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Improvements to the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
Tue, Jul 3 2012 20:01
The Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer (ExRCA) has to be one of the best troubleshooting tools that the Exchange product team has ever produced. It's a one-stop shop that allows you to test remote connectivity to an Exchange organization using... Read More...
Adjusting Exchange 2010 DAG Failover in High Latency Networks
Tue, Nov 29 2011 20:25
Some Exchange 2010 DAG implementations have DAG members that are separated by high latency WAN networks. In these networks you may find that the increased latency causes unexpected DAG failovers or failures. This is especially likely to happen with a... Read More...
Exchange DAG Cluster Service Terminated with Error 7024
Tue, Oct 25 2011 14:33
I ran into an interesting issue at a client site yesterday on an Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG member. One DAG member's databases would not mount (even Public Folders) and the Cluster service would not start. The DAG is configured as a three member stretched... Read More...
How to Configure Exchange 2010 SP1 Federation
Mon, Jul 18 2011 22:42
Exchange federation allows different Exchange organizations to share free/busy information with each other. It does this without having to configure a one- or two-way trust between the organizations. Federation is accomplished using the Microsoft Federated... Read More...
Fix for "Default Policy" with mailbox manager settings cannot be managed by the current version of Exchange Management Console
Mon, Jun 13 2011 18:53
I'm doing an Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration for a client and found that the Address Lists and E-mail Address Policy had not been updated from Legacy Exchange 2003 policies when they upgraded to 2007. Typically, these are converted from Legacy... Read More...
How to remove Exchange 2003 Mailbox Manager settings without the 2003 Management Console
Mon, Jun 13 2011 18:53
I'm doing an Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration for a client and found that the Address Lists and E-mail Address Policy had not been updated from Legacy Exchange 2003 policies when they upgraded to 2007. Typically, these are converted from Legacy... Read More...
Error Running new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1
Wed, May 25 2011 9:44
I ran into a strange problem running the new-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1 script at a client today. When I ran the script to create the test account on a new Exchange installation, I received the following error: CreateTestUser : Mailbox could not be created... Read More...
Issue with IE9 and the Exchange 2010 Management Console
Thu, Apr 28 2011 11:45
I ran into this issue today at a customer. With Internet Explorer 9 installed on the Exchange 2010 server, you cannot close the Exchange Management Console. When you try to close it, you get the following message: As of yet, this is unresolved. See http... Read More...
Exchange 2010 archive support in Outlook 2007
Tue, Dec 21 2010 13:20
It's about time... The Office 2007 Cumulative Update for December 2010 finally includes Exchange 2010 archive support, as well as a bunch of bug fixes. Strangely, the website for the update doesn't list anything about this support. Take a look... Read More...
How to fix MSExchangeTransport Event ID 12014 on Edge and Hub Transport servers
Wed, Sep 29 2010 14:06
By default, Exchange 2007 and 2010 attempt to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) for all SMTP traffic. TLS uses a certificate on the receiving server to encrypt SMTP traffic between SMTP servers, similar to the way a certificate on the CAS server is used... Read More...
Fix for Event ID 2937 MSExchange ADAccess in Exchange 2010 SP1
Sun, Sep 26 2010 13:17
I have noticed the following event on Exchange 2010 servers after upgrading Exchange 2010 RTM to Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1: Log Name: Application Source: MSExchange ADAccess Date: 9/26/2010 9:12:29 AM Event ID: 2937 Task Category: Validation Level... Read More...
Configuring Out of Office settings using Exchange 2010 SP1
Thu, Sep 16 2010 15:02
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 offers two handy new cmdlets, Get- MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration and Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration , that allow you to manage Out of Office (OOF) messages for remote users. Previously, you used to reset the user's... Read More...
Fix for OWA always uses Light Mode for some users
Tue, Aug 17 2010 22:51
This article explains the difference between OWA Light Mode and Premium Mode and why some users may only see the Light Mode client, even though they haven't selected it at logon. Exchange 2007 Outlook Web Access and Exchange 2010 Outlook Web App offer... Read More...
Exchange Setup Repeatedly Says 'A Restart from a Previous Installation is Pending'
Tue, Jun 29 2010 16:58
You may find when installing Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010 that the server repeatedly reports: A restart from a previous installation is pending. Please restart the system and rerun setup. Exchange Setup reads the following registry key to determine... Read More...
The New Exchange 2007 SP3 Password Reset Tool
Mon, Jun 28 2010 15:51
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 includes a handy new web page that allows users to change their password before logging into Outlook Web Access (OWA). Previously, new users who are required to change their password at next logon or users whose password... Read More...
How to Use Telnet to Send SMTP Email to Exchange 2007 and 2010
Mon, Mar 29 2010 14:46
Unlike previous versions of Exchange, Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange 2010 use strict RFC compliance to send and receive SMTP email. This can cause some unexpected behavior if a server or application the sends email to Exchange does not comply with... Read More...
Fixing Leading and Trailing Whitespace in Exchange Objects
Thu, Mar 25 2010 16:17
You must remove all the leading and trailing spaces from Exchange 2000/2003 user names, group names, and Public Folder names prior to migrating them to Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010. Previous versions of Exchange and Outlook would let you create these... Read More...