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Zenprise at Fenway Park: How the 2007 World Champion Boston Red Sox’s IT Shop Keeps BlackBerrys in the Game

I haven’t posted too many updates from Zenprise lately. Zenprise v3.3 will ship soon, and the regular stream of customers throughout the year has been a great validation of Zenprise’s approach to monitoring and real-time troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange Server and BlackBerry environments. The exciting news – standing here during the attendee party at TechEd […]

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Disabled mailboxes: Can they really receive email?

Some truths you live with for a lifetime, like Outlook users cannot send email using an alternate email address (with Outlook in MAPI mode – read previous post: “HOW TO: Send as alternate email address“). Others change as Microsoft Exchange evolves, either through new versions of Exchange server, or service packs and hotfixes. Disabled mailboxes […]

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Redmond on Exchange’s Evolving Strategy

Tony Redmond outlines his perspective of how Exchange will evolve over E14 and onwards in this Windows IT Pro article. The key areas, according to Redmond, are automation, virtualization, mobility, Unified Communications, Information Management, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Read “Exchange’s Evolving Strategy” on WinItPro.com (requires subscription).

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Schwartz: Zero tolerance for zero retention

On the first anniversary of the Federal Rules for Civil Procedure (PDF), which provide guidelines for e-discovery, InfoWorld editor Ephraim Schwartz discusses the implications in his Reality Check column. Read more in “Zero tolerance for zero retention“.

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Bulk mailbox creation revisited: Adding Active Directory attributes

The instructions in Exchange Server 2007: Bulk creation of mailboxes using Exchange Management Shell allow you to quickly create mailboxes in bulk using the New-Mailbox command. Continuing from where we left off in that post, another scenario is being able to add Active Directory attributes to the new user object created by New-Mailbox. Note, the […]

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Exchange shell: Using double quotes or single quotes in commands or scripts

Another frequently asked question about PowerShell/Exchange shell, and one that I myself had during the initial foray with the shell – what’s the difference between using double quotes and single quotes in a shell command or script? The biggest difference, and the only one I’m aware of, is the fact that using double quotes – […]

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Released: ForeFront Security for Exchange SP1

ForeFront Security for Exchange SP1 follows Exchange Server 2007 SP1 out the door. FSE SP1 is compatible with Exchange Server 2007 SP1. It includes support for Windows Server 2008, IPv6, and improved content filtering. Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and ForeFront Security for Exchange – Before you upgrade Exchange Server 2007 to SP1, make sure you […]

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Great news, in words of Exchange TAP Program Manager David Espinoza: “Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has left the building”. The “pack of goodies” is Build 240.06 – download it here. (Read the announcement on the team blog, with feedback from TAP customers, including Zenprise.) Congratulations to the Exchange product team for shipping an unusual service […]

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220 Welcome to a California mail server: Fighting spam with SMTP Banners

If you are interested in messaging and fighting spam, you probably watch the legal response to spam with some interest. Given the nature of email and the art of remaining anonymous or otherwise untraceable that spammers seem to have mastered, anti-spam laws were written off as largely ineffective, or even ridiculous. (The FTC begs to […]

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Critical Apple Mail vulnerability reintroduced in Leo

“In a world where PCs constantly do battle with viruses and malware, Mac OS X is a sea of tranquility”, Apple likes to remind the world about its OS X operating system. Interestingly, Computerworld’s Gregg Keizer reports about a critical vulnerability in Apple Mail that was fixed in OS X Tiger has been reintroduced in […]

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