Exchange 2007

List Exchange ActiveSync users and device information in Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010

One of the requirements for managing mobile devices in an organization is reporting on users with a mobile device, the model or type of device, and optionally other information such as the DeviceID, the time of the last successful connection. In How to get a list of Exchange ActiveSync users we list Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) […]

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Exchange Server and UPN Suffixes for an OU

What’s a UPN? Back from the Windows NT days and NetBIOS-style NT domain names, we’ve been used to logging in using the DOMAIN\Username format. With the shift to Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server, we have the ability to use a User Principal Name, which is a login that looks like (and can be generally […]

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Removing internal host names and IP addresses from message headers

Another frequently asked question about SMTP mail – how can I remove internal host names and IP addresses from outbound Internet mail? More often than not, this results from the belief that somehow if the outside world finds out an organization’s internal IP addresses and host names, it makes the organization vulnerable. Auditors love to […]

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HOW TO: Remove the Public Folder Store

This is a fairly common question — you’re trying to remove the Public Folder store on an Exchange 2007 server and get an error that some Public Folder replicas still exist. You’re certain you’ve removed all Public Folder replicas from that server. What next? Here’s a little procedure documented in How to Delete Multiple Public […]

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How to forward mail to an external email address

In Exchange Server 2003, mail for a recipient can be forwarded to an alternate recipient by modifying the recipient’s Delivery Options in ADUC | recipient -> properties | Exchange General tab. Figure 1: Use Delivery Options to auto forward email to an alternate recipient in Exchange 2003 If you need to forward mail to an […]

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List mailboxes with Full Mailbox Access permission assigned

In “HOW TO: Grant Full Mailbox Access permission“, we saw how to assign and view mailbox permissions, including Full Access. Here’s how you can get a list of mailboxes with explicitly-assigned (i.e. not inherited) Full Access permissions. You can specify a single mailbox and retrieve the permissions assigned on it by using the Get-MailboxPermission cmdlet. […]

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Renew self-signed certificates in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

In Exchange 2007 and later, Exchange Setup creates a self-signed certificate to protect communication with Exchange services such as SMTP, IMAP, POP, OWA, EAS, EWS and UM. Exchange’s self-signed certificates meet an important need – securing communication paths for all Exchange services by default. The self-signed certificate meets an important need – securing communication paths […]

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Exchange Server 2007: How many logs hath thee?

A recent question got me thinking about this, thanks to a fellow MCT. How may logs does Exchange Server 2007 have? There are the known logs, carried over from previous versions (albeit with some differences), and a slew of new logs that one deals with. So let’s take a quick look at the number of […]

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Restricting Messaging Records Management to a particular message type

One of the frequently asked questions related to Messaging Records Management (MRM) in Exchange Server 2007/2010 is: how do I purge only specific type of items from a particular Managed Default Folder, a Managed Custom Folder, or the entire mailbox? For example, it may be acceptable to purge email messages from a particular folder or […]

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HOW TO: Hide Distribution Group membership

Exchange Server 2003’s extensions for Active Directory Users & Computers console made hiding a Distribution Group’s membership a trivial task, accomplished by right-clicking a group, selecting Exchange Tasks and selecting Hide Membership. Figure 1: The Exchange Tasks wizard in ADUC provides an option to hide Distribution Group membership in Exchange Server 2003 As the task […]

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