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Menu of the day: online archive served with retention policy and litigation hold (scented with seasonal cross-premises flavors and recoverable items notes)
As an Exchange Server “chef”, I am frequently asked how these things should be cooked, whether the...
Date: 07/05/2017
Changing the IP addresses of Exchange 2013 servers in a DAG
A couple of months ago I had a request from a customer to change the ip addresses of all their...
Date: 08/05/2015
Exchange 2013 EDGE as a SmartHost with Basic over TLS authentication
Because I had a recent request to use an Exchange 2013 Edge server as a Smarthost with Basic over...
Date: 03/30/2015
Enable Free/Busy information between the Office 365 users from two different tenants, when the Autodiscover of one of them is pointing On-Premise
Introduction: If your organization has 2 major tenants under which user population is getting...
Date: 03/26/2015
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“Every day brings a new challenge…” I am still convinced, that whoever said that...
Date: 10/08/2014
Exchange 2013 Malware Engine Updates Troubleshooting
As we have introduced Anti-malware filtering by default in Exchange 2013 we have noticed that some...
Date: 08/20/2014
How to: RBAC
The topic of this blog is to achieve a RBAC-based solution through which we can limit, or split the...
Date: 06/24/2014
Manage Send As fails on mail-enabled public folders created in Exchange 2003 and migrated to 2010
I recently had a case with a major customer which inspired me to write this blog post. Consider the...
Date: 06/02/2014
OAB Download and BITS Service
I’ve recently stumbled upon a scenario related to downloading the offline address book which...
Date: 03/21/2014
More on RBAC and customizing new roles for specific needs
RBAC roles are used by the new version of Exchange and some customers highly use them for achieving...
Date: 03/20/2014
Exchange 2013 Managed Availability HealthSet Troubleshooting
Knowing how to deal with annoying HealthSet's was scary at the beginning of my experience with...
Date: 02/20/2014
Exchange 2010 mailflow troubleshooting guide
I recently had a couple of cases where E-Mails were not being processed from the queues anymore...
Date: 01/15/2014
More on Exchange Retention and Archiving Policies/troubleshooting
As the Exchange Retention and Archiving Policies is a topic many people run from, I think it is...
Date: 01/15/2014
The curious case of the dot
'How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,...
Date: 01/08/2014
Recovering a Public Folder Database after a Hardware Crash
You’re just too "simple", to be true Can't take my eyes off of you… :)...
Date: 01/08/2014
Performance monitor counters for monitoring Named Properties and Replication Identifiers are not available in Exchange 2010
Assume you want to monitor the growth rate of the named properties or replication identifiers in...
Date: 12/11/2013
How does Autodiscover service retrieve Outlook Anywhere ClientAuthenticationMethod in Exchange 2010?
This post comes as a result to a recent issue that I encountered on a support incident with high...
Date: 11/13/2013
Exchange Search Indexing Issues and Proxies or Firewalls
This Blog Post refers to Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. In Exchange 2013 we replaced the Indexing...
Date: 08/20/2013
Exchange and Antiviruses
Many times it has been seen in support that Antiviruses cause all kind of issues. I thought we...
Date: 05/30/2013
How do Retention Policies work under specific scenarios?
Let’s take the following example: We have an Exchange 2010 User who is traveling a lot (Sales...
Date: 05/20/2013
Full Mailbox Access Rights + Send On Behalf = Send As ?
Update 21.08.2015: as of Exchange 2010 SP3 Ru8 this is not valid anymore. More Info here:...
Date: 04/06/2012
The "not so simple" Simple Display Name
Consider the following scenario: This applies both to Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. We have two...
Date: 03/26/2012
We receive NDR 550 5.6.0." smtpsendrdstnottransmittable" when sending e-mail to mail-enabled Public Folder on Exchange 2003
You just installed Exchange 2007 or 2010 in coexistence with Exchange 2003 in order to proceed to...
Date: 01/18/2012
NDR storm between members of a distribution list in Exchange 2010/2007.
I recently came across a very interesting issue that is affecting Exchange 2007 all versions but...
Date: 04/28/2011
RBAC - How To implement Exchange 2003 Admin Group model
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Let’s say that in Exchange 2010 via RBAC you...
