One of the most common questions I’m asked is if we have any resources that document the default settings for the Exchange-related virtual directories in Exchange 2007 – specifically with regards to the authentication and SSL settings. This aims to address that need should you find yourself in a situation where these settings have been…
Year: 2008
Steps to manually recreate the sync relationship on mobile devices synchronizing with Microsoft Exchange Server
Steps to manually recreate the sync relationship on mobile devices synchronizing with Microsoft Exchange Server In some troubleshooting scenarios, users may need to rebuild and resynchronize their partnership manually. In previous versions of Microsoft Exchange Server, if you moved your mailbox to an upgraded server (such as Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 RTM)…
Communicator and Exchange – Special considerations for deploying Communicator in an Exchange environment
The Office Communicator team has posted a very interesting post if you have Exchange and Communicator in your environment. If you have tried to figure out the possible impact on your network from Outlook and Communicator integration, this post is for you. You can find it here: http://communicatorteam.com/archive/2008/01/29/54.aspx – Nino Bilic
Understanding multi-domain DL update and delegate issues after application of Exchange 2003 SP2 – Part 2
EDIT: This post has been updated on 5/20/2008 to include a link to an Outlook 2007 hotfix for this behavior. If you have been struggling with Delegate errors in multi-domain environments where you consistently get the below error when attempting to add a delegate for a user, you are now in luck as there is…
Scripting Corner Volume 3 – The PowerShell profile
While working with (playing around with) PowerShell on Exchange 2007 I found myself typing in the same series of commands over and over. These were commands that I was using on a regular, repeated basis while managing my particular environment. Being the efficient (lazy?) person that I am, I did a bit of quick reading…
Updated Release of the Transporter Suite
We have released the updated version of the Microsoft Transporter Suite. The download is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&displaylang=en More details upcoming to the CollabTools blog! – Nino Bilic
Single-label Domain Names and Exchange Server 2007 SP1
EDIT 9/22/2008: The support policy for installing Exchange Server 2007 in an SLD environment has changed, and is now supported. Please go here and read it for follow-up on this situation. If you attempt to install Exchange 2007 SP1 into an Active Directory forest containing a single-label domain name (e.g. “Contoso” instead of “Contoso.com”), you’ll…
Office space…
This post is about how office space is allocated at Microsoft, and it has nothing to do with the movie of the same name. You will also be hard pressed to find something really useful Exchange-related in it! In most of the company, we have offices with actual doors rather than cubicles. Of late, we’ve…
Public Folder Replication Troubleshooting – Part 4: Exchange Server 2007/2010 tips
Two years ago, I posted a three-part series on troubleshooting public folder replication. Part 1 discussed the replication of new data, Part 2 discussed the replication of existing data, and Part 3 discussed the replica deletion process and some common problems we saw with Exchange 2003. With this post, I want to update the series…
Supportability for multiple OWA/ Exchange Web Sites on Client Access Servers in Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
Customers frequently ask Exchange Customer Support Services (CSS) engineers how Exchange Server organizations can be managed using multiple Web sites for Exchange Server-related virtual directories. This is often used for segmentation purposes or for access by certain applications, apart from Web users. Microsoft Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) solutions are available for customers with a…