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Draft: How to take EWS/OWA/ETL trace to troubleshoot Exchange Web Services issues – EXCHANGE 2007 & 2010
THIS IS A DRAFT DOCUMENT AND MAY CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. PURPOSE: Collect ETL trace from...
Date: 06/23/2011
Trouble updating contacts’ physical addresses using EWS Managed API?
This happened to be a second recent case among many others facing the similar issue, and they could...
Date: 06/14/2011
Where are you Outlook???
So I got this friend of mine who works for MS IT and was curious to find Outlook’s install location...
Date: 06/10/2011
WP7: Quick Timer: Sample Application for Windows Phone 7
No wonder the development of WP7 apps is super easy and very much fun. I was looking for a quick...
Date: 01/09/2011
FYI: BUG: Attachments.Add fails for POP3/IMAP only accounts when the attachment type is Outlook.olEmbeddedItem
Problem: Attachments.Add fails only for POP3/IMAP accounts when the attachment type is...
Date: 09/15/2010
Exchange 2007: Transport error when sending emails using TLS (0x80040213)
Ok, this was a fun case and I never had such fun on a CDOSYS case & I am lying. I spent nearly...
Date: 07/23/2010
Exchange 2010: OWA Customization: Preview forms does not works in Conversation Mode
I recently had couple of customer reporting that their existing/new OWA customization code is not...
Date: 07/23/2010
System.Net.Mail cannot send secured email using SMTP over SSL aka SMTPS protocol
This is just FYI that we know the limitation of System.Net.Mail classes and its incapability of...
Date: 07/23/2010
HOTFIX: .NET 4.0 (System.Net.Mail) Unable to send emails with large attachments (more than 3MB)
We have an official release for the issue and if you are facing this problem then I would...
Date: 07/20/2010
FYI: MAPI Application does not work when running from Windows Service (MAPI_E_NETWORK_ERROR)
I recently had two cases where the MAPI application was failing while creating a dynamic profile...
Date: 06/17/2010
Webcast: Enhancements in VSTO 4.0 Deployment for Office 2007/2010
One of my colleague, Akash, today presented this webcast where he talked about the...
Date: 06/10/2010
BUG: Outlook: Error thrown by Outlook 2007 when all attendees of a meeting are removed programmatically before sending it
THIS IS JUST FYI AND IF YOU ARE FACING THE SIMILAR ISSUE THEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE ARE AWARE OF...
Date: 05/26/2010
We are Open, says PST to Outlook :-)
This is pretty exciting development which came yesterday as Microsoft announced the availability of...
Date: 05/26/2010
WebDAV can expose private meetings/appointments to users who should not see them.
This is quite frequently asked and with surprise & worries mixed together… Why WebDAV is able to...
Date: 04/07/2010
BUG: .NET 4.0 (System.Net.Mail) Unable to send emails with large attachments (more than 3MB)
This is probably the first bug reported by customer so far for System.Net.Mail Class in .NET 4.0...
Date: 04/04/2010
Did you like the makeover?
After couple of mails exchange with my earlier web hosting provider, I decided to save near 400...
Date: 01/22/2010
Blog Problem: Where are the images?
A very Happy New Year 2010 to you all.I had a really bad day while I was making some changes to my...
Date: 01/04/2010
BUG: Outlook 2003: Custom Forms: You cannot use Custom Actions to Reply/Forward Appointment Items
I had been working on this issue lately where customer was using Outlook 2003 to create custom...
Date: 11/19/2009
BUG: Outlook: Word: A signature to death!
I have been working lately with this customer who was trying to create new signature files under...
Date: 10/09/2009
Hey!!! Do not forget to “Include” me… Ok?
I am not talking about some Friday night dinner or the latest buff around the corner. I am talking...
Date: 10/02/2009
Using CDOSYS from .Net?! Be Careful with Attachments!
First off there is no justification why you should be using Cdosys directly, you should use...
Date: 09/18/2009
Exchange Web Services 101 : Let’s get started!
Want to learn Exchange Web Service but not sure how and from where? Here are the few articles that I...
Date: 06/19/2009
HOWTO: Automatically Login to OWA 2007 using HTML + JavaScript
First thing first, you should understand that this is NOT SUPPORTED & NOT RECOMMENDED solution...
Date: 06/02/2009
HOWTO: EWS: Get OOF State for Self or any user in your organization
First thing first, this is just for demonstration purpose and might not be a supported solution by...
