Exchange 2007

More about the out-html | out-ie functionality

Just heard back from Vivek – apparently this functionality is actually provided by a couple of commandlets that he blogged about earlier – you can read it here. Save the following code in a file called out-ie.msh in \Program Files\Microsoft Command Shell\v1.0 folder: $ie = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application$ie.navigate(“about:blank”)while ($ie.busy) { sleep 1 }$ie.visible = $true$ie.document.write(“$input”)# […]

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PowerShell video presentation by Vivek Sharma & Mihai Jalobeanu

Did you miss Vivek & Mihai’s excellent and very well-received presentation at TechEd in Boston? No worries if you didn’t make it – the product team is doing a great job putting this and a lot of other content on the Exchange team blog. This one titled “Exchange Management Shell in Action” gives you some […]

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Exchange Server 2007: Internet email without Edge servers

The Edge Transport server role is not a required role. It’s good to have if you don’t want to expose your domain-joined Exchange servers to the internet, and the high amount of spam that mail gateways receive and filter. Nevertheless, many small environments— typically those with a single Exchange server, do not have that luxury. […]

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Beta 2 is here!

Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 has been posted on microsoft.com for public download. You can download it from here. Here’s what you’ll need to set up Beta 2: 1. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1: x861. Dot Net Framework 2.0: Download x86 x642. Windows PowerShell (aka “Monad”): x86 x643. Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0: x86 […]

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Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 drop on July 24!

Scott Schnoll just posted about this – so I guess it is public info now… :) Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 will be available for download some time on Monday (July 24) from http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/default.mspx. Most of you may already know this – a 32-bit version is also being made available for testing and training – […]

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Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Docs Online!

Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 should be available some time soon. Meanwhile, you can read up on it – the documentation has just been posted on Microsoft Exchange TechCenter site. Also check out the Scripting for Exchange “hub” on Script Center.

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Awesome Powershell presentation by Vivek Sharma and Mihai Jalobeanu

Just got out of a breakout session titled “Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Management Shell and Scripting” by Vivek Sharma & Mihai Jalobeanu. Vivek & Mihai provided a great technical deep dive into Powershell (aka “Monad”) and how to use Exchange Management Shell (a layer on top of PowerShell) to manage Exchange Server 2007. The session […]

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It’s Official – Exchange “12” is now Exchange Server 2007

While I was attending the Exchange “12” Ignite training at Microsoft (and cut off from the rest of the world – no internet access for visitors at Microsoft campus – wireless or otherwise) over the last 2 days, the upcoming version of Exchange that was known by its code-name Exchange “12” got its official name […]

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Five and a half ways to find an email address in Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory

Every once in a while you try to assign a particular address to a recipient in Active Directory Users & Computers, only to be told someone already has that address! Email addresses need to be unique — two recipients can’t have the same email address. Here are a few different ways to find out whether […]

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New user does not show up in GAL

Scenario: You’ve created a new user (or any Exchange recipient that should show up in Exchange Address Books/GAL), but the recipient does not show up in the GAL in Outlook. Are you using Outlook 2003/2007 in Cached Mode? If yes, login using Outlook Web Access and try to send the user an email. Does the […]

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