Dgoldman's WebLog
The daily adventures of an Escalation Engineer
Address List and EAP filter upgrades with Exchange Server 2007
Evan Dodds from the Exchange Product Group wrote a great blog a while back with regards to LDAP /...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 03/07/2008
Changing the way Outlook displays it's address book columns.
I see this question pop up on the internal and external aliases a lot so I thought I would blog on...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2008
Exchange 2003 Address List Segregation Document
Over the last few months a great number of people have asked if we would be putting out a white...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2008
Exchange 2003 / 2007 Address List Segregation Document - Updates!!
Since the document has been out a few questions have come up and I wanted to try to answer them. Top...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/17/2008
Looking up Free/Busy information in a mixed org (E2K3/E2k7) will return a 4004 error.
For companies that have a mixed 2003/2007 environment and fall under one of the following states...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2008
Exchange 2007 Address List Segregation Document Will be Out in February!!!
I am sorry that I haven't posted in a while, as I spent most of the last couple months investing a...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2008
Why hiding distribution memberships in Exchange 2007 is no longer supported.
In exchange 2007 there is no more RUS (Recipient Update Service). Because the RUS is not around to...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 12/14/2007
Setting the web.config tag will cause Exchange Poweshell cmdlets to fail and crash the MSExchangeServicesAppPool
When Exchange 2007 is installed it will create the following application pools within IIS 6.0:...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2007
Deleting the All Rooms address list stops it from showing up in OWA.
During the Microsoft Exchange 2007 install we will create the default address lists and offline...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 12/05/2007
Creating a new mailbox in Exchange 2007 with the new-mailbox cmdlet fails with Address List Service not Available
When creating mailboxes in Exchange 2007 the mailbox API's must have access to a domain controller...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2007
OAB Generation fails to generate with errors 9330 and 9334
The OAB Generation process solely relies on good connectivity to the Active Directory and it's...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 11/15/2007
Adding attributes to the Exchange details templates
Most customers have a need to modify their Exchange display templates so they can control what...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2007
How to break the OAB download process for certain users
I got a weird request today and I thought I would be interesting post. In some organizations you...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 10/12/2007
So, do you want to be an Exchange EE???
If so, we've got room for ya ... (all you need to do is pass the interview <evil grin>)....
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 10/11/2007
What is the default refresh rate for Autodiscover
Here is all of the details on how Autodiscover can refresh it's cache. An Outlook 2007 client...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 10/11/2007
How to tell what public folder store your Outlook client is going to when you fail to download the OAB with error 0x8004010f
There are a lot of common reasons why an Outlook client will fail to download the OAB. Some of the...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 10/10/2007
How to get debug diagnostic information from Powershell commands
There are occasions where someone will use Powershell and type in a command and the command will...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 09/27/2007
Having problems downloading the OAB after you have migrated?
When an Outlook client attempts to downloads the OAB (Offline Address Book) it will attempt to...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2007
How to use the Microsoft Scripting Host (Powershell) to start all of the Exchange Services in one shot
I thought that I would blog on this because this was pretty cool. Before I start the purpose of this...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 08/17/2007
Installing Exchange 2007 or 2010 in to a mixed organization will create a valid PDN entry and break OAB Generation
New PDN's are really bad and will they will break the OAB Generation process. For most of the fixes...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2007
The Exchange system attendant logs 1031 and 1032 after generating an Offline Address Book
There are times where an Exchange server's system attendant will stop generating an Offline Address...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 07/10/2007
Exchange Server 2003 - Offline Address Book Best Practices Guide Resources
This blog contains information related to the resources pertaining to the Exchange 2003 OAB Best...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 07/06/2007
The Exchange 2003 or 2007 OAB Generation process fails to generate an OAB and logs error 9301
Every Offline Address Book will have a GAL (Global Address Lists) associated with it. This is the...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 06/28/2007
Web Distribution OAB's fail to replicate with error 1018 because short name resolution is not enabled
With the introduction of Exchange 2007 we now have the ability to create a Web-distributed version...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 06/14/2007
How to Require SSL for Offline Address Book Distribution
When SSL is enabled, both SSL and unencrypted requests to the OAB virtual directory are allowed. You...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 06/05/2007
How to resolve the 0x8004010F error and Not Authorized (Error Code: 403 Forbidden) errors for Outlook 2007 clients
Certificates are a big problem for most administrators if they are configured incorrectly. Out of...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 06/05/2007
Exchange 2007 objects are not stamped with ShowInAddressBook and never end up in the GAL after a gal sync
When mailbox enabled objects are created they go through a stamping process to mail enable them. In...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2007
Missing permissions on the Address Lists Container breaks the OAB Generation process
Many times people often play with permissions when they should not. One common mistake...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2007
After installing an Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010 server in to a mixed site the OAB generation fails with error 9342 and Outlook clients fail to download the OAB with error 0x8004010f
After setting up a mixed org with exchange 2007 and or Exchange 2010 the OAB generation fails with...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2007
Outlook 2003 and 2007 clients receive error 0x8004010f when downloading the Offline Address Book
There are a multiple reasons for why an Outlook client can receive the 0x8004010f sync error....