Date: 05/29/2009
HOWTO: WebDAV: Send mail with Custom Form and set properties
This is going to be a very simple sample of how you can send an email with custom properties set and...
Date: 05/22/2009
Announcement: EWS Managed API launching tomorrow 04/15/09
Good news for all .Net developers working with Exchange or willing to work with Exchange but have...
Date: 04/14/2009
Searchfolder created from EWS is not displaying items falling under criteria within Outlook
I have been working on different SearchFolders cases lately where customers were trying to create...
Date: 04/09/2009
HOW TO: Create SearchFolder to search for Custom Properties using EWS
Here is a quick sample if you are looking at creating a search folder using EWS which will look for...
Date: 04/09/2009
HOWTO: Query information related to ProgID & CLSID, verify where the image is loaded from Disk.
Ever copied a DLL from one system to another and registered it using RegSvr32.exe? or in other words...
Date: 04/09/2009
HOWTO: Give Service Account Access to all mailboxes on an Exchange 2007 Server
This is my first attempt to write a Powershell sample to my readers. In this sample we will give...
Date: 03/30/2009
Exchange 2007 SDK on Windows Server 2008, is it supported? YES it is!!!
I have seen lots of confusion lately and people asking this question in various forums. I do not...
Date: 03/17/2009
HOWTO: CDOEXM: Add Associated External Account permission to existing mailbox
If you ever tried to modify the msExchMailboxSecurityDescriptor attribute directory then you must be...
Date: 03/10/2009
HOWTO: WebDav: Exchange 2003: Poll for unread emails & notify admin if a predefined level is reached
I think you may find it useful as well. I wrote this script to monitor a particular mailbox for...
Date: 03/03/2009
MAPI asks: Can you please take it offline???
MAPI developers have another reason to cheers. Now you can take the MAPI documentation with you for...
Date: 02/25/2009
HOWTO: EWS: Send UTF-16 request to Exchange Web Service from VBScript
I had explained earlier how you can consume Exchange Web Services like WebDAV from VBScript in the...
Date: 02/24/2009
HOWTO: Create Search Folder using Exchange Impersonation for multiple users via Exchange Web Services
What are we doing here? What is Search Folder? Why do I care? Search folders are a quick way to...
Date: 02/23/2009
Soooooo tweet..
Follow me at https://twitter.com/findvikas for all the updates from my life, technology, gizmos and...
Date: 02/23/2009
Sing me MAPI Rhyme again!!!
MAPI, MAPI, Yes, Papa.Getting lost? No, Papa.Telling lies? No, Papa.Where you then???Here! Here!...
Date: 01/21/2009
CoolStuff: Windows 7, Here I come...!!!
This may be the most awaited day, the most talked OS from Microsoft is going to make its Public Beta...
Date: 01/08/2009
CoolStuff: Microsoft is Singing for you
Do you want your PC to sing for you, well its possible now with the release of Microsoft Research's...
Date: 01/08/2009
HOWTO: Get Exchange 2000/2003 mailbox statistics remotely using WMI
Of course you cannot use WMI to manage Exchange 2007, obviously Powershell is more power full and...
Date: 11/19/2008
HOWTO: Programmatically enumerate permissions on Exchange 2003 Mailbox Store
This was a tough one and was lots of learning for me as well. Me and my colleague was working on a...
Date: 10/31/2008
BUG: HasAttachments property is false on meeting occurrence with attachment
I thought it was just the last month full of bugs and fixes. This month also started with a Exchange...
Date: 10/10/2008
Test Page
This is going to be a test page
Date: 10/01/2008
BUG: Email Inspector window stays open even after mail is sent, VSTO SE Ribbon Customization
Another bug, this month quite bugged me :) it was not only bad throat and viral fever which made me...
Date: 10/01/2008
BUG: Unable to load WinHTTP.dll into Outlook 2007 VBA References
Are you having hard time in adding WinHTTP.dll into Outlook 2007 VBA references on your Vista...
Date: 10/01/2008
BUG: 'ErrorNoPublicFolderServerAvailable' is not a valid value for ResponseCodeType
Another fine day and some great timings. I was discussing this bug with product group hoping that it...
Date: 10/01/2008
ERROR: ActiveX component can't create object (MAPI.Session) on Vista
Make sure you have installed CDO 1.21 which comes separately and no longer ships with Outlook 2007...
Date: 09/10/2008