Exchange 2007

HOW TO: Add a License Key to Exchange Server 2007

When you install Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010, including the downloads posted on Microsoft’s web site, it is unlicensed. Unlicensed servers function as 120-day trials, according to Exchange Server 2007 documentation. Starting with Exchange Server 2007, Service Packs are slipstreamed — the downloads/media contain all the binaries required to install Exchange + the […]

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Exchange Server 2007 Scriptacular Demo Pack posted

Vivek has posted what he calls the Exchange Server 2007 Scriptacular Demo Pack on his blog. This is a bunch of scripts Vivek & Mihai wrote while Exchange shell was being developed. It contains the out-html, out-ie and out-email scripts from Vivek’s blog that I’ve talked about earlier, and some that I haven’t seen before. […]

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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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Exchange Server 2007 Evals Available in 64-bit & 32-bit versions

Exchange Server 2007 evaluation software is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions on microsoft.com (may require registration). The 120-day evals can be upgraded to the full product by entering a license key. Questions about the 32-bit version continue to be asked in some Exchange forums and public newsgroups. It’s important to clarify – yet […]

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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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Exchange Server 2007: How are RBLs performing?

Exchange Server 2007 includes a script that reports on how Realtime Block Lists (RBLs) perform – it provides the number of messages blocked. The script – Get-AntispamTopRBLProviders.ps1 can be found in the \Exchange Server\Scripts folder. To run it, fire up Exchange Shell: .\get-antispamtoprblproviders.ps1 Name Value—- —–Spamhaus SBL-XBL 6626SORBS 33NJABL 2 The script can be constrained […]

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It’s Official – Exchange Server 2007 RTMs

It’s official now – Exchange Server 2007 has been released to manufacturing, according to (Exchange GM) Terry Myerson’s post on the Exchange team blog [read his short post on the team blog titled “Signed off!“]. Congratulations to the Exchange team for pulling off this remarkable release, and releasing the product in 2006! This release is […]

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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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Exchange Server 2007 launch: some projections from Radicati

Exchange Server 2007 launches today in New York, along with Windows Vista and Office 2007. The Radicati Group has some interesting market share numbers and projections – Exchange has about 30% of the messaging software market, compared to IBM’s 20%, and takes in half of the $2.3 billion spent on messaging software worldwide. Yes, Exchange […]

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