Outlook

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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Outlook on a stick?

IBM’s just released Lotus Notes 7.0.2 has a cool new feature that IBM’s been touting all over the place – Notes on a stick. It lets you copy your Notes Desktop on a USB stick (or other such devices, including an iPod. Hint: Justification for writing off that iPod as a business expense… it’s a […]

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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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Unblock Outlook attachments

Ever found Outlook’s long list of blocked attachments annoying? It’s one thing to protect users from malicious code, but should someone who knows what they’re doing be subjected to the same rules? Now, there are ways of blocking/unblocking certain file types including registry hacks, group policies, et al. By far the most elegant and easy […]

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Cannot Book Resource – Outlook thinks it’s a recurring appointment

Issue: You try to reserve a conference room for a meeting, but get an error – XX Conference Room has declined your meeting because it is recurring. You must book each meeting separately with this resource”. But it is a single instance meeting! Cause: If several people have the resource’s calendar open and make changes […]

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Seeing Double? (Default Email Folders)

Situation: Upgraded to Office 2003 Professional. Outlook shows 2 of each default/system folder like Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Journal, Tasks, Junk E-mail, etc. (Not completely sure at what point this happened, but it happened within hours of Outlook 2003 upgrade, so that’s the most likely suspect.) Outlook thinks the new folders are the default, so new […]

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Moving mailboxes and corrupted Calendar

Moving mailboxes from an Exchange 2000 virtual server (EVS) to an Exchange Server 2003 EVS – can’t seem to move 1 particular mailbox. User has a history of corrupted Calendar folder/items – Oultook hangs immediately when choosing the Calendar folder from the folder list. (Lot of 8217s – KB327864: Meetings visible in Outlook may not […]

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