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Configuring a Managed Folder help page
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:00 PM

Hello folks, MRM (Messaging Records Management) is a cool feature of Exchange Server 2007 however to work properly the users should be trained to use it. Exchange Server 2007 allows us to configure a page when you click on Managed Folder item when using Outlook 2007. Creating a page to instruct the user the basic steps should help your users a bit, so let's... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

Overhauling the PowerShell startup process
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:02 PM

Hello folks, I saw an interesting post in the PowerShell Team Blog ( https://blogs.msdn.com ) and they explained that running the script below you can increase the speed to open your PowerShell Console, as follows: Set-Alias ngen @( dir (join-path ${env:\windir} "Microsoft.NET\Framework") ngen.exe -recurse | sort -descending lastwritetime )[0].fullName... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007, Windows PowerShell

Rollup Update 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:06 PM

Hello folks, Actually this information is not new anymore :( I've been working in a project using ILM between two Exchange 2007 forests and I couldn't update this blog in the last couple of weeks. Well, I'm returning to blog regularly now and I hope you enjoy reading it.. So.. in this meantime the Rollup Update 3 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Downloads, Exchange Server 2007

How to remove the sentence Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:01 PM

Hello folks, If you updated your server to Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Rollup Update 3 then you will be able to remove the text "Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007" using the following cmdlet: Set-TransportConfig WritingBrandingInDSNEnabled $false More information at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;941770&sd=rss&spid... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

Monitoring Without System Center Operations Manager
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:29 PM

The MSExchangeTeam released three new documents about Exchange Server 2007, one of them explains how to monitor exchange Server 2007 without using SCOM, as follows: Ensuring that servers running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 are operating reliably is a key objective for daily messaging operations. Therefore, ensuring server reliability should be systematically... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Articles, Exchange Server 2007

Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V
Monday, June 16, 2008 9:56 PM

Hello folks, I've just seen on the Is this thing on? blog about Hyper-V and Exchange Server 2007. We can expect a support statement document for Hyper-V and it will be released at msechangeteam.com blog site. In the same post Scott Schnoll gave some information about best practices and requirements, as follows: We're only supporting guests running Exchange... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Windows Server System, Exchange Server 2007

How to track the Exchange Server 2007 rollup updates and Service Packs
Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:08 PM

Hello folks, Microsoft KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937052 tracks all Service Packs and Rollup Updates for Exchange Server 2007. It's a useful resource to find out what is the latest update available. This article describes how to obtain the latest update rollup for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Update rollups are a common way to distribute Exchange... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

Significant update to the Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator - v 14.7
Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:00 PM

Hello folks, A new version of Mailbox Server role Storage calculator was released today. You can download it from here: http://msexchangeteam.com/files/12/attachments/entry438481.aspx You read more at source as well: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/06/12/449007.aspx Cheers, Anderson Patricio Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

Windows Search 4.0 has been released
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:16 AM

Hello folks, A new version of Windows Search was released yesterday. This new version has some improvements related to Exchange Server/Outlook. Check this information that came from the Windows Vista Team Blog ( http://www.windowsvistablog.com ). Speaking of accessing Microsoft Exchange Server - if your organization selects not to use Microsoft Office Outlook... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Exchange News, Downloads, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2003

Protecting and Recovering E-Mail Using DPM 2007 and Exchange 2007
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:50 AM

Hello folks, An interesting post about Exchange Server 2007 and DPM 2007. As more and more data is stored in electronic formats, data backup and recovery is increasingly becoming a key business requirement. Apart from being an operational requirement, today companies also may need to maintain a backup of their data for other reasons such as to fulfill legal requirements... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2003, System Center

New release of Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:29 PM

Hello folks, In this new release a Windows 2008 and Windows Vista support was added to the MAPI Clien and CDO Tools. The Messaging API is a COM-like API that provides access to the contents of messaging stores. CDO 1.2.1 (Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1) is a package providing access to Outlook-compatible objects through a COM-based API. Using either... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Downloads, Exchange Server 2007

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 has been released
Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:34 PM

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers. Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=99DA32E0-D9E3-4156-AABF-8369BF96E3E7&displaylang... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Downloads, Exchange Server 2007

Troubleshooting OWA 2007 Publishing Rules on ISA Server 2006
Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:31 AM

Yuri Diogenes has blogged about how to troubleshoot an OWA publishing rule on ISA Server 2006. Sometimes troubleshooting publishing rules can be really challenging. The main reason for that is because of the thin line between the published server and the edge firewall (in this case ISA Server). Where is it broken? Is my ISA Server not allowing the connection... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Exchange Server 2007

Configuring Receive Connector Permissions using ADSI Edit
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:35 AM

Hello folks, Receive Connectors can be configured using Exchange Management Shell (ADD-ADPermission cmdlet) or using ADSIEdit.msc. Using the second option we can manage permission following these steps: Open ADSIEdit.msc Expand Configuration, Services, Microsoft Exchange, Administrative Groups, Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT), Servers, <Server... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

How to get SCR sources in Exchange Server 2007
Monday, April 21, 2008 9:33 PM

Hello folks, We have different ways to get information about SCR sources. Unfortunately none of them are using Exchange Management Console. Using only the native cmdlet we can get this information running the following cmdlet: Get-StorageGroup | select Name,StandbyMachines and you will have a list of all Storage groups and their respective SCR sources. There... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

Validating AutoDiscover, RPC over HTTP and Inbound SMTP
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:46 PM

Hello folks, This week I'm participating of the Interact 2008 in San Diego. The event has been great and today I went to two nice sessions with Scott Schnoll and Nino Bilic. During the first session Scott and Nino Bilic presented a Prototype tool called Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer which helps us to validate some components of Exchange Server 2003... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

How to renew a built-in certificate in Exchange Server 2007
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:39 PM

Hello Folks, Today I will be quick, in order to renew the built-in certificate we just need to run the following cmdlet: New-ExchangeCertificate -Services SMTP Best Regards, Anderson Patricio Technorati : New-ExchangeCertificate , built-in certificate , renew Del.icio.us : New-ExchangeCertificate , built-in certificate , renew Ice Rocket : New-ExchangeCertificate... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

Managing Exchange Resources Mailboxes
Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:41 PM

Hello folks, Today I finished the article series about Resource Mailboxes in Exchange Server, you can check them out in the following links: Part 1: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/managing-resource-mailboxes-exchange-server-2007-part1.html Part 2: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Articles, Exchange Server 2007

How to refresh the disconneted user list in Exchange Server 2007
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:05 AM

Hello folks, I received this question a couple of times before and it might help who face this following scenario: The Administrator has just deleted an user and he wants to update the list of the disconnected mailbox in the Exchange Management Console to play with the disconnected mailbox but the user is not there. Using Exchange Server 2003 we have just to... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Tips, Exchange Server 2007

OCS and Exchange Web Services
Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:43 AM

Hello folks, The UC (Unified Communications) initiative integrates Exchange Server 2007, OCS, Office 2007 and so forth.. Some of the OCS clients are able to get information from Exchange 2007 web services. The communicator team have blogged about how this integration works by Communicator client. In the Unified Communications (UC) world 2 types of clients access... Read More...

by Anderson Patricio | with no comments

Filed under: Exchange Server 2007, Office Communications Server