Karsten Palmvig's blog
Notes from the field on Office 365...
Monitor Office 365 with IFTTT
The Internet service IFTTT (IF This Then That) https://ifttt.com can be used for all kinds of...
Date: 11/09/2014
Office 365: Finding the name of the Calendar folder
When setting permissions on your users’ Calendar folders to allow (or disallow) them to view each...
Date: 10/10/2014
Now Available: GetLogFileUsage.ps1 script
Please see the following article on the Exchange Product Group Blog:...
Date: 03/11/2014
Easy progress bar in your Powershell scripts…
Ever wondered how far a long running Powershell script has come? I use this piece of code in pretty...
Date: 10/29/2013
Office 365: Convert User Mailbox to Shared Mailbox
Many administrators need to convert regular User Mailboxes to a Shared Mailbox after migration to...
Date: 02/28/2013
Office 365: Common mistakes when configuring Hybrid Deployment
I am putting together a list of common mistakes made when configuring Hybrid Deployment. Items will...
Date: 02/18/2013
Find ActiveSync User by Device ID or IMEI
Have you ever needed to find out which user is using a given mobile device and all you have is the...
Date: 09/23/2012
Accessing PerfMon counters from Powershell
These lines of code can be used for all sorts of purposes where Performance Monitor counters are...
Date: 02/02/2012
Automating updating of Exchange configuration files
When configuring the Transport Role in Exchange 2010, you often change the paths of the Queue...
Date: 11/14/2011
Easy URL for Office 365 OWA
You may have a hard time remembering the URL for your Office 365 OWA. The URL is usually something...
Date: 09/15/2011
Troubleshoot: Spam delivered to Inbox instead of Junk E-mail folder
On rare occasions you may experience that spam messages are (consistently) delivered to the Inbox...
Date: 06/03/2010
Troubleshoot: Exchange 2010 EMC shows DC errors
You may see the following error in EMC: “An error caused a change in the current set of domain...
Date: 06/01/2010
Troubleshoot: CWA publishSelfPresence request error
If you encounter the publishSelfPresence request error (Error Code = 0-1-492) in the CWA client, you...
Date: 10/01/2009
How To: Connect to MSN Public IM from OCS
Most customers know what boxes to check on the Access Edge Server to enable federation and Public IM...
Date: 09/23/2009
Troubleshoot: Cannot complete certificate request in IIS 7
When trying to complete a certificate request in IIS 7 you may experience the error:...
Date: 09/22/2009
How To: Telephony enabling users - continued
It turned out to be significantly easier to find users without an assigned LineURI than I...
Date: 07/20/2009
How To: Generate multiple phone numbers when telephony enabling users
Ever needed to generate a list of 100+ phone numbers for use with e.g. OCSAssignTelUri.wsf? I have...
Date: 07/17/2009
Windows 7: Minimize Live Messenger to SysTray
I know this topic is not Unified Communications related but it’s annoying the heck out of a lot of...
Date: 03/24/2009
OCS 2007 R2 Downloads
The OCS 2007 R2 binaries were recently released for public download. The table below is a compiled...
Date: 03/10/2009
OCS 2007 R2 Launched
On February 3rd 2009, OCS 2007 R2 launched globally. To find more information about the launch,...
Date: 02/04/2009
Troubleshoot: Office Communicator problem verifying certificate
You encounter the following error when trying to connect to the pool with Office Communicator: This...
Date: 01/07/2009
How To: Change mailbox quota based on current value
This turns out to be somewhat tricky unless you experiment quite a lot with the values and...
Date: 07/01/2008
How To: Bulk creation of AD users and Exchange mailboxes
Over the past couple of months I have worked on more than one project where the customer wanted to...
Date: 03/10/2008
Troubleshoot: Why are call notifications and voice mails not showing on my Tanjay?
If you have a Office Communicator Phone Edition (aka. Tanjay) device, you might be wondering why...
Date: 01/20/2008
How To: Build an OCS and UM lab with phone integration
To quickly set up a lab for testing phone integration you need at least three servers for OCS and...
Date: 01/03/2008
Troubleshoot: UM voice mails not submitted to Hub Transport
After you have set up the Exchange Server 2007 UM role in a lab or in production and want to test...
Date: 12/26/2007