Administration

Released: PowerShell Snap-in For IIS 7

The big news from MIX09 is probably the release of Internet Explorer 8, but for shell aficionados, Exchange folks and scripting geeks, the release of IIS Snap-in for Windows PowerShell is not a lesser event. The snap-in has 71 cmdlets to manage IIS, from web application pools to web site configurations, bindings, and SSL. Download […]

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Released: Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Roll-up 7

Update Roll-up 7 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Download it here. As noted in previous posts, Exchange 2007 updates are cumulative and release-specific. This roll-up is for Exchange 2007 SP1, and supersedes all previous update roll-ups for Exchange 2007 SP1. As Ananth notes in the post on the Exchange team blog (read […]

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Are Distribution Groups really being used?

Over the years, you end up creating a large number of Distribution Groups based on user demands. The regular departmental Distribution Groups such as Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and HR. The geographical ones such as AllUS, All-California, All-BayArea, and so on. The ones by employment status such as All-FTE for full-time employees, All-Contractors, and so on. […]

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Applying Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 6

Perhaps I should have picked another day for applying Exchange 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 6. I ran into the services not starting issue documented in KB 944752 Exchange Server 2007 managed code services do not start after you install an update rollup for Exchange Server 2007. It was a single server topology – Exchange 2007 […]

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Released: Update Rollup 6 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Download it here. As noted in previous posts, Exchange 2007 updates are cumulative and release-specific. Additionally, as Ananth notes in the post on the Exchange team blog (read ‘Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Released‘), this update has a fix […]

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Managed Folders: Why aren’t Calendar items expired?

You’re testing Exchange 2007’s Messaging Records Management (MRM) features to implement your organization’s messaging retention policies. You create a new Managed Folder for Calendar items, and then create a Managed Content Setting for it to expire Calendar items in 1 year. Next, you create a Managed Folder Mailbox Policy and add the Managed Folder to […]

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EHLO: DSNConversionMode and You

If you haven’t already read Jason Nelson’s take on Delivery Service Notifications (DSNs), head over right away to DSNConversionMode and You: An Administrator’s Guide.

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Returning all recipients from the Forest in recipient cmdlets

If you’re trying to get recipients from the whole AD Forest using the Exchange shell, there are two things to be aware of: 1. Session scope: By default, the scope of your shell session is set to the Domain of the computer you’re running the session on.2. Result size: By default, shell cmdlets return 1000 […]

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SCRIPT: List Delegates With Send On Behalf Access

Send On Behalf access allows a user to send mail on behalf of the mailbox owner. Figure 1: Send On Behalf access can be assigned from ADUC | recipient properties | Exchange General | Delivery Options, or by the mailbox owner using Microsoft Outlook Here’s a script that lists all users with delegates. File: listDelegates.zip […]

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Released: Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP1

Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Download it here. As noted in previous posts, Exchange 2007 updates are cumulative and release-specific. Fixes for the following issues are included (details in KB 953467): 925371 Domino Server does not see attachments in meeting requests from Exchange Server 2007 939037 By default, managed […]

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