Administration

Exchange Server 2007: Cross-Mailbox Search Using Export-Mailbox

Exchange Server 2007 includes the much-required feature that allows you search for and export messages to another mailbox. You can search all mailboxes for messages with particular keywords and export those messages to a separate mailbox, which can then be accessed by compliance/legal folks who need access to such messages. Another scenario where this feature […]

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Grimes Gripes About Backup Software

InfoWorld columnist Roger Grimes gripes about backup software in his Security Advisor column [ “Backup Software: Bah Hambug” on Infoworld.com]. Some of the stuff he complains about are situations we find ourselves in ever so often – the bad tape drives, the dumb backup software that’s supposedly getting smarter every day, expensive technical support from […]

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Conflicting Mailbox Store Policies

I spent some time (ok, I’ll admit – more than “some time”… ) writing a script to get user mailbox storage limits/quotas [an improvement on the script I posted earlier – read previous post “SCRIPT: Show mailbox limits“]. The new script checks users’ individual mailbox limits (if these are set in user properties in ADUC). […]

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Bulk mailbox-enabling users using Exchange Shell in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

In Exchange Server 2007: Bulk creation of mailboxes using Exchange Management Shell, I wrote about how to bulk create mailboxes (including user accounts) from a CSV/text file. This post is in response to readers who asked for a way to mailbox-enable existing user accounts. Bulk mailbox-enabling users using the EMC The EMC allows you to […]

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Windows Vista and Outlook Web Access

If you’re using a version of Windows Vista since Beta 2 (including RTM), the version of IE7 included with Vista does not have or support the DHTML Editing (ActiveX) control that allows you to compose or reply to messages in Outlook Web Access. As a result, when you try to compose or reply to messages […]

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Should MX record point to CNAME records (aliases)?

Though the practice of pointing MX records to CNAME (alias) records is not that uncommon, it certainly isn’t in keeping with internet standards. When you point a MX record to a CNAME, you’re in fact inviting double the DNS traffic to your DNS servers. Try this by performing a name resolution query using nslookup: >nslookup […]

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Changes to hotfix/patching model for Exchange Server 2007

Microsoft has decided to change the hotfix/patching model for Exchange Server 2007. In the past, if you had a particular issue or came across an error, you looked up the relevant KnowledgeBase article(s) and called PSS for the relevant hotfixes (most hotfixes for Exchange Server 2003/2000 fix a particular issue – Microsoft does not recommend […]

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HOW TO: Prevent sending display names with internet messages

Exchange Server and many other MTAs including most web-based services send the sender’s display name (e.g. “Joe User”) in email messages, in addition to the smtp (email) address. If you want to prevent sending display names in outbound internet mail for any reason, you can turn this off. Exchange Server 2003/2000 (Exchange System Manager):– Global […]

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Installing Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools on Windows Vista

Like many IT folks, if you’re ahead of the pack and now have Windows Vista RTM running on your laptop or workstation, you’re probably wondering about or may already have tried running Windows Server 2003 admin tools (adminpak.msi) and Exchange System Manager on Vista. These admin tools are not officially supported on Vista yet. MVP […]

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HOW TO: Modify Display Template to make default email address appear in Address Book/GAL

This was an interesting question posed in exchange.admin today, and it’s been a long while since I made such changes so it took a while to figure this out. When you go to a recipient’s properties in GAL/Address Book in Outlook, the (default) email address – something you want to find quickly and many a […]

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