

Some time over the last week, this blog crossed another landmark – it’s now getting over 1000 pageviews a day! Thanks for visiting – I’m glad you find these posts useful and/or interesting! :) (Yes, it is a big deal for me!)

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Applying Mailbox Manager policies to a sub-folder

When you create a Recipient Policy to apply Mailbox Manager settings [for reference, read KBA 319188 “How to use recipient policies to control mailboxes in Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003“], the policy properties include the default mailbox folders like Inbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items, et al. You can apply the policy to additional folders by […]

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Oliver Rist talks about bumps in the road to Exchange Server 2007

InfoWorld columnist Oliver Rist writes about bumps in the road to Exchange Server 2007 [read it on Infoworld: “Brace for Exchange 2007 bumps“]. I love Rist’s columns and can be considered a regular reader. Issues he outlines:Issues #1 & 2: Exchange Server 2007 won’t run on the next version of Windows server, codenamed “Longhorn server”. […]

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A Late New Year’s Resolution: Do Not Resolve Anonymous Senders

It’s probably a little late to make another New Year’s resolution, but I’ll try to convince you to make one nevertheless. By default, when an internal/authenticated user sends you a message, you see the user’s display name (for example Joe Adams) in Outlook/OWA and other email clients. Messages from unauthenticated senders, including those from Internet […]

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IMF: Updates live again

This just came in from Scott Roberts – IMF updates are live again. The latest update is dated Jan 11, 2007, version 6.5.7891.0. Given the questions in different forums since the updates were paused/stopped, and particularly between yesterday (when the updates were supposed to kick in) and today – are some users really hooked to […]

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SCRIPT: Show mailbox quotas (including Store & Policy quotas)

I had earlier posted a script that lists users’ mailbox limits/quotas [read previous post “SCRIPT: Show mailbox limits“]. That script only picks up users who have their mailbox limits set individually, bypassing the “normal” users who have their mailbox storage limits set by the Store or a System Policy. A related script that resets the […]

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Are blogs on their way out in 2007?

Josh Maher posted a prediction on his blog not too long ago – Blogs will be replaced in 2007 [read “2007 Predictions: Blogs will be replaced“]. By Wikis & video. Hmm…. when a blogger – and a good one at that, imo – predicts that, it’s time to pause and think! I don’t disagree with […]

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