Exchange 2007

Xbox 360 and Zune themes for Outlook Web Access

In line with the much sought-after :) Xbox theme for OWA 2003, the Exchange team just went live with the (drumroll) Xbox 360 and Zune themes OWA 2007 SP1. Get them from the team blog: “New OWA themes for Exchange Server 2007 SP1“. Next on the wish-list: A Mac OS X theme for OWA, to […]

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HOW TO: Create a Dynamic Distribution Group by country or city

The Exchange console does not have pre-canned filter options for Country or City to be able to create a Dynamic Distribution Group (DDG, aka “Query-Based Distribution Group”) for all recipients or mailboxes in a particular country or city. You can use options to filter on Department, Company, State or Province, or the custom/extension attributes 1-15. […]

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Dynamic Distribution Group quirkiness in Exchange 2007

In “New Distribution Groups do not receive internet email by default“, I wrote about Devin’s observation that all new Distribution Groups created in Exchange Server 2007 do not receive internet/unauthenticated email by default. Here’s some more often overlooked Dynamic Distribution Group (DDG, aka “Query-Based Distribution Group” in Exchange/Windows Server 2003) quirkiness. When creating a new […]

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Outlook Anywhere and Exchange’s Self-Signed Certificate

Outlook Anywhere (known as RPC over HTTP in Exchange Server 2003), the Exchange Server + Outlook + Windows Server feature that allows Outlook clients to access Exchange servers without a VPN, does not work with Exchange Server 2010/2007’s self-signed certificate. Yes, this is different from Outlook Web Access (OWA, Outlook Web App in Exchange 2010) […]

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Which name should I use as Common Name for my UC certificate?

I recently got a UC/SAN cert from DigiCert (read previous post “DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service“). Here’s a tip from them about which name (fqdn) to use as the Common Name. Q: Which name should I use as the “common name” for my UC certificate?A: It’s probably best to use the name […]

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Exchange ActiveSync, ISA 2006 and Error 0x85010004

When publishing Exchange ActiveSync with ISA Server 2006, you get an error 0x85010004 on the device. The error: Result:Your account in Microsoft Exchange Server does not have permission to synchronize with your current settings. Contact your Exchange Server administrator. Support code: 0x85010004 After hours of troubleshooting, deleting the ISA rule and recreating it, playing with […]

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New Exchange Server 2007 mailbox stamped as legacy mailbox

If you use the Exchange Server 2003/2000 extensions to Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) console to create mailboxes residing on Exchange Server 2007 servers, these mailboxes get stamped as legacy mailboxes. Exchange Server 2007 mailboxes should be created using the Exchange (2007) console or shell. To remove the legacy tag from mailboxes created using […]

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DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service

I finally took the plunge and decided to get a certificate from a public Certificate Authority (CA) for my Exchange Server 2007 server at home. A certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names (SAN certificate, aka “Unified Communications” certificate), no less. Having dealt with a number of CAs in the past, and having heard some horror […]

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New Distribution Groups do not receive internet email by default

New Exchange Server 2007 Distribution Groups created using the Exchange shell or console do not receive internet mail (i.e. mail from unauthenticated senders) by default. Thanks to Exchange MVP Devin Ganger for pointing this out. Figure 1: By default, new Distribution Groups created in Exchange Server 2007 are configured to receive mail only from authenticated […]

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SP1 fixes setup failure issue with Windows 2000 domains

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 fixes setup related issues where setup fails when you do not have any Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controllers in other Domains in the Forest (i.e. one or more domains have only Windows 2000 DCs/GCs), or one or more domains are unreachable during setup. More on the team blog: […]

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