RE: Load Balancers?
This is a good link : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/gg176682, as it contains details of load balancers that have completed solution testing with Exchange 2010 - and also provides links to the relevant documentation. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 03 October 2011 14:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancers? Thanks, I shall look at Coyote Point. I did briefly consider using Windows but it's another pair of servers etc. Be interested if there are any low cost or open source options out there than run as a virtual appliance though (Kemp's VA is more than physical at our sort of size). Paul From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]mailto:[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 13:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancers? Kemp is a good choice, as is Coyote Point. If you have lots of money, you can also consider Citrix, Cisco, and F5. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 8:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Load Balancers? I'm starting to think and plan for adding a second Exchange 2010 server and setting up a DAG and CAS array. I know of Kemp, but I'm not familiar with any other vendor when it comes to load balancers. Obviously I can whack it into Google (and have) but on the face of it they all do what I currently want. Any personal recommendations (or nightmares) would be great. A virtual load balancer also sounds like an option as we have a vSphere cluster that should be able to run a pair of appliances in HA. Thanks, Paul MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2010 design
In addition to what Phil said in his reply, for a good overview of the load balancing options I'd recommend reading this topic : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625247.aspx FYI, if you go down the hardware load balancer route, here's the page that lists the hardware load balancers that have completed solution testing with Exchange 2010 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/gg176682.aspx HTH, Neil From: Laurence Bryant [mailto:l...@cem.dur.ac.uk] Sent: 13 June 2011 13:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 design Hi Everyone, I'm a bit new to this so my apologies if I've not understood something correctly. I'm trying to plan new hardware to deploy Exchange 2010 (100 users, average mailbox size 500MB) and am looking at using two servers with CAS, HT and Mailbox roles installed on both and using DAG for high availability. I was thinking of using Windows NLB for load balancing,but have read that this can't be used with DAG (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979781.aspx). My question is, if I set up two additional servers with NLB installed and moved the CAS and HT roles to them, would this solution then provide the load balancing I'm looking for? Alternatively, would I be better off with two highly redundant servers and use one for Mailbox and one for CAS and HT? Thanks for any advice! Laurence --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
E2K10 Tested Solutions Papers
FYI - two new Exchange 2010 tested solutions papers released: Exchange 2010 Tested Solutions: 15000 Mailboxes in Two Sites Running Hyper-V on Unisys ES7000 Servers and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 Family http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4d83e5ac-7d9a-47 c6-a843-a5520d118fc4 Exchange 2010 Tested Solutions: 2 Mailboxes in Two Sites Running Hyper-V on Dell R910 Servers, EMC CLARiiON Storage, and Brocade Network Solutions http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6fd7e23f-30c8-4f b7-bca3-a5de9aa9a8e4 --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2010 Technical Reference Guide?
I recently saved some of the online sections as PDFs for reading on a Kindle - works well when travelling by train, etc, and I guess you could always print those. But I know what you mean; I prefer printed material sometimes. Also, I've found that the online content is obviously updated more regularly then the downloadable CHM file, but the PackageThis.exe program works just great to create smaller CHM files of the relevant sections directly from TechNet content. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 23 February 2011 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Technical Reference Guide? You are preaching to the choir. The Exchange Team considers me (plus several other of we more mature MVPs) a luddite because I like printed material. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Technical Reference Guide? I, for one consider this a hindrance that's resulted in less time spent studying an learning because it requires you to be at a computer and online to access the material. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Technical Reference Guide? Nope. Supposedly all that detail (and more) is present in current technet articles. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Al Rose [mailto:arose...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 Technical Reference Guide? Hi fellows, Microsoft had released an oustanding documentation for Exchange 2003 called Exchange 2003 Technical Reference guide available there: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996429(EXCHG.65).aspx Is there a chance the same document exist for Exchange 2010? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Recommended Books ...
I've read Exchange 2010 Best Practices from MS Press; I'm currently reading Tony's Exchange 2010 Inside Out book on a Kindle. Together they make up a pretty impressive pair of books that will cover what you need to know. You might want to know that you can get both together in a pretty good deal: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735659478?ie=UTF8 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735659478?ie=UTF8tag=though0f-20linkCod e=as2camp=1789creative=390957creativeASIN=0735659478 tag=though0f-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=390957creativeASIN=0735659 478 From: sms adm [mailto:sms...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 February 2011 16:05 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Recommended Books ... I am looking for book recommendations for Exchange 2010 architecture and for Powershell. I manage an Exchange 2003 environment now and we're looking to upgrade later this year. Thx in advance --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Universal vs Global groups in Exchange 2010
I believe it was because the group has to be universal for the membership to be in a GC, which got around issues of missing messages for non-universal groups. This first started in E2K7 IIRC. From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 07 February 2011 17:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Universal vs Global groups in Exchange 2010 Can someone remind me why Exchange 2010 [SP1] is so picky about groups being configured as Universal vs Global? Unless groups are Universal, we are now finding that Outlook users cannot modify DL membership. We're a single domain/single forest/Exchange 2007/2010 mixed environment. Googling this topic only brings up the fix, not the why. Cheers! Richard --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation
Did I reply to this? Don't think so. But yes, you could manually install the certs to each machine. Just wanted to make sure you're aware. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:34 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation The Outlook clients will all be either using full online or cached mode and should be 2007 or 2010 - there won't be any remote access of any sort at all just LAN connectivity. When you say Outlook doesn't play well with self-signed, presumably you're OK so long as you have the root CA installed on the client(s)? From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation Re: certs, depends on what you want to do. Outlook 2010 doesn't play well with self-signed certs, for example. It may or may not be an issue for you. SP1 is indeed the full product, so you can just download that and go. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:27 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation Thanks for the reply Neil. No co-existence for this one, our primary Exchange system is 2003 and I have the joy of migrating that to look forward to, but this is a totally separate small network. Certs is a good question - assuming no external connectivity and no need for OWA do I need a cert at all let alone a commercial/non-self-signed one? Filter pack yep got that bu thanks for mentioning it (found a bunch of useful youtube vids that summarised things quite nicely). Schema/Adprep wasn't' mentioned in any of the videos I saw - presumably with a single DC it is a simple case of letting setup handle it as there's no replication to worry about etc. My understanding is that the SP1 download is both service pack and install media so I would assume there's no good reason not to use it from the off? Thanks, Paul From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation Coexisting with legacy Exchange at all? Also a few things off the top of my head: 1. Might want to run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer - this has picked up some AD issues for me in the past 2. What are you doing about certs? 3. Don't forget things like the filter pack in your pre-reqs 4. Don't need to worry about setting the NetTcpPortSharing service if you're deploying Exchange 2010 SP1 5. I personally like to do the schema and AD preparation separately to the Exchange install - just my preference though From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 25 January 2011 15:47 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: New Exchange 2010 Installation Next week I'll need to install 2010 for the first time. The domain is very small so there's only a single DC running 2008 R2 at 2008 domain functional level. From looking at the various docs/tutorials it looks reasonably straightforward: Run the commands in the pre-requisite list Start the net.tcp (forget the name) service/set to auto Run setup Then there's the post install stuff like configuring send/receive connectors and adding additional/setting the default domain and so on. Have I overlooked anything glaring? The domain is new and nice and clean so whilst I'll check I'm not expecting any issues with dns/replication and all the stuff you want working before you begin. Thanks, Paul _ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com
RE: New MS Exchange Blog: GAL Segmentation, #Exchange Server 2010 and Address Book Policies
Twitter was clogged with this announcement earlier - must be something people want. ;) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 27 January 2011 17:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: New MS Exchange Blog: GAL Segmentation, #Exchange Server 2010 and Address Book Policies GAL Segmentation, #Exchange Server 2010 and Address Book Policies http://bit.ly/exroHd Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation
Coexisting with legacy Exchange at all? Also a few things off the top of my head: 1. Might want to run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer - this has picked up some AD issues for me in the past 2. What are you doing about certs? 3. Don't forget things like the filter pack in your pre-reqs 4. Don't need to worry about setting the NetTcpPortSharing service if you're deploying Exchange 2010 SP1 5. I personally like to do the schema and AD preparation separately to the Exchange install - just my preference though From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 25 January 2011 15:47 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: New Exchange 2010 Installation Next week I'll need to install 2010 for the first time. The domain is very small so there's only a single DC running 2008 R2 at 2008 domain functional level. From looking at the various docs/tutorials it looks reasonably straightforward: Run the commands in the pre-requisite list Start the net.tcp (forget the name) service/set to auto Run setup Then there's the post install stuff like configuring send/receive connectors and adding additional/setting the default domain and so on. Have I overlooked anything glaring? The domain is new and nice and clean so whilst I'll check I'm not expecting any issues with dns/replication and all the stuff you want working before you begin. Thanks, Paul _ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: frequent DAG database switchover
