IIS 7 Authentication: What happened to the IUSR_MachineName account?

In previous versions of IIS, the IUSR_MachineName account is created for anonymous authentication. This is an actual user account created on the server (a domain account can be used in domain environments), and like all user accounts— it has a SID, and an account password with the accompanying management costs and risks. One of the […]

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Released: Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Download it here. Fixes for the following issues are included (details in in KB 949870): 937436 Error message when an Exchange 2007-based user sends a meeting request to a resource that is located in a Lotus Domino resource reservation database: “Error autoprocessing message” 941770 […]

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Creating a Dynamic Distribution Group for all mailboxes on a Database

I posted about this in Adventures with OPATH: some annoyances if you’re used to LDAP, shortly after Exchange Server 2007 RTMed (Yes, it has really been that long… ). Here’s a quick recipe to create a Dynamic Distribution Group to include all mailboxes on a database. $DB = (Get-MailboxDatabase “SERVER\Storage Group\Mailbox Database”).distinguishedName New-DynamicDistributionGroup MyGroup -RecipientFilter […]

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Controlling OOFs per domain and per mailbox

OOFs can be controlled per domain using Remote Domain settings. By default, setup creates the default Remote Domain for address space *. (As with Connector namespaces, * translates to all domains for which Exchange isn’t authoritative/has an Accepted Domain for, and doesn’t have an explicit Remote Domain for). Figure 1: Remote Domains allow control of […]

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Released: RDP Client for Mac 2

If you’re a Mac user, connecting to Windows servers and desktops just got a lot better. The much anticipated RDP Client for Mac 2 has been released. The RDP Client for Mac 2 is available in 8 languages (including English). Download it here. New features include multi-session support, new Network Level Authentication (NLA) that completes […]

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Released: ISA 2006 Service Pack 1

ISA Server 2006 SP1 has been released. SP1 brings some new features, and improvements such as support for SAN certificates. Download SP1. New features: Configuration Change Tracking: Registers all configuration changes applied to ISA Server to help you assess issues that may occur as a result of these changes. Test Button: Tests the consistency of […]

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Monitoring Exchange Server 2007 Performance: Perfmon counters and thresholds

Monitoring mission-critical services such as email is a necessity in most organizations. Whereas monitoring software like Microsoft System Center Operations Manager can use Exchange monitoring expertise and rules encoded in Management Packs and many third-party monitoring solutions ship with some embedded Exchange knowledge, if you’re setting up a monitoring system or creating a home-grown monitoring […]

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Released: New Whitepapers on Continuous Replication and Planning for Large Mailboxes

New whitepapers have been released today on TechNet. Whitepaper: Continuous Replication Deep Dive– written by Ross Smith IV and Scott Schnoll This whitepaper discusses the different components of Continuous Replication— used by LCR, CCR and SCR, how replication works, backups and log file truncation, what happens during scheduled and unscheduled outages, and how Continuous Replication […]

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Exchangepedia turns 4!

Yes, Exchangepedia Blog is 4 years old today! Exchangepedia saw its first posts in June 2004. Hundreds of posts, 1 major Exchange release and 2 service packs (Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and Exchange Server 2007 SP1) later, it’s great to look back at some of the stuff I’ve enjoyed writing, and some posts that got […]

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Save XP, Rick Mercer Style

It’s June 30th! I had the date marked because of two reasons. The first one has to do with Windows XP, and if you haven’t heard enough already, CBC’s Rick Mercer has his own view of how to save Windows XP. Caution: May not be entirely work-safe for some. The second reason’s coming up in […]

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