Overview The GalSearch command is a new feature in Exchange 2003 SP2 that will enable devices to perform a search query against the exchange server. This command does an ANR (Ambiguous Name Resolution) lookup to locate a mail-enabled object (Person/Conf Room, etc) from the Active Directory that matches the query string. For e.g.: You…
Year: 2005
Can Exchange 2003 be installed on 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003?
It seems like a question of compatibility / incompatibility of current versions of Exchange (mainly Exchange 2003) and Windows Server 2003 x64 editions is coming up more and more, so let’s address it. In short – running current versions of Exchange, including Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 x64 editions is not supported. …
Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Remote Wipe functionality
Remote Wipe is a new feature in E2K3 SP2 that will enable the Exchange admins to force a device to delete its contents remotely. This can come in very handy when an end user loses their device or if the device is stolen — and there is a risk that someone could access personal or…
Exchange 2003 Memory Configuration change for Windows 2003 (PAE Support)
Introduction Exchange 2003 requires specific memory tuning to function optimally. This flash outlines Windows 2003 boot.ini configuration settings for Exchange 2003 and highlights recent changes. See the following KB articles for relevant background information on this topic: · CPU and Memory Scalability for Exchange Server 2003 and for Exchange 2000 Server · Use of…
More OWA customization, anyone?
Tosh Meston mentioned this on his blog a while ago, but as OWA customization subjects seem to be very popular, here it is: There are two relatively new TechNet articles out there that talk specifically about customizations of Exchange 2003 OWA in lots of detail: Creating and Deploying Outlook Web Access Themes Customizing the Outlook…
Let’s talk about Server Extension Objects (SEO)
I’ve worked for Microsoft for about 8 years, all in the Exchange group, and I really enjoy it. The people who work here are bright, self-motivated, and we have the resources we need to get our jobs done. It feels great to ship world-class products that our customers love. However, not everything is perfect, it…
Exchange ActiveSync and the /Exchange virtual directory
As many of you already know, Exchange ActiveSync uses HTTP-DAV to access the user’s mailbox. By default these HTTP requests are all sent to the /Exchange virtual directory on the mailbox server. However, in certain deployments like the hosting scenario there can be multiple virtual directories each tied to a particular Domain Name. How does…
Values in unmergedAttributes and msExchUnMergedAttsPT attributes and your ADC replication
After helping someone on the problem related to this not that long ago – I decided it might be good to blog about this a bit more; there might be more people that are running into this problem and it is not one of most obvious ones either! What is all this about? …
ExBPA v2.1 Released
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer v2.1. The new version can be downloaded from here. Starting next week, for those running ExBPA v2.0, you will be prompted to upgrade to v2.1 the next time the tool is started. List of enhancements included in ExBPA v2.1 – HBA…
Outlook Web Access – A catalyst for web evolution
“The Exchange Web Client” was the first web email client produced by Microsoft. It had an interesting green and black color scheme but it did most of the basic needs for doing messaging. We didn’t have enough time to add calendaring support in the first version. What we did in this first version was the…