In addition to what Richard has just said, you might like to look through the table of failures at the link below and use that as a reference point: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd298067.aspx From: Stuart Brainerd [mailto:sbrain...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:12 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: frequent DAG database switchover We are working with a client that has Exchange 2010 SP1 installed at two locations (using Server 2008 R2 Enterprise), with a total of four mailbox databases across the two servers. The servers (call them Server Main and Server DR) are configured to replicate to each other. The replication was successful in both directions, however the database is repeatedly failing over on a regular basis, for reasons which are not apparent to us. The database failover or switchover is occurring in both directions. EMC shows all database copies as healthy, with an activation preference of 1 for the primary copy, and an activation preference of 2 for the passive copies. Does the group have some ideas on how best to troubleshoot this situation, and which event logs to look for that might explain this frequent (several times each week) switchover? We are even considering disabling automatic switchover if this is possible, and setting this to manual switchover, if this might improve the situation. The biggest problem associated with the switchover is that some Outlook clients (running a mix of Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010) cannot reconnect to the database following a switchover unless the clients Outlook application is closed and re-opened. thanks, Stuart Brainerd Synapse Networks --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: White List
Yep, it was in 2007. Also, this cmdlet has the -VerifyRecipient parameter that might (I say might) prove useful in this case to test an individual user. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 25 January 2011 15:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: White List I'm not in front of an Exchange 2007 server right now, only a 2010 server. But 2010 has several tests for Edge issues, I don't think they are all new with 2010. Test-EdgeSynchronization was in 2007 wasn't it? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: White List Thanks, I wonder if any of that has changed in Exchange 2010. Doesn't seem like there's any great way to troubleshoot White List issues. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: White List It's put into ADAM. The mini-copy-of-AD that runs on edge servers. But it's all hashed and junk. (Not my specific area of expertise, but I don't think there is anything human readable in that database. The intent was for everything to be hashed and hidden so that if Edge was compromised, the AD wouldn't be compromised too.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: White List I just ran a start-edgesynchronization on the Hub Transport Server and received no errors. Where can I find the hashed file to look at it sir??? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: White List Sure, but is edgesync working? (And yes, edgesync puts up a new hashed file on a fairly regular basis - that's what it's for) J Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: White List Greetings, We are running Exchange 2007 SP2. I don't think our White Lists are working properly. Last week, we had a user add joh...@example.com to her White List. Today an email from Johnny was quarantined as having a content rating hire than 7. Has anybody else ran into this? As far as I know, there's no magic file to check on the Edge Transport servers to review the White List and see what names are (and are not) on it. Thanks, Rob --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation
Re: certs, depends on what you want to do. Outlook 2010 doesn't play well with self-signed certs, for example. It may or may not be an issue for you. SP1 is indeed the full product, so you can just download that and go. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:27 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation Thanks for the reply Neil. No co-existence for this one, our primary Exchange system is 2003 and I have the joy of migrating that to look forward to, but this is a totally separate small network. Certs is a good question - assuming no external connectivity and no need for OWA do I need a cert at all let alone a commercial/non-self-signed one? Filter pack yep got that bu thanks for mentioning it (found a bunch of useful youtube vids that summarised things quite nicely). Schema/Adprep wasn't' mentioned in any of the videos I saw - presumably with a single DC it is a simple case of letting setup handle it as there's no replication to worry about etc. My understanding is that the SP1 download is both service pack and install media so I would assume there's no good reason not to use it from the off? Thanks, Paul From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 January 2011 16:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: New Exchange 2010 Installation Coexisting with legacy Exchange at all? Also a few things off the top of my head: 1. Might want to run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer - this has picked up some AD issues for me in the past 2. What are you doing about certs? 3. Don't forget things like the filter pack in your pre-reqs 4. Don't need to worry about setting the NetTcpPortSharing service if you're deploying Exchange 2010 SP1 5. I personally like to do the schema and AD preparation separately to the Exchange install - just my preference though From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 25 January 2011 15:47 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: New Exchange 2010 Installation Next week I'll need to install 2010 for the first time. The domain is very small so there's only a single DC running 2008 R2 at 2008 domain functional level. From looking at the various docs/tutorials it looks reasonably straightforward: Run the commands in the pre-requisite list Start the net.tcp (forget the name) service/set to auto Run setup Then there's the post install stuff like configuring send/receive connectors and adding additional/setting the default domain and so on. Have I overlooked anything glaring? The domain is new and nice and clean so whilst I'll check I'm not expecting any issues with dns/replication and all the stuff you want working before you begin. Thanks, Paul _ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: File Server Witness 2010 SP1
As Kevin said you can put it anywhere as it's just a file share. There is no requirement to make sure the DAG operating system and FSW operating system versions match. The only thing I would say about putting the FSW on a domain controller is that you are giving the Exchange Trusted Subsystem group a lot of permissions in Active Directory (it has to be made a member of the local administrators group on the FSW server) - it may or may not be a concern in your environment. From: xyz [mailto:x...@minneapolis.edu] Sent: 22 January 2011 03:05 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: File Server Witness 2010 SP1 Greetings, We have EXCHANGE 2010 SP1 two host DAG on single site (no DAC). With only two DAG hosts, we clearly need the FSW on line on a third box for any major failover quorum. Per MS documents: We recommend that you use an Exchange 2010 Hub Transport server in the Active Directory site containing the DAG. This allows the witness server and directory to remain under the control of an Exchange administrator. In my case we manage the whole network and AD environment, so this is less of an issue. Installing a third EXCHANGE box is an option, but not sure I need to go this way right now - as there are workarounds - and managing another box just for FSW is something I hope to avoid. Could we install the FSW on one of our DCs? This would make management easier, as we always know DC status quickly. But not finding this in the MS documentation yet as to if this would be a concern. Thanks for any suggestions. Dana --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: database size vs mailbox size
Just a FYI, you won't see 1221s in Exchange 2010 anymore, since the way maintenance runs has changed. The cmdlet you ran is the way to do this now, as you've seen. If you're interested in knowing more about this, the link below is a good read. http://www.shudnow.net/2009/10/25/exchange-2010-24x7-online-defragmentation- and-online-database-scanning/ -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: 18 January 2011 19:31 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: database size vs mailbox size Thanks, Michael. I do not see any 1221 events in the application log, but I ran this: Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | FL AvailableNewMailboxSpace and it replied 10.34 GB. I also have one user that shows 20 GB in totsldeleteditemd and one user with 7 GB. If I set their retention policy to 0 days will that free up that space sometime today? 12 GB of mailboxes, 30 GB of deleted items and 10 GB of whitespace would be 52 GB total vs the 88 GB in the edb file. Anything else, I should look at? Bill Michael B. Smith wrote: Check out 1221 for ESE in the Application log to see how much white space you have. Also: Get-mailbox -resultsize unlimited | get-mailboxstatistics | select DisplayName, TotalDeletedItemSize, TotalItemSize will provide you with more details... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: database size vs mailbox size Hi all, Can anyone help me solve a mystery? Exchange 2010 small implementation. 30 users. When I run a script to get mailbox sizes all mailboxes add up to less than 12 gigs. We have default retention policy enabled that keeps deleted items for 14 days. the database management tick box is ticked for 24/7 maintenance. The mailbox edb file is 88 gigs. Any idea what is going on and how I can shrink this? Thanks. Bill --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Expected or not?
Do you use public folders and if so, where are the databases located? Also, what is the service pack and update rollup version of Exchange 2010? From: Robert Peterson [mailto:robert.peter...@prin.edu] Sent: 19 January 2011 18:08 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Expected or not? We have an Exchange 2010 environment all virtualized across 4 Hyper-V hosts. Each host presents 1 MB server and 1 CAS/HUB server. Exchange databases are setup in a DAG with 1 active and 2 replicated copies across 3 of the 4 MB servers. for example: S-Hyper-V-01 S-EXCMB-01 DB1-Active S- EXCCAS-01 S-Hyper-V-02 S-EXCMB-02 DB1-Copy DB2-Copy S- EXCCAS-02 E-Hyper-V-01 E-EXCMB-01 DB1-Copy DB2-Copy E- EXCCAS-01 E-Hyper-V-02 E-EXCMB-01 DB2-Active E- EXCCAS-02 As I applied Windows updates this month, even though I always kept the active databases on a running host and server, some users (not all) saw disconnects to their mailboxes from within their Outlook 2007 client. Some clients recovered on their own, others were prompted for a login password and user name, by the CAS servers. The Username field in the login pop-up window was. CASserver\User.Name of course this would not work, until the user provided their domain instead, such as domain\user.name. Am I missing something I should be doing before mounting a healthy copy on the other Hyper-V host? Should I be moving a service the CAS servers are providing? At the same time I did see some, ActiveSync connections fail on phones during this time too, but not many. I'd appreciate anyone clarifying what I am seeing or pointing me in a direction for more study. Thanks, Robert --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Expected or not?