Date: 03/23/2011
Some PowerShell commands will not show all the information
We recently came across on a situation where running a PowerShell command like: Get-Transportserver...
Date: 12/06/2010
How do we do it? 2.) Deleting “Ghost Reminders” using MFCMapi
Consider the following scenario: You’re Mailbox resides on an Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007 or...
Date: 11/21/2010
Setup for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 failing with : “Process execution failed with exit code 1168”
Consider the following Scenario: You have an Exchange 2010 Organisation. When you try to install for...
Date: 11/21/2010
OWA Signature Size in Exchange 2007
In Exchange 2003 we had an issue with the Signature Size that could be entered in OWA. The size was...
Date: 11/12/2010
How do we do it? 1.) Forwarding ICS Files to External Recipients
Consider the following scenario: You create a Meeting Request, add an External Contact from your...
Date: 11/12/2010
Outlook Web App 2010 Redirect to Outlook Web Access 2007 for New Mailboxes when selecting German language at first Logon resulting in 400 Bad Request.
Consider the following scenario – Exchange 2010 SP1 RU1 + Exchange 2007 SP3 mixed environment....
Date: 11/11/2010
Using MFCMapi to connect to the Exchange System Attendant Mailbox / Arbitration Mailbox
Here’s some info on how to use MFCMapi to connect to the System Attendant Mailbox when needed....
Date: 11/01/2010
Modifying AD Attributes (ex Company) are not being picked up automatically by Exchange 2007
Consider the following Scenario: Exchange 2007 + Outlook in Cached Mode (1) Create a new Address...
Date: 10/28/2010
Reminders in Exchange 2010 SP1
Just stumbled upon an interessting issue in Exchange 2010. Consider the following Scenario: Exchange...
Date: 10/27/2010
Activesync logging in Exchange 2003 and 2007
In this topic we will discuss the different tools or components that can be used to generate logs...
Date: 05/14/2010
Strange Error with OAB and System Public Folders in Exchange 2007
I once ran into an interesting issue with a customer, with an error regarding to Public Folders that...
Date: 05/13/2010
Automatic converison of UDG in USG in Exchange 2007
Consider following scenario: Exchange 2007 SP2 in place and Outlook 2007 SP2. For the mail flow you...
Date: 05/11/2010
Mailbox folders categories
Many times administrators are called for help by users whose maibox folders are duplicated. There...
Date: 05/07/2010
How to increase the Logging Levels in Exchange 2003,2007 and 2010
In Exchange 2003: There are two options to increase the Logging levels in Exchange 2003....
Date: 05/03/2010
How to find the Object that belongs to a GUID
When troubleshooting an error message which only displays a GUID, and does not make any reference to...
Date: 04/22/2010
Exchange 2007 and Activesync mailbox policies
Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 introduced a new series of Windows Mobile policy settings, allowing for...
Date: 04/21/2010
Exchange 2010 SP1 summary
Last week the big announce was made here: https://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/04/07/454533.aspx ....
Date: 04/12/2010
PR_PREDECESSOR_CHANGE_LIST MAPI Property and its limit
I had to deal recently with a problem which turned out it can be an important issue in some...
Date: 02/23/2010
Backup issues and limitations with Exchange 2010 and DAG
I have come up with the following conclusions after testing some backup functionalities with Windows...
Date: 02/13/2010
IP Addresses are sometimes not shown in Anti-Spam log (get-agentlog). Why?
We have the following scenario: Exchange 2007 in place and Anti-Spam agents enabled on your HUB...
Date: 02/08/2010
Named Properties problems: A workaround
If you are already familiarized with the named property concept on Exchange 2003…well this usually...
Date: 08/31/2009
Public Folder Replication Tip: Replication Message Size Limit value
When troubleshooting public folder replication one should always keep in mind that the replication...
Date: 07/21/2009
Stub objects remain on source mailbox servers after mailbox move
If you are moving mailboxes between servers in Exchange 2003 SP2 or Exchange 2007 and your clients...
Date: 07/16/2009
Bulk change advanced properties of internet message format domains - Exchange 2003
In order to bulk enable the options "Allow out of office responses, Allow delivery reports, Allow...
Date: 07/10/2009