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 04/26/2007
You receive an 0x8004010F error message in Outlook when you try to synchronize the OAB with an Exchange Server 2003 server
When you try to synchronize the offline address list on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 server in...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2007
Downloading the OAB fails with 0x8004010F and 'The operation failed. An object could not be found.'
Through out migrations and site consolidations it is common for administrators to create multiple...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2007
Outlook OAB download fails with 0X80004005 and 0x8004010f
When a Microsoft Outlook client tries to download the offline Address Book in Microsoft Outlook, the...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2007
You receive error 8004010F, and event IDs 3043, 3048, 9335, and 9331 are logged when you try to download the offline address book in Exchange Server 2003 or in Exchange 2000 Server
There are several reasons for why an Outlook client can receive the 8004010F error when trying to...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2007
Minimizing excessive Offline Address Book downloads with Exchange 2003
If your organization needs to minimize the effects of the full offline address book downloads across...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 03/26/2007
How to create an Offline Address Book using Visual Basic
I thought that this would be fun to post, so here it is :)...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 03/21/2007
New Version of OABInteg has been posted on Gotdotnet
I have finished the new code for OABInteg and have posted the new version. Some of the new features...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2007
How to programmatically create Offline Address Books in Exchange 2003
In Exchange 2003 and in Exchange 2000, an Offline Address Book is an Active Directory Object that...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2007
How to use OABInteg's oabfldcheck and proxytest to troubleshoot OAB Generation issues and Missing objects after an OAB downloads
This blog covers two very important tests from the Offline Address Book Integrity (OABINTEG) tool:...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2007
Installing Outlook 2007 on an Exchange 2007 server
There has been some questions on the newsgroups with regards to installing Outlook 2007 on an...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/27/2007
OAB Downloads fail with 0x80190197
An Outlook 2007 client now uses web services for most of its features (OAB, OFF, Calendar, etc) when...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/15/2007
How to Add, Edit, Change and Revert Address and Details Templates
What are details templates and how are they used? Details templates control the appearance of the...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/14/2007
OAB Generation on a cluster server fails with event id 9395 or 9396
When you are building an OAB Version 4 Offline Address Book on a cluster server (CCR or SCC) we can...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/08/2007
How to configure Active Directory diagnostic logging for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
There are situations where the System Attendant can fail to contact the Active Directory, and when...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2007
Exchange 2007 OAB Generation fails with errors 9348 and 9109
The OAB Generation process can fail when rebuilding an Offline Address List if permissions on the...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2007
Laptop and high CPU consumption caused by ccmexec.exe
What is ccmexec.exe and inventory.exe and what do they? Most people with laptops gripe about these...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2007
OAB Generation fails with 9108, 9126, 9175 and MAPI Error code 0x80040402
Under certain conditions the OAB generation process can fail with the following errors: 9108, 9126...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2007
OPATH filters and Exchange 2007
If you are not familiar with what OPATH is, then you must read these two blogs when you are done...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2007
Offline Address Book web distribution in Exchange Server 2007
Vladimir Kritchko is one of the developers who has worked directly with OAB and the FDS component. A...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 01/11/2007
How to fix the Outlook Express spelling checker when the French Dictionary is the only dictionary
A few days ago I was working on a new laptop and I noticed that after I installed Office 2007 the...
Author: DGoldman [MSFT] Date: 01/03/2007