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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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Dynamic Distribution Lists not working as expected (0 recipients during mail routing)

Today, I encountered an interesting problem which appeared to be strange behaviour in Exchange 2007 at first, but fianlly ended up being a small configuration mistake. It just was not that easy to troubleshoot(but in the end, it all Read more

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WMI ADAP was unable to create the object Win32_PerfRawData_ ASPNET_2050727_ASPNETAppsv2050727

Scenario : OpsMgr SP1 (RC, but problem also exists in the RTM version) on Windows Server 2003 SP2 fully patched, OpsMgr agents deployed to various servers.

Soon after deploying the agents, I started getting the following error message on Read more

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Exchange 2007 – Multi Account Domain to Single Resource Forest replication with IIFP and custom Rules Extension

Introduction

The title of this post may be a bit misleading – synchronizing multiple account domains to a single domain or forest is not limited to Exchange. There may be other reasons (e.g. Identity Management solution) that require you Read more

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Free tool – Attachment filtering with Exchange 2007/2010 (custom transport agent)

Keywords : microsoft exchange 2007 attachment size filtering quarantine block reject small zip files attached When messaging admins need to implement some sort of attachment filtering, they mostly think about antivirus products, or using transport rules in Exchange 2007. Read more

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Windows 2008 PKI / Certificate Authority (AD CS) basics

Keywords : Windows 2008 PKI Certificate Authority certutil certreq template root CA Enterprise CA convert pfx to pem generate custom certificate request subject alternate name san attribute Today’s blog post targets the deployment of a Windows 2008 server based Read more

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Free Tool – Exchange 2007 Outbound SMTP gateway redundancy

(a.k.a. PVE Exch2007 Rerouter manual)

Keywords : Exchange 2007 outbound SMTP relay redundancy SendConnector outgoing mail high availability

Microsoft Exchange 2007 allows you to consolidate your messaging infrastructure and host more users on one server. Combined with the introduction Read more

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Outlook and OWA Tips & Tricks

1. Manage Attachment behaviour

1.1. Outlook 2007

Although you probably have deployed an antivirus solution in your messaging infrastructure, by default, Outlook blocks access to certain attachments, even if they have been scanned or not. After all, Outlook doesn’t Read more

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Free tool – Free POP3 Collector

Keywords : Free generic POP3 collector for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Exchange 2003 Exchange 2007 Lotus Domino Server download email from POP3 and forward to SMTP server

Over the last 12 years, I have created multiple email addresses hosted with Read more

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