Bharat Suneja

Awesome Powershell presentation by Vivek Sharma and Mihai Jalobeanu

Just got out of a breakout session titled “Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Management Shell and Scripting” by Vivek Sharma & Mihai Jalobeanu. Vivek & Mihai provided a great technical deep dive into Powershell (aka “Monad”) and how to use Exchange Management Shell (a layer on top of PowerShell) to manage Exchange Server 2007. The session […]

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It’s TechEd time!

I’m heading to Boston tomorrow to attend Microsoft TechEd. Look forward to meeting friends, peers, MVPs, MCTs, Zenprise customers, and “softies”… ! As noted earlier, Zenprise architect Sekou Page will be presenting a Birds Of A Feather session on troubleshooting DNS for Exchange. (read previous post: “Don’t miss “Troubleshooting DNS for Exchange” session at TechEd“). […]

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Texas spammer turns “antispam-activist” after million dollar settlement

In an interesting twist, Texas spammer Rylak Pitylak – listed as the world’s 4th “most prolific spammer” by Spamhaus – has turned over a new leaf and now refers to himself as an “antispam activist”. This epiphany happened after coughing up a million dollars in a settlement with Microsoft and the state of Texas, according […]

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IMF: Archiving spam

As explained in previous posts, the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) offers a few configuration options. The primary interface for configuring IMF is under Global Settings | Message Delivery properties | Intelligent Message Filtering tab. Figure 1: IMF configuration options in Global Settings | Message Delivery | Properties | Intelligent Message Filtering tab Here you specify […]

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IMF does not scan messages larger than 3 Mb

Microsoft has just released a knowledgebase article – KB 907691 – documenting the inability of its Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) – the anti-spam filter that was earlier offered as a free add-on for Exchange Server 2003 – to scan messages over 3 Mb. in size. When IMF encounters a message that is larger than 3 […]

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Don’t miss “Troubleshooting DNS for Exchange” session at TechEd

Another year goes by, and TechEd 2006 is already here! If you’re going to be in Boston next month, as a TechEd attendee you’ll have a long list of sessions to pick from, with more than a few sessions you’re interested in being scheduled at the same time. I’ve always faced this huge dilemma of […]

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Verizon first (and exclusive) with Moto Q

In one of the most anticipated product launches since about a year (for smartphone/Windows Mobile geeks anyway!), it appears Verizon will be the first and – for a while at least – exclusive provider to sell Motorola’s new Moto Q smartphone. Labelled as the “Blackberry Killer” ever since rumors and early details/photos appeared about a […]

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Microsoft buys Whale Communications

Microsoft’s buying Whale Communications – maker of SSL VPN appliances. Having used Whale in a secure Outlook Web Access deployment, I have high regard for their technology. It locks down OWA pretty tightly, without ever touching your Exchange server. I’ve frequently recommended their appliances – which allowed integration of RSA SecurID authentication for OWA access, […]

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Zenprise in InfoWorld’s “Top 15 Tech Startups To Watch”

More news from the Zenprise front – we’re now one of the “Top 15 Tech Startups To Watch” according to InfoWorld magazine! In a cover feature in the magazine’s current issue, InfoWorld features the companies that they rate as “Top 15 Tech Startups To Watch”. In InfoWorld’s words, “Look closely, and you’ll notice that today’s […]

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New Exchange fixes change permissions model, may disrupt Blackberry, Goodlink, and other services

A recent change in the Exchange permissions model may disrupt Blackberry, Goodlink and other services. Many folks may have already applied hotfixes that changed the behavior of “Send As” and “Full Mailbox Access” permissions. Here’s a brief overview. What: Separation of “Full Mailbox Access” and “Send As” permissions.Why: Earlier, users with “Full Mailbox Access” permission […]

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