Announced: Virtualization support for Exchange Server 2007

Exchange Server 2007 is now supported on Hyper-V and other (read “Non-Microsoft”) hypervisors validated under the Microsoft Server Vitualization Validation Program. Vendors participating in the program: Citrix, Cisco Systems, Novell, Sun Micrososystems, and Virtual Iron Software. The new support policy for Exchange in virtualized environments: Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware […]

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Exchange System Manager and Outlook on the same computer?

With the release of Exchange System Manager (ESM) for Windows Vista yesterday (Released: Exchange System Manager for Windows Vista), there’s been concern about the fact that ESM is not supported on the same computer as Microsoft Outlook. However, the coexistence of the two has not been a supported scenario for long. From KB 266418: Microsoft […]

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Released: Exchange System Manager for Windows Vista

If you’ve been waiting to install Exchange System Manager on Windows Vista, the wait is finally over. Exchange System Manager for Windows Vista is now available. Pre-requisites:– The computer should be a member of a domain which has Exchange Server 2003 SP2.– Windows Server adminpak (from Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Server 2003 R2) […]

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Exchange Server Antispam Updates: Do I have the latest update?

Not sure if the Exchange 2007 or 2003 (IMF) updates on your system are the latest and greatest? Doubt if the automatic update process is working? You can use the Microsoft Update Catalog web site to search for these. You can also subscribe to the RSS feeds for each update (search result on the web […]

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TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery and SCR Deep Dive

Scott Schnoll’s doing a TechNet Webcast on High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1: Disaster Recovery and SCR Deep Dive. What: TechNet Webast: High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Part 2 of 2):Disaster Recovery and SCR Deep Dive (Level 300)When: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:30 AM PacificWho: Scott Schnoll, Principal Technical WriterMore info and […]

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Delay Notifications: Informing users about delays in mail delivery

Users consider email to be a reliable communication mechanism – not as reliable as the dial tone, but pretty close. Most users expect mail to be delivered within minutes, if not seconds. Many organizations, including those operating in the financial & banking sectors, have strict SLAs for mail delivery which specify mail delivery times granularly— […]

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PowerShell: Listing multi-valued attributes

In previous posts, we’ve taken a look at how to update multi-valued attributes and remove values from multi-valued attributes using PowerShell/Exchange Shell (EMS). Multi-valued attributes have a special significance in AD, and interfaces/APIs used to access AD. Whereas single-valued attributes can be retrieved and updated quite easily, multi-valued attributes come with a twist. Values from […]

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Where are mailbox last logon, client IP address and other details in Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2010?

In Exchange Server 2003/2000, expanding a Mailbox Database (MDB) provides information about mailboxes in a database, last logon/logoff times and account(s) that logged on to mailboxes (see ‘Displaying Client IP Address in Exchange System Manager‘ for details). Figure 1: In Exchange 2003, the Logons node displays Store logon-related information. Click here to see a bigger […]

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Powered by Hyper-V: Exchangepedia virtualized!

Finally, it was time to bid adieu to the endearing Dell box that served Exchangepedia for >4 years with all of its might (psssst… that means a 400 Mhz. PIII processor with 256 Mb. RAM.. :). Time to leave the world of phsyical servers, and move on to the virtualization world! Today the site was […]

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Script: Listing Distribution Groups a recipient is a member of

It’s easy to get a list of all members of a Distribution Group. The Exchange shell (EMS) ships with the Get-DistributionGroupMember cmdlet that makes it a short one-liner (compared to 100s of lines of code in VBS). However, how do we get all Distribution Groups a user, group, or contact is a member of? There’s […]

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