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Exchange Server 2010 available worldwide

From the MSExchangeTeam Blog :

It is my distinct pleasure to announce today the global availability of Exchange Server 2010. This has been an amazing journey from conception to launch, and the team has delivered an unprecedented line up Read more

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Exchange 2010 Certificates

In an older blog post on Certificate Authorities, I have provided some information about the process to generate Exchange 2007 certificates.  This process has slightly changed in Exchange 2010, and Johan Delimon (pro-exchange.be) has written an excellent article Read more

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Introduction to Exchange 2010 – free e-Learning Clinic now available

Hi,

I just want to share with you that, as reported on the Microsoft Readiness and training blog, Microsoft has released a new free, one-hour e-Learning clinic, providing an introduction to Exchange 2010.

If you have a Read more

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Exchange 2007/2010 : Renaming attachments ‘on the fly’ – custom transport agent

It may sound a bit extraordinary, but I needed to have the ability to change attachment filenames while they were being processed by the transport service on Exchange. I can’t really tell you why I needed this functionality, but Read more

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Fixing Exchange 2007 Offline Address Book generation (oalgen) and distribution issues

Today, I’m going to share some ‘notes from the field’ about fixing oab issues in Exchange 2007

In order to fully understand the oab generation and distribution process, I will assume that you are running the Mailbox server role Read more

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Pro-Exchange website revamped

The 2 most important resources I’m using to stay up-to-date with Exchange are the MS Exchange team blog and the Pro-Exchange website.

The Pro-Exchange website has been entirely revamped a little while ago, and after sitting back & observing Read more

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Delegating Exchange 2007 Distribution List Management to End Users

One of the challenges that result from operating a messaging environment is making sure the company’s internal Distribution Lists stay up to date.  In most corporate environments, this is a task that is typically assigned to IT staff, however Read more

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First look at Exchange 2010 Beta1 High Availability using DAG

Lab config :

  • 1 x Windows 2008 server Standard Edition, 64bit : DC + HUB/CAS Server role : dionysus – 192.168.0.21
  • 2 x Windows 2008 servers Enterprise Edition, 64bit : Mailbox server roles : exch2010mb1 (192.168.0.22) and exch2010mb2 (192.168.0.23)
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Exchange 2007 : Powershell script to select optimal database for a new mailbox

If you have multiple Storage Groups / Databases on your Exchange 2007 server, you may want to try to spread your mailboxes over all databases.  You could use your “gut feeling” and/or select a database at random, or you Read more

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Exchange 2007 : Resource Room Mailboxes

Scenario : You have an AD account domain, that holds user accounts used to log on to the network/Outlook, and you have a dedicated Exchange 2007 resource forest, that holds the Exchange infrastructure, (linked) mailboxes, etc.  Accounts in the Read more

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