I was just wondering whether it was because of the public folder issue, but that's fixed in UR2 From: Robert Peterson [mailto:robert.peter...@prin.edu] Sent: 19 January 2011 18:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Expected or not? Yes, I have a Public folder, it resides on S-EXCMB-01 with a replica on S-EXCMB-02. Service Pack 1 with Rollup 2 installed Thank you for any ideas. -Robert From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Expected or not? Do you use public folders and if so, where are the databases located? Also, what is the service pack and update rollup version of Exchange 2010? From: Robert Peterson [mailto:robert.peter...@prin.edu] Sent: 19 January 2011 18:08 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Expected or not? We have an Exchange 2010 environment all virtualized across 4 Hyper-V hosts. Each host presents 1 MB server and 1 CAS/HUB server. Exchange databases are setup in a DAG with 1 active and 2 replicated copies across 3 of the 4 MB servers. for example: S-Hyper-V-01 S-EXCMB-01 DB1-Active S- EXCCAS-01 S-Hyper-V-02 S-EXCMB-02 DB1-Copy DB2-Copy S- EXCCAS-02 E-Hyper-V-01 E-EXCMB-01 DB1-Copy DB2-Copy E- EXCCAS-01 E-Hyper-V-02 E-EXCMB-01 DB2-Active E- EXCCAS-02 As I applied Windows updates this month, even though I always kept the active databases on a running host and server, some users (not all) saw disconnects to their mailboxes from within their Outlook 2007 client. Some clients recovered on their own, others were prompted for a login password and user name, by the CAS servers. The Username field in the login pop-up window was. CASserver\User.Name of course this would not work, until the user provided their domain instead, such as domain\user.name. Am I missing something I should be doing before mounting a healthy copy on the other Hyper-V host? Should I be moving a service the CAS servers are providing? At the same time I did see some, ActiveSync connections fail on phones during this time too, but not many. I'd appreciate anyone clarifying what I am seeing or pointing me in a direction for more study. Thanks, Robert --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2007 statistics?
Why not use the Exchange Profile Analyzer? It's a free download from Microsoft. Here are the details on what it can do (about half-way down are the details on what it collects): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb508856(EXCHG.65).aspx From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com] Sent: 17 January 2011 17:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 statistics? We need to do some sizing of our current Exchange 2007 environment. I'm looking for a method to determine: average message size average attachment size number of emails sent/received per day Does anyone know of a powershell script that can do something like this, or another method? Thanks, Andy Leedy ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Schein Animal Health ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: What would cause pickup folder processing to stop?
Have you yourself manually created an eml file/test message and placed it into the folder, just to rule out what the app is doing? From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] Sent: 14 January 2011 20:15 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What would cause pickup folder processing to stop? I already moved everything out of it to a stash folder, and new messages coming in still aren't picked up. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What would cause pickup folder processing to stop? Possibly a corrupt email message/file item. Try moving/deleting the oldest file in the folder and see what happens. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 1:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: What would cause pickup folder processing to stop? Exchange 2007 hub/mailbox server. It's the last one I have left, to support an application that won't run on 2010. The application sends email by dropping them in the pickup folder. Suddenly the server just stopped processing the folder. The .eml files just sit there. Other than that, the server seems to be working normally. ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: OWA password change
I think Kevin is talking about the ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled registry key - but I thought you had to add the key for this to work. It's detailed in Anderson's article here: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/management -administration/exchange-server-2010-sp1-new-outlook-web-app-features-part2. html From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 05 January 2011 21:07 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OWA password change The functionality was added in sp3 for expired and must change users. Don't mean to be insulting - but are you sure you are on sp3? :-P I don't remember the conversation otherwise. Sorry. L Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change Yeah, that's why I'm asking :) It's not working for expired nor must change users. I thought I had remembered a conversation here about a particular scenario (maybe order of patches) that resulted in it being non functional without a reg hack. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: By default, it's enabled. See: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kat Aylward [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change For Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 or 2007 there is a change you need to implement for enabling this functionality - there might be something similar for 2008/E2k7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297121/ Kat On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I remembered a recent conversation about a method of allowing OWA users to change expired and/or must change password passwords. Specifically with Exchange 07 sp3 on Server 08. I'm not finding anything in the archives (which could be my query) nor via google. So is there a way to enable that for pure OWA users, without ISA? Thanks, Kevin --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- Kat Aylward --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2010 performance metrics
In addition to what Michael said, for reference there's a comprehensive list of Exchange 2010 perfmon counters available at the link below - split into the different Exchange 2010 roles. You could look through these and pull out those of interest, based on the services you want to monitor. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335215.aspx From: Craig Sterley [mailto:cster...@ostusa.com] Sent: 05 January 2011 14:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 performance metrics Have a new exchange 2010 environment that was inherited and attempting to setup some monitoring - Nagios - metrics to begin trending performance on the environment so when users complain of slowness I will have some trending information to fall back on. I have the basics on the box disk space, memory, io and the sort. Have several exchange 2003 metrics using on another server, things like Average Delivery time, Messages delivered/min, receive/send queues. Looking for things that may be 2010 specific. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 8:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 performance metrics I'm not sure what you are asking for. Could you be a bit more explicit? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Craig Sterley [mailto:cster...@ostusa.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 2:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 performance metrics Anyone have any good info on Exchange 2010 performance monitoring? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: OWA password change
Neil - that article is similar to what I remembered - but I remembered something about 2007. Or maybe my memory is failing in my old age :) So you missed the bit before the registry key details that states This feature was introduced in Exchange Server 2007 SP3? ;) On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The functionality was added in sp3 for expired and must change users. Don't mean to be insulting - but are you sure you are on sp3? :-P I don't remember the conversation otherwise. Sorry. L Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change Yeah, that's why I'm asking :) It's not working for expired nor must change users. I thought I had remembered a conversation here about a particular scenario (maybe order of patches) that resulted in it being non functional without a reg hack. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: By default, it's enabled. See: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kat Aylward [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change For Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 or 2007 there is a change you need to implement for enabling this functionality - there might be something similar for 2008/E2k7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297121/ Kat On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I remembered a recent conversation about a method of allowing OWA users to change expired and/or must change password passwords. Specifically with Exchange 07 sp3 on Server 08. I'm not finding anything in the archives (which could be my query) nor via google. So is there a way to enable that for pure OWA users, without ISA? Thanks, Kevin --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- Kat Aylward --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: OWA password change
Neil - that article is similar to what I remembered - but I remembered something about 2007. Or maybe my memory is failing in my old age :) So you missed the bit before the registry key details that states This feature was introduced in Exchange Server 2007 SP3? ;) On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The functionality was added in sp3 for expired and must change users. Don't mean to be insulting - but are you sure you are on sp3? :-P I don't remember the conversation otherwise. Sorry. L Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change Yeah, that's why I'm asking :) It's not working for expired nor must change users. I thought I had remembered a conversation here about a particular scenario (maybe order of patches) that resulted in it being non functional without a reg hack. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: By default, it's enabled. See: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kat Aylward [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change For Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 or 2007 there is a change you need to implement for enabling this functionality - there might be something similar for 2008/E2k7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297121/ Kat On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I remembered a recent conversation about a method of allowing OWA users to change expired and/or must change password passwords. Specifically with Exchange 07 sp3 on Server 08. I'm not finding anything in the archives (which could be my query) nor via google. So is there a way to enable that for pure OWA users, without ISA? Thanks, Kevin --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- Kat Aylward --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: OWA password change
Yes, go on, do it! What can possibly go wrong? :) -Original Message- From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 January 2011 23:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change Yes :). But in my defense I just got pulled into this today and its been a looong time since I touched Exchange. Should we apply that reg hack anyway? Thanks On 1/5/11, Neil Hobson nhob...@gmail.com wrote: Neil - that article is similar to what I remembered - but I remembered something about 2007. Or maybe my memory is failing in my old age :) So you missed the bit before the registry key details that states This feature was introduced in Exchange Server 2007 SP3? ;) On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: The functionality was added in sp3 for expired and must change users. Don't mean to be insulting - but are you sure you are on sp3? :-P I don't remember the conversation otherwise. Sorry. L Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change Yeah, that's why I'm asking :) It's not working for expired nor must change users. I thought I had remembered a conversation here about a particular scenario (maybe order of patches) that resulted in it being non functional without a reg hack. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: By default, it's enabled. See: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684904(EXCHG.80).aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123962(EXCHG.80).aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kat Aylward [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OWA password change For Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 or 2007 there is a change you need to implement for enabling this functionality - there might be something similar for 2008/E2k7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297121/ Kat On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Kevin Lundy klu...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I remembered a recent conversation about a method of allowing OWA users to change expired and/or must change password passwords. Specifically with Exchange 07 sp3 on Server 08. I'm not finding anything in the archives (which could be my query) nor via google. So is there a way to enable that for pure OWA users, without ISA? Thanks, Kevin --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- Kat Aylward --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- Sent from my mobile device --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: 2010 Practical mailbox size limitations?
There are people with PF databases that are many hundreds of GB in size. Heh, remember this? http://blogs.technet.com/b/ewan/archive/2008/04/25/the-biggest-file-i-ve-eve r-seen-3tb-pub-edb.aspx J From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 3:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: 2010 Practical mailbox size limitations? Hi guys, Happy New Year :) Thanks to everyone that's helped throughout this year and so many others! Quick question. In Exchange 2010, is there a recommended size limit for mailboxes? I'm trying to figure out, from a database perspective, why there would be. Whether 10 mailboxes combine to make 10GB, or one mailbox is 10GB, I wouldn't think it would make much difference. We're using Exchange 2010 Enterprise, and using Outlook 2007 clients that are used online with Exchange (not cached.) My reason for asking is that I would like to get mail items out of PST's for one of our mailboxes, and this could cause the mailbox to grow to about 20-40GB in size. I'm trying to figure out of this poses a stability risk. Thoughts? Thanks, Evan --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Individual Mailbox Statistics
That stuff is all stored in the message tracking logs. You can probably still find a copy of LogParser and do this for free, otherwise commercial products like Promodag Reports or Quest MessageStats are available. -Original Message- From: Margo Blasko [mailto:margo.bla...@dcc-cdc.gc.ca] Sent: 09 December 2010 13:58 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Individual Mailbox Statistics In Exchange 2003 is there a way to obtain individual user's mailbox statistics - for example how many emails they get and send per day? Or do I require a separate utility? Thanks, Margo --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List
Properties of the group on the advanced tab. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 10:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List How do I check which is the expansion server? We have 5 servers in our organization. 3 in the US, 1 in Brussels and 1 here in the UK. All the mailboxes and the distribution groups in question are on the UK server. I have looked for error messages all over this server. What logging should I have enabled in order to capture the information that I should be looking for and where might I find this information. Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 17 November 2010 18:47 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List The first thing that crosses my mind is to check the expansion server. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:46 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Problem sending email to a Distribution List All We have a strange problem with sending email to a distribution list. The distribution list contains 2 other distribution lists and a single user. For some reason, intermittently when sending email to the DL members of the distribution lists contained within the distribution list do not receive the email. The single user always receives the email. I have checked in the Message Tracking center but can see nothing useful. If the message is delivered it says so, but if it is not delivered it does not appear in the message tracking service. Where should I start looking for reasons why a message is not delivered. All the mailboxes are on the same server and all are internal on our corp LAN. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com ***Disclaimer*** The contents of this Email may be privileged and are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Should you wish to use Email as a mode of communication, NSF-CMi Ltd and its subsidiaries are unable to guarantee the security of Email content outside of our own computer systems. This footnote also confirms that this Email message has been checked by MailMarshal for the presence of computer viruses. Whilst we run anti-virus software, you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Email or attachment you receive is virus free. We disclaim any liability for any damage you suffer as a consequence of receiving any virus. NSF-CMi Ltd Registered in England No: 1899857 Registered Office : Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London, EC4A 3TR. ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List
What version of Exchange is this? From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 12:06 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List Hi On checking this it is set to Any server in the organization I presume it will use the local server that the Group and all t5he mailboxes reside on? If so what should I be looking at to get some useful information? Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 10:56 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List Properties of the group on the advanced tab. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 10:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List How do I check which is the expansion server? We have 5 servers in our organization. 3 in the US, 1 in Brussels and 1 here in the UK. All the mailboxes and the distribution groups in question are on the UK server. I have looked for error messages all over this server. What logging should I have enabled in order to capture the information that I should be looking for and where might I find this information. Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 17 November 2010 18:47 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List The first thing that crosses my mind is to check the expansion server. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:46 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Problem sending email to a Distribution List All We have a strange problem with sending email to a distribution list. The distribution list contains 2 other distribution lists and a single user. For some reason, intermittently when sending email to the DL members of the distribution lists contained within the distribution list do not receive the email. The single user always receives the email. I have checked in the Message Tracking center but can see nothing useful. If the message is delivered it says so, but if it is not delivered it does not appear in the message tracking service. Where should I start looking for reasons why a message is not delivered. All the mailboxes are on the same server and all are internal on our corp LAN. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com ***Disclaimer*** The contents of this Email may be privileged and are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Should you wish to use Email as a mode of communication, NSF-CMi Ltd and its subsidiaries are unable to guarantee the security of Email content outside of our own computer systems. This footnote also confirms that this Email message has been checked by MailMarshal for the presence of computer viruses. Whilst we run anti-virus software, you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Email or attachment you receive is virus free. We disclaim any liability for any damage you suffer as a consequence of receiving any virus. NSF-CMi Ltd Registered in England No: 1899857 Registered Office : Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London, EC4A 3TR. ** --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana
RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List
When any is set as the expansion server, it's the sending server that will do the expansion. You might want to check the categorisation process on the server in question for any issues at the time of expansion (diagnostics logging and event logs) Is this a multi-domain environment? If so, make sure you're using universal distribution groups. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 12:37 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List Exchange enterprise 2003 SP2 Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 12:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List What version of Exchange is this? From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 12:06 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List Hi On checking this it is set to Any server in the organization I presume it will use the local server that the Group and all t5he mailboxes reside on? If so what should I be looking at to get some useful information? Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 10:56 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List Properties of the group on the advanced tab. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 10:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List How do I check which is the expansion server? We have 5 servers in our organization. 3 in the US, 1 in Brussels and 1 here in the UK. All the mailboxes and the distribution groups in question are on the UK server. I have looked for error messages all over this server. What logging should I have enabled in order to capture the information that I should be looking for and where might I find this information. Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 17 November 2010 18:47 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Problem sending email to a Distribution List The first thing that crosses my mind is to check the expansion server. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:46 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Problem sending email to a Distribution List All We have a strange problem with sending email to a distribution list. The distribution list contains 2 other distribution lists and a single user. For some reason, intermittently when sending email to the DL members of the distribution lists contained within the distribution list do not receive the email. The single user always receives the email. I have checked in the Message Tracking center but can see nothing useful. If the message is delivered it says so, but if it is not delivered it does not appear in the message tracking service. Where should I start looking for reasons why a message is not delivered. All the mailboxes are on the same server and all are internal on our corp LAN. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:kevan.dickin...@nsf-cmi.com W:www.nsf-cmi.com ***Disclaimer*** The contents of this Email may be privileged and are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Should you wish to use Email as a mode of communication, NSF-CMi Ltd and its subsidiaries are unable to guarantee the security of Email content outside of our own computer systems. This footnote also confirms that this Email message has been checked by MailMarshal for the presence of computer viruses. Whilst we run anti-virus software, you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Email or attachment you receive is virus free. We disclaim any liability for any damage you suffer as a consequence
RE: What to upgrade too? Exchange 2007 or 2010?
2010 all the way here. -Original Message- From: Jim Reis [mailto:jr...@soastc.org] Sent: 04 November 2010 18:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: What to upgrade too? Exchange 2007 or 2010? We are going to be upgrading our old Exchange 2003 in the near future (several months). I am trying to decide what to upgrade to; Exchange 1007 or 2010. My research shows that a lot of people would skip 2007 and move straight to 2010. I am leaning to 2010 and my boss is leaning to 2007. I would greatly appreciate your comments on this. Thanks, Jim R --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2007 resource mailbox
Been busy and forgot to reply to this. Not sure there is a defined best practice, but most people I deal with use the built-in facilities of Exchange. In fact, I'm sure that some competing products (mainly from the E2K3 timeframe though) in this space have been retired, such as Swinc's ERM (but I'd have to check to be sure). As for bookings, we allow users to book directly but we're a controlled bunch here. :) Organisations I deal with have a mixture of direct booking and delegate-controlled booking, so as far as I'm concerned it's whatever works for the customer. From: Liby Philip Mathew [mailto:lmat...@path-solutions.com] Sent: 01 November 2010 13:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 resource mailbox Both. Built-in capability as well as users / specific users book or, assign a delegate to schedule the meeting Regards Liby Philip Mathew | ICT Consultant ICT Professional Services Path Solutions Tel: +965 24824600 Ext. 703 Fax: +965 24824500 http://www.path-solutions.com/ www.path-solutions.com From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 3:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 resource mailbox I'm not sure of the scope of your question here. Do you mean best practice for setting them up, i.e. use the built-in capabilities of Exchange 2007? Or are you referring to any best practices for the policies, etc? From: Liby Philip Mathew [mailto:lmat...@path-solutions.com] Sent: 01 November 2010 10:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 resource mailbox Hi, I am wondering what is the best practice for Meeting room resource mailbox. Any help appreicited Regards Liby Philip Mathew | ICT Consultant ICT Professional Services Path Solutions Tel: +965 24824600 Ext. 703 Fax: +965 24824500 http://www.path-solutions.com/ www.path-solutions.com _ Disclaimer [The information contained in this e-mail message and any attached files are confidential information and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Path Solutions accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, computer viruses and other defects.] --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2007 resource mailbox
I'm not sure of the scope of your question here. Do you mean best practice for setting them up, i.e. use the built-in capabilities of Exchange 2007? Or are you referring to any best practices for the policies, etc? From: Liby Philip Mathew [mailto:lmat...@path-solutions.com] Sent: 01 November 2010 10:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 resource mailbox Hi, I am wondering what is the best practice for Meeting room resource mailbox. Any help appreicited Regards Liby Philip Mathew | ICT Consultant ICT Professional Services Path Solutions Tel: +965 24824600 Ext. 703 Fax: +965 24824500 http://www.path-solutions.com/ www.path-solutions.com _ Disclaimer [The information contained in this e-mail message and any attached files are confidential information and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Path Solutions accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, computer viruses and other defects.] --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Anyone using Quest Exchange Archiver?
You'd think there would have to be some consolidation in this area soon. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 20 October 2010 04:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anyone using Quest Exchange Archiver? 80-ish from the small to the large. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anyone using Quest Exchange Archiver? Thanks. I haven't even looked at the Barracuda Message Archiver. Geez there are a lot of solutions for this out there! J Thanks again, Evan From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anyone using Quest Exchange Archiver? We use Barracuda. I'd be leery of anything from Quest. From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Anyone using Quest Exchange Archiver? Just looking for opinions on it. We're a small installation, but have some very large mailboxes that I'd like to archive. I've not had great luck getting a lot of info from Sunbelt, so I'm continuing research into other solutions. Quest seems to look pretty good to me. Thoughts? Thanks, Evan --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: LCR in Exchange 2007
I always thought you could use LCR with iSCSI storage over a WAN or LAN, so technically a copy could be stored elsewhere. Not that I'd recommend it. And not that I ever installed LCR in production, either. :) -Original Message- From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] Sent: 14 October 2010 11:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: LCR in Exchange 2007 LCR is LOCAL copy, which means it can only be stored on the same machine. You cannot store it elsewhere. If you want to have the copy on another machine, then you will have to use SCR, which will require an additional Exchange 2007 licence. You can run SCR with two copies of standard edition of Exchange 2007. Therefore the rest of your question is immaterial, because it isn't possible to run things in that way. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e: si...@sembee.co.uk w: http://www.sembee.co.uk/ w: http://www.amset.info/ w: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/ Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with the iPhone? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ Exchange Resources: http://exbpa.com/ -Original Message- From: James Bensley [mailto:jwbens...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 October 2010 11:18 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: LCR in Exchange 2007 Hello Everyone :) I have some questions about Local Continuos Replication in Exchange 2007 (we are running SP3, small setup, just one exch box running MB-DB, HT and CAS, no edge servers). This seems like a great solution I would like to implement, however: I would like to have our LCR database copy stored on a different server as our exchange server is running on a hardware mirror so I'm more interested in protecting against a server failure other than storage. My question is how can I have the LCR process run only at night when our backup storage server is booted up? (Its only on at night) If initially I set up LCR to the backup server can I then schedule the Suspend-StorageGroupCopy and Resume-StorageGroupCopy commands like any other (I schedule other commands to run at night to grab statistics for me etc etc) to have our Exch box update the LCR each night? Or, is this ill advised? -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exchange 2010 calendar permissions and powershell
Does the Set-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet do what you want? From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: 13 October 2010 15:57 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 calendar permissions and powershell Hi chaps, Is it possible, with powershell and Exchange 2010, to set one user to have read only permissions to another users calendar without giving them full delegation rights? I can find ways to do this with a resource mailbox and also to give a user full delegation rights but not just read only access to the default calendar of another user. Olly Network Support Online Backups Server Management Tel: 0845 307 3443 Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.com Web: http://www.g2support.com/ http://www.g2support.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support g2support Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter http://www.g2support.com/newsletter Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF Have you said something nice about us to a friend or colleague ? Let us say thanks. Find out more at www.g2support.com/referral G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelistimage001.jpgimage002.png
RE: Running /PrepareAD for new Exchange organization
From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125224.aspx and under the /PrepareAD section: You must run this command on a computer in the same domain and in the same Active Directory site as the schema master. Setup will make all configuration changes to the schema master to avoid conflicts because of replication latency -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: 13 October 2010 18:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Running /PrepareAD for new Exchange organization Does the setup.com /PrepareAD /OrganizationName: command need to be run on a DC? Or is it supposed to be run on the first Exchange 2010 server? --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Exch 2010 Activesync issue
This may or may not be of help in your situation but you can at least test ActiveSync from the outside and verify it's accessible and working properly. https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com Neil -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 1:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exch 2010 Activesync issue I really should write this up at some point, but I'm slammed these days - but you can download WM images and emulators that run on Vista/Win7. They are authentic emulations and a great way to test ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere. Search for the Windows Mobile SDK. (I haven't seen images released for WP7 yet.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 4:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exch 2010 Activesync issue Yep, that's pretty much what I've been seeing, was just hoping that someone had figured it out. What I'm really trying to do at the moment, is simply test our Activesync setup, to make sure it works, and we don't have any WM devices around. My phone guy is supposed to be getting me a couple of WM test devices soon, though, so we'll see then. Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com 10/1/2010 12:38 PM There are a number of known issues with Android 2.2. Google has fixed it, but the fix is still in the beta stream not the released stream. The workaround is to use touchdown until a permanent fix is released. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9455 http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11177 Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 3:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exch 2010 Activesync issue Anyone here using Droid phones with Exchange 2010 Activesync? Anyone get it to work? I've done Google research, found tons of references to issues with Droid and Exchange, but not many at all referencing 2010. Also, our setup in the lab is going through TMG 2010, so that may have something to do with it too, although we did follow the Technet article for publishing Activesync. The error I'm getting is Login to the account failed, please try again. I've tried with SSL, for which we're using a wildcard cert from Verisign, and without SSL, no difference. If anyone has gotten it to work, without using Touchdown, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks, Joe --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
RE: Email count.
This might help: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/monitoring -operations/creating-graphical-reports-exchange-2007-part2.html From: Paul Cookman [mailto:paul.cook...@selection.co.uk] Sent: 30 September 2010 12:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email count. Great, Thanks I will look into the free product. Any ideas of power shell commands? Sounds interesting.. From: Kretche, Peter [mailto:kretc...@uwgb.edu] Sent: 30 September 2010 12:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Email count. Promodag makes a freeware product called StoreLog that can do some basic analysis. It uses Access as a backend DB so it's rather limited in many regards but if you're just looking for basics, it's worth a look. You could always use Powershell to query the log files and do various output. - Thank you, Pete Kretche MCP, A+, HP APS Senior Network/Systems Administrator E-mail Administrator UW - Green Bay From: Paul Cookman [mailto:paul.cook...@selection.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:07 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Email count. I am looking for a way to report on email count between users, I have seen Promadag but was wondering any one new of a free way or better way. Regards. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
OT: Forefront 2010 external sender notification
Hi All, I've been struggling with an issue today with Forefront 2010 running on an Exchange 2010 Edge Transport server. I've a fairly small profanity filter setup which is catching messages but won't send a notification to the external sender to inform them their message has been blocked. I'd thought I'd found the solution in Hotfix Rollup 1 for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2181692/en-us#Fix13) fix 13 which describes the issue I'm seeing. However with the Hotfix Rollup installed and the server rebooted for good measure I'm still seeing the same behaviour, namely no external sender notification. Has anyone else come across this issue? If so did you get it resolved? Thanks in advance for any help, Neil - This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions Limited and its associated companies (Northgate) and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. Northgate Information Solutions Limited. Registered in England no. 06442582 - Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited. Registered in England no. 968498 - NorthgateArinso UK Limited .Registered in England no. 1587537 - Moorepay Limited. Registered in England no. 891686 - First Business Support Limited. Registered in England no. 3056267 - Registered Office: Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4NW Northgate Managed Services Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI032979 - LearnServe Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI043825 Registered Office: Hillview House, 61 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LQ -
RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question
Presumably you have an SMTP Connector configured on Exchange 2003 with an address space of * and whatever cost you assigned to it, meaning all Internet email goes via this connector. When you introduced Exchange 2010, it created a two-way interop RGC between the Exchange 2010 server and the Exchange 2003 server you selected during installation (mail2 in your case). As far as routing is concerned, Exchange 2010 is now aware that there is an SMTP Connector with an address space of * available to it, and it has to traverse the interop RGC to reach it. As this is currently the only route out for users on Exchange 2010, Internet email is routed over the interop RGC and then through the SMTP Connector. If you now want Internet email to go out directly from Exchange 2010, you need to create a new Send connector on Exchange 2010 with an address space of *. The cost of the of the RGC and the SMTP Connector on Exchange 2003 will make the new route more attractive to those mailbox users on Exchange 2010. However, mailbox users on Exchange 2003 will likely still use the SMTP Connector due to the cost of the RGC and the Send connector but this really depends on how you've got your costs currently configured. In short, once you've confirmed that the Send connector is working correctly, you can either raise the cost of the SMTP Connector to make it less attractive or remove it completely. I typically set a new Exchange 2010 Send connector with a specific address space and test message access to this one domain first, before opening the floodgates. For example, I set the Send connector address space to silversands.co.uk then send myself a test message. I then examine the message headers and confirm the new route is working correctly before changing the Send connector address space to *. From: Andy Lawrence [mailto:and...@ansltd.info] Sent: 16 August 2010 09:40 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question I thought I might have to, but I am interested to understanding how the current send connector is configured. I cannot see any reference to mail2 from the GUI. Would I have to resort to the command line to see this information or am I missing something? Thanks Andy _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 15 August 2010 04:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question You have to create a new Send Connector of Internet type. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Lawrence [mailto:and...@ansltd.info] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 5:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 send connector question Following on from some emails to the list last week I have decided to install Exchange 2010. The current email system is Exchange 2003. The install went fine, at some point I was asked a question regarding routing groups (I think it was this) and I chose one of the current mail servers mail2. Everything is working ok but I noticed that when I send emails they seem to go via mail2. Looking at the send connectors it seems to have imported them from the connectors on mail2 but they don't seem to mention mail2 in any of the tabs. How do I make the email go out directly from the new Exchange 2010 server? Thanks Andy This message has been scanned for viruses by http://www.blackspider.com/ BlackSpider MailControl Click here https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/Yas1Vkt0cBHTndxI!oX7Ur09gmv2Y1smL7Gyu5W7t8BM QgKhnpxjPiL2O7uRx4A60qHuKrbD1MFEcZNy6HxKug== to report this email as spam.
RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question
If there is no source server it won't be used and yes, you'll need to use EMS to see the RGC configuration (rather unsurprisingly it's the Get-RoutingGroupConnector cmdlet) From: Andy Lawrence [mailto:and...@ansltd.info] Sent: 16 August 2010 10:31 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question Thanks for the comprehensive reply. I'm still a little confused however (it is Monday morning!) There is a send connector configured on the Exchange 2010 box which must have been transferred / imported from the Exchange 2003 setup. To the uninitiated (me) it looks like a normal outgoing email connector. It has an address space of * and a cost of 1 and is routing all mail via our 3rd party spam supplier. Nothing is configured in source server and there is no mention of mail2 here. I ran wireshark and emails are definitely going out via mail2. So is this send connector being used? I will disable it to see. Are the RCGs visible in the EMC or do I need to go to the command shell. Thanks again Andy _ From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 August 2010 10:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question Presumably you have an SMTP Connector configured on Exchange 2003 with an address space of * and whatever cost you assigned to it, meaning all Internet email goes via this connector. When you introduced Exchange 2010, it created a two-way interop RGC between the Exchange 2010 server and the Exchange 2003 server you selected during installation (mail2 in your case). As far as routing is concerned, Exchange 2010 is now aware that there is an SMTP Connector with an address space of * available to it, and it has to traverse the interop RGC to reach it. As this is currently the only route out for users on Exchange 2010, Internet email is routed over the interop RGC and then through the SMTP Connector. If you now want Internet email to go out directly from Exchange 2010, you need to create a new Send connector on Exchange 2010 with an address space of *. The cost of the of the RGC and the SMTP Connector on Exchange 2003 will make the new route more attractive to those mailbox users on Exchange 2010. However, mailbox users on Exchange 2003 will likely still use the SMTP Connector due to the cost of the RGC and the Send connector but this really depends on how you've got your costs currently configured. In short, once you've confirmed that the Send connector is working correctly, you can either raise the cost of the SMTP Connector to make it less attractive or remove it completely. I typically set a new Exchange 2010 Send connector with a specific address space and test message access to this one domain first, before opening the floodgates. For example, I set the Send connector address space to silversands.co.uk then send myself a test message. I then examine the message headers and confirm the new route is working correctly before changing the Send connector address space to *. From: Andy Lawrence [mailto:and...@ansltd.info] Sent: 16 August 2010 09:40 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question I thought I might have to, but I am interested to understanding how the current send connector is configured. I cannot see any reference to mail2 from the GUI. Would I have to resort to the command line to see this information or am I missing something? Thanks Andy _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 15 August 2010 04:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 send connector question You have to create a new Send Connector of Internet type. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Lawrence [mailto:and...@ansltd.info] Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 5:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 send connector question Following on from some emails to the list last week I have decided to install Exchange 2010. The current email system is Exchange 2003. The install went fine, at some point I was asked a question regarding routing groups (I think it was this) and I chose one of the current mail servers mail2. Everything is working ok but I noticed that when I send emails they seem to go via mail2. Looking at the send connectors it seems to have imported them from the connectors on mail2 but they don't seem to mention mail2 in any of the tabs. How do I make the email go out directly from the new Exchange 2010 server? Thanks Andy This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl http://www.blackspider.com/ Click here https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/wQw0zmjPoHdJTZGyOCrrhg== to report this email as spam.
RE: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy
Thanks. That's just what I need! From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 06 August 2010 16:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy Why didn't you say so!? Here is a trivially easy solution for you: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/07/21/mapi-i n-the-registry-or-setting-the-quot-use-http-first-quot-boxes-via-vbscrip t.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Neil Bailie [mailto:neil.bai...@northgate-is.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy Michael, Thanks for pointing out ADM is 2007 specific, I hadn't considered that. I don't know a great deal about Autodiscover but I'll do some reading. Is there the capability for example to tell Outlook clients to use HTTP first on a fast network via Autodiscover? Thanks, Neil From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 05 August 2010 17:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy Well, that particular ADM file isn't going to work. It's specific to Outlook 2007. Why don't you want to use Autodiscover instead? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Neil Bailie [mailto:neil.bai...@northgate-is.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy Hi all, Does anyone know if http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961112 - You cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP) settings still applies in Outlook 2010? I've a suspicion it does as I can't find any settings within the Office 2010 ADMX files that will allow me to set Outlook Anywhere connection settings but wanted to check before I run through the support article above. Thanks for any help. Neil The Northgate IS Content Screening and Inspection system has scanned this message for malicious and inappropriate content and none was found. Please take care when opening attachments even when these are from known and trusted sources. - This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions Limited and its associated companies (Northgate) and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. Northgate Information Solutions Limited. Registered in England no. 06442582 - Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited. Registered in England no. 968498 - NorthgateArinso UK Limited .Registered in England no. 1587537 - Moorepay Limited. Registered in England no. 891686 - First Business Support Limited. Registered in England no. 3056267 - Registered Office: Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4NW Northgate Managed Services Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI032979 - LearnServe Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI043825 Registered Office: Hillview House, 61 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LQ -
RE: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy
Michael, Thanks for pointing out ADM is 2007 specific, I hadn't considered that. I don't know a great deal about Autodiscover but I'll do some reading. Is there the capability for example to tell Outlook clients to use HTTP first on a fast network via Autodiscover? Thanks, Neil From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 05 August 2010 17:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy Well, that particular ADM file isn't going to work. It's specific to Outlook 2007. Why don't you want to use Autodiscover instead? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Neil Bailie [mailto:neil.bai...@northgate-is.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: [OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy Hi all, Does anyone know if http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961112 - You cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP) settings still applies in Outlook 2010? I've a suspicion it does as I can't find any settings within the Office 2010 ADMX files that will allow me to set Outlook Anywhere connection settings but wanted to check before I run through the support article above. Thanks for any help. Neil This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions Limited and its associated companies (Northgate) and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. Northgate Information Solutions Limited. Registered in England no. 06442582 - Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited. Registered in England no. 968498 - NorthgateArinso UK Limited. Registered in England no. 1587537 - Moorepay Limited. Registered in England no. 891686 - First Business Support Limited. Registered in England no. 3056267 - Registered Office: Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4NW Northgate Managed Services Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI032979 - LearnServe Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI043825 Registered Office: Hillview House, 61 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LQ The Northgate IS Content Screening and Inspection system has scanned this message for malicious and inappropriate content and none was found. Please take care when opening attachments even when these are from known and trusted sources. - This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions Limited and its associated companies (Northgate) and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. Northgate Information Solutions Limited. Registered in England no. 06442582 - Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited. Registered in England no. 968498 - NorthgateArinso UK Limited .Registered in England no. 1587537 - Moorepay Limited. Registered in England no. 891686 - First Business Support Limited. Registered in England no. 3056267 - Registered Office: Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4NW Northgate Managed Services Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI032979 - LearnServe Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI043825 Registered Office: Hillview House, 61 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LQ -
RE: Help with unsolicited mail
Late '96 was when I joined my first real email mailing list (other than bulletin boards!) and I was doing Exchange 4.0 then, but I started way before that doing X400 (like Dec AllIn1) and stuff like the Isocor and Retix gateways. Overall in IT I can remember using 8 and 10 floppies in the mid 80s, but I'll stop short of punched tape! I know you go back a fair way in IT too (but not too far of course!) - so what's your most archaic piece of equipment you can remember? I always think of Ed C and his 300-baud acoustic modem. :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 06 August 2010 15:56 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail From Exchange 5.0 to Exchange 14.1. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:37 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail Someone mentioned swinc a few posts ago, but presumably they meant Swynk which I can remember as Peter Bowyer's list when I joined in late '96. Then you'd also include Daniel Chenault, Ed Woodrick, et al. That's a long time in software years! :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 06 August 2010 15:28 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail You were on the old list? And of course, I left off Chris, with his cutting wit. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:15 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail I now feel like chopped liversigh The obviously unimportant Andy -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 7:11 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail We'd need Andy, Andy, Ed, and Cameron. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: pramatow...@mediageneral.com [mailto:pramatow...@mediageneral.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 7:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail ::swinc flashback:: -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail That's how I roll -Original Message- From: Missy Koslosky [mailto:mi...@notsoclever.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail I just re-joined today. Blackstone made me do it. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 4:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Help with unsolicited mail We never knew you were lurking! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Missy Koslosky mi...@notsoclever.com To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thu Aug 05 16:09:29 2010 Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail ;) Miss me? -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 3:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail Missy? On THIS mailing list? Wow. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Missy Koslosky [mailto:mi...@notsoclever.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 3:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail I can't be the only one who finds it ironic that a former employee of Partnership for Strong Families is a whack job. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 2:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail It was a C level employee who was terminated by the BOD, he has no job other than to do this to try and get his job back, methinks waiting him out won't work. -Original Message- From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:46 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail How about just letting it go for a bit and see if he gets tired of this. I'd be a little nervous about what else he might do, if you frustrate this. CFee -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Help with unsolicited mail We have an ex employee that is sending messages to essentially the whole company. These messages are causing some moral issues
RE: Help with unsolicited mail
That's the other name I was trying to think of later today. Brings back memories. :) -Original Message- From: pramatow...@mediageneral.com [mailto:pramatow...@mediageneral.com] Sent: 06 August 2010 17:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail That might have been me... Mark Hanji [1] Friday Haiku! Post from years past Swinc Swync boyer or wincoop Tubes Live Forever [1] ::shudder:: and ::lol:: -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:neil.hob...@silversands.co.uk] Sent: 19 February 2002 14:21 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: French restrictions Hmmm...human rights consist of being allowed to browse for p0rnI'm moving to France :-) Neil Hobson Silversands http://www.silversands.co.uk Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Enterprise Systems For Collaborative Solutions -Original Message- From: Adam Romain [mailto:a...@networkdefence.com] Posted At: 19 February 2002 14:15 Posted To: Exchange Mailing List Conversation: French restrictions Subject: RE: French restrictions We've advised our customer to do so. It's quite amazing to see how much time they spend looking for porn on the internet, they are frequently getting problems with viruses, it's just as well we keep on top of the AV control. They really are quite frisky!! -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@superioraccess.com] Sent: 19 February 2002 14:14 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: French restrictions You should probably be talking to a lawyer. -Original Message- From: Adam Romain [mailto:a...@networkdefence.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:07 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OT: French restrictions We have a customer based in the UK, who has a branch office in France. We supply them with content and web access control for the whole company. In France though, we have been told that we cannot filter web-access, i.e. use products like Web-sense etc. because of their human rights. Same applies to emails. We are getting mixed answers from people in France and the people in the UK. Is this bull, or is there some sort of freedom of access there ? Adam ** _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-excha...@ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:listad...@swynk.com ** -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:37 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail Someone mentioned swinc a few posts ago, but presumably they meant Swynk which I can remember as Peter Bowyer's list when I joined in late '96. Then you'd also include Daniel Chenault, Ed Woodrick, et al. That's a long time in software years! :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 06 August 2010 15:28 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail You were on the old list? And of course, I left off Chris, with his cutting wit. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:15 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail I now feel like chopped liversigh The obviously unimportant Andy -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 7:11 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail We'd need Andy, Andy, Ed, and Cameron. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: pramatow...@mediageneral.com [mailto:pramatow...@mediageneral.com] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 7:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail ::swinc flashback:: -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail That's how I roll -Original Message- From: Missy Koslosky [mailto:mi...@notsoclever.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with unsolicited mail I just re-joined today. Blackstone made me do it. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 4:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Help with unsolicited mail We never knew you were lurking! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message
[OT] Configuring Outlook 2010 Outlook Anywhere settings via Group Policy
Hi all, Does anyone know if http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961112 - You cannot use Group Policy settings to configure Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP) settings still applies in Outlook 2010? I've a suspicion it does as I can't find any settings within the Office 2010 ADMX files that will allow me to set Outlook Anywhere connection settings but wanted to check before I run through the support article above. Thanks for any help. Neil - This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions Limited and its associated companies (Northgate) and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. Northgate Information Solutions Limited. Registered in England no. 06442582 - Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited. Registered in England no. 968498 - NorthgateArinso UK Limited .Registered in England no. 1587537 - Moorepay Limited. Registered in England no. 891686 - First Business Support Limited. Registered in England no. 3056267 - Registered Office: Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4NW Northgate Managed Services Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI032979 - LearnServe Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI043825 Registered Office: Hillview House, 61 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LQ -
RE: Kudos to Michael B Smith!
Couldn't agree more with the sentiments on the list. Michael has helped me many times, usually with a tricky bit of PowerShell code. The last time I met Michael was in the lobby of the Westin Seattle a couple of years ago and he was still hammering away on the laptop - I think writing the operations manager book at the time! Damn fine chap! :) From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: 05 August 2010 17:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Kudos to Michael B Smith! I think Michael has helped everyone out on the list, either directly or indirectly, at one time or another. Thanks for being there, Micheal. And while I'm at it, thanks to everyone else who has helped me out or has given me a laugh or two on a Friday. -Paul From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:00 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Kudos to Michael B Smith! I just wanted to publicly thank Michael B Smith for helping me out with the password about to expire .VBS script that he blogged about here: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/sending-an- e-mail-to-users-whose-password-is-about-to-expire.aspx It needed a minor tweak to work in my environment and he took the time to help me out, now it works perfectly and saved us from spending $700 for a tool that we had budgeted for (I found the request in process and said I think I can get this done with a script). Instead of spending $700 + time to learn the new tool, we spent zero for purchase and took maybe an hour of my time. Thank you Michael! That MVP was well earned in my book!!! David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
Installing EMC for .net development
Hi, I'm looking to do some .net programming with Exchange 2010 making use of some of the Exchange powershell commands. I know I need to install the Exchange 2010 Management Tools onto my development machine but I'm running into a problem... My development machine is a member of the corporate domain which is running Exchange 2003, my plan was to write the code on my development machine and then copy it to the test environment for testing. Unfortunately I can't get the tools to install as the install fails the readiness checks due to the Exchange 2003 environment in the corporate domain. Is there any way I can get the install to skip the checks? I'm only interested in installing the Management Tools and I'm not developing the .net code for corporate domain so it's not like I'm trying to manage the 2003 environment with the Exchange 2010 tools. Push comes to shove I'll build a development VM in the test environment but it would be a lot easier if I could continue to develop on my corporate laptop... Any advice would be appreciated. Neil - This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information Solutions Limited and its associated companies (Northgate) and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email you must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee then delete it from your system. Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any responsibility once this email has been transmitted. You should scan attachments (if any) for viruses. Northgate Information Solutions Limited. Registered in England no. 06442582 - Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited. Registered in England no. 968498 - NorthgateArinso UK Limited .Registered in England no. 1587537 - Moorepay Limited. Registered in England no. 891686 - First Business Support Limited. Registered in England no. 3056267 - Registered Office: Peoplebuilding 2, Peoplebuilding Estate, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4NW Northgate Managed Services Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI032979 - LearnServe Limited (NI). Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI043825 Registered Office: Hillview House, 61 Church Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LQ -
RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations.
In addition to what has already been said, let's talk a little about your statement a backup system isn't really required. What you're referring to there is Exchange native data protection and if you go down this route there are some very clear things that you need to consider. For example, the MS recommendation is that you have at least 3 database copies if you implement native data protection; you've said 2 copies per database in your statement. I don't know your environment, and I know it's extremely unlikely to happen, but could your 2 on-site buildings be taken out at the same time? Consider a 3rd copy somewhere completely remote. You say you're worried about database corruption - that's where lagged database copies come in, so you'd need to consider those (which will take your design to 3 database copies anyway). Also, what are you planning to do regarding single item recovery? That affects the users and your ability to restore in the absence of a backup. From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (pfeffepe) [mailto:pfeff...@ucmail.uc.edu] Sent: 28 July 2010 21:02 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. We are going to be moving to Exchange 2010. Basically we will have 14,000 users and will allow users to go up to 4 gig mailboxes. We will have 4 backends distributed between 2 on-site buildings for redundancy (power/network). We will also be deploying a DAG configuration with 2 copies per database. We are talking a ton of storage and the question keeps arising about backups. I've heard with the DAG deployment, a backup system isn't really required because of the database replication, but my mind keeps going back to the possibility of database corruption. Total data to be backed up could be 192 terabytes, so it's a large amount of data. I was wondering what other large shops are using for that type of data. Comments on backup strategies for 2010? Pete Pfefferkorn University of Cincinnati Email Services-Systems Engineer pete.pfefferk...@uc.edu (513)556-9076
RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations.
But that's the point of single item recovery. For example, if you keep backups for 90 days you can set single item recovery on all mailboxes to 90 days; the data is still in Exchange and can be recovered. It just means there's a larger mailbox for each user but this isn't a problem with the Exchange 2010 architecture. From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 29 July 2010 09:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. That would be my biggest concern: the absence of a backup to restore someone's mailbox from two to three months ago. There's backup for disaster recovery, then there's backup for user stupidity. From: bounce-9036114-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9036114-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Neil Hobson Sent: 29 July 2010 09:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. In addition to what has already been said, let's talk a little about your statement a backup system isn't really required. What you're referring to there is Exchange native data protection and if you go down this route there are some very clear things that you need to consider. For example, the MS recommendation is that you have at least 3 database copies if you implement native data protection; you've said 2 copies per database in your statement. I don't know your environment, and I know it's extremely unlikely to happen, but could your 2 on-site buildings be taken out at the same time? Consider a 3rd copy somewhere completely remote. You say you're worried about database corruption - that's where lagged database copies come in, so you'd need to consider those (which will take your design to 3 database copies anyway). Also, what are you planning to do regarding single item recovery? That affects the users and your ability to restore in the absence of a backup. From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (pfeffepe) [mailto:pfeff...@ucmail.uc.edu] Sent: 28 July 2010 21:02 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. We are going to be moving to Exchange 2010. Basically we will have 14,000 users and will allow users to go up to 4 gig mailboxes. We will have 4 backends distributed between 2 on-site buildings for redundancy (power/network). We will also be deploying a DAG configuration with 2 copies per database. We are talking a ton of storage and the question keeps arising about backups. I've heard with the DAG deployment, a backup system isn't really required because of the database replication, but my mind keeps going back to the possibility of database corruption. Total data to be backed up could be 192 terabytes, so it's a large amount of data. I was wondering what other large shops are using for that type of data. Comments on backup strategies for 2010? Pete Pfefferkorn University of Cincinnati Email Services-Systems Engineer pete.pfefferk...@uc.edu (513)556-9076
RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations.
Single item recovery also protects you (the administrator) in cases where the user purges the dumpster. This is an excellent read: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/09/25/452632.aspx From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 29 July 2010 10:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. Point taken. It's actually something I had never considered - using the Dumpster (SIR in 2010 I guess?) and deleted mailbox retention as a backup solution. With the database copies you're also protected against storage failures. Hmmm. Many things to consider. That said, we actually had someone the other day who purged his dumpster as he thought it was counting toward his quota! Richard From: bounce-9036128-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9036128-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Neil Hobson Sent: 29 July 2010 10:00 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. But that's the point of single item recovery. For example, if you keep backups for 90 days you can set single item recovery on all mailboxes to 90 days; the data is still in Exchange and can be recovered. It just means there's a larger mailbox for each user but this isn't a problem with the Exchange 2010 architecture. From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 29 July 2010 09:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. That would be my biggest concern: the absence of a backup to restore someone's mailbox from two to three months ago. There's backup for disaster recovery, then there's backup for user stupidity. From: bounce-9036114-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9036114-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Neil Hobson Sent: 29 July 2010 09:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. In addition to what has already been said, let's talk a little about your statement a backup system isn't really required. What you're referring to there is Exchange native data protection and if you go down this route there are some very clear things that you need to consider. For example, the MS recommendation is that you have at least 3 database copies if you implement native data protection; you've said 2 copies per database in your statement. I don't know your environment, and I know it's extremely unlikely to happen, but could your 2 on-site buildings be taken out at the same time? Consider a 3rd copy somewhere completely remote. You say you're worried about database corruption - that's where lagged database copies come in, so you'd need to consider those (which will take your design to 3 database copies anyway). Also, what are you planning to do regarding single item recovery? That affects the users and your ability to restore in the absence of a backup. From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (pfeffepe) [mailto:pfeff...@ucmail.uc.edu] Sent: 28 July 2010 21:02 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 DAG and backup options/recommendations. We are going to be moving to Exchange 2010. Basically we will have 14,000 users and will allow users to go up to 4 gig mailboxes. We will have 4 backends distributed between 2 on-site buildings for redundancy (power/network). We will also be deploying a DAG configuration with 2 copies per database. We are talking a ton of storage and the question keeps arising about backups. I've heard with the DAG deployment, a backup system isn't really required because of the database replication, but my mind keeps going back to the possibility of database corruption. Total data to be backed up could be 192 terabytes, so it's a large amount of data. I was wondering what other large shops are using for that type of data. Comments on backup strategies for 2010? Pete Pfefferkorn University of Cincinnati Email Services-Systems Engineer pete.pfefferk...@uc.edu (513)556-9076
RE: Exchange 2010 Deliver to subfolder
Might be worth checking out the New-InboxRule cmdlet in Exchange 2010. From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: 28 July 2010 07:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Deliver to subfolder Good luck with that one. The manage globally is out until something like Mapilabs is updated. Natively, each person would have to create their own rule, or you would have to login as each of them and create the rule yourself. Centrally managed J You could create a public folder email, in it configure it to forward the email to a Universal Distro List with all your people in it. All email would come into the public and get automatically distributed to each person in the distro. Gives you a central place to see all emails incoming as well. Archive, etc.. Greg From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Deliver to subfolder Well, Plot thickens. The rules need to be global as well. Email comes from j...@domain.com, gets distributed to a list, and should go into each person's subfolder. All managed and updated globally. Open to new ones. ;-) From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Deliver to subfolder Thank you. I'll check it out. From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:peter.d...@yum.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Deliver to subfolder That is correct, use Outlook to create a server-side rule. The rule will work even if Outlook is not running. From: Michael White [mailto:mswhite...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2010 Deliver to subfolder From what I understand, if you create the rule in Outlook, it'll create a server-side rule unless there is something specific that cannot be a part of the server-side rule - like working w/PSTs. To which, it will tell you that. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:40 PM, gro...@beachcomp.com wrote: OST and on winmo devices. _ This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation.
RE: Guidance on disks for Exchange 2010
25GB was available ages ago within Exchange Online: http://blogs.technet.com/b/cloudservicesexperts/archive/2010/03/17/exchange- online-updated-to-provide-25gb-mailbox-by-default.aspx A few considerations are things like the OST size and performance on some older hardware, and also the consideration if, say, a laptop is lost or stolen and a full resync must be performed. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 22 July 2010 17:12 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Guidance on disks for Exchange 2010 MSFT Online will have 25 GB mailboxes this fall, when they upgrade the infrastructure to Exchange 2010. I have historical reservations about it, and backups are a concern; but disk is cheap. Much cheaper than the loss of productivity that can ensue because a user has to delete everything to stay under an artificial limit. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: sms adm [mailto:sms...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Guidance on disks for Exchange 2010 I would be interested in anyone doing this or thinking about doing this in an EMC storage environment. Just attended a 1/2 seminar by EMC where they espoused virtual disks that could/would expand when needed. One thing shown was disturbing (to me at least). They said MS was targeting 25GB mailboxes in 3 years (effort to keep up with Google). Comments? Thx in advance On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Note: I am not recommending you go against published guidance from MSFT. That being said - that recommendation is primarily against the original Hyper-V. VHDs created by the original version of Hyper-V, or disks that have been upgraded from Virtual Server or Virtual PC, expand quite slowly. Disks that are created by Hyper-V R2 are only a couple of percentage points slower than fixed size VHDs. Negligible. I know a number of companies that are running Hyper-V R2 installations with variable disks. So far, at least, it hasn't been an issue. I don't know how (or even if) this impacts VMware or XenServer. So..to tie this back to your question, if the storage virtualization causes Exchange to notice whenever the disk expands, it's not a good fit. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Guidance on disks for Exchange 2010 In the virtualisation guide for Exchange 2010, in the section on storage this is written: Virtual disks that dynamically expand aren't supported by Exchange. Does anyone know if this also applies to a disk presented to a physical server via some form of storage virtualisation appliance? Said disk would be presented as 100GB, for example, and the OS would see 100GB, but would grow to reach this size at the storage level. Thanks Richard -- smsadm
RE: Database limit in Exchange 2010 Enterprise
100. From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638137.aspx Each Mailbox server can host a maximum of 100 databases (total combined number of active and passive databases). The total number of databases equals the combined number of active and passive databases on a server. The recovery database doesn't count against the 100 database limit. From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 07 May 2010 10:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Database limit in Exchange 2010 Enterprise Morning all, I've just spent about 30 minutes trying to find the answer to this with no luck so I'm hoping one of you will know the answer. I know Exchange 2010 has deprecated Storage Groups and there used to be a limit of 50 SGs. What is the new limit with respect to databases? Is it 50? I've heard that you can now have up to 100 active or passive copies of a database per server. I will be using Enterprise Edition. What is the truth? Thanks Richard
RE: E2K10 OWA Woes
Perhaps he's getting confused with the fact that you can use Exchange 2010 STD in a DAG as well as Exchange 2010 ENT. Taken from Planning for High Availability and Site Resilience http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638104.aspx DAGs use Windows Failover Clustering technology, and as a result, they require the Enterprise version of Windows. -Original Message- From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: 31 March 2010 14:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes I sent an email to my Channel SE for MS and he was telling me that you can use Windows 2K8 R2 STD for the E2k10 Servers to run DAG's. I'm confused. LOL John Bowles From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes I guess the only thing that is site dependent is that the E2K3 server (single server) is in site a. And the E2K10 Server is in site b. I have the subnets configured properly, I have the right servers in each site. I mean, I had MS PSS support create these sites.. so I'm assuming these sites are sound. Not sure what I could check on the sites. Here is the article I've been reading and trying to verify the user actions as we speak: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Exchange ProdVer=8.0EvtID=57EvtSrc=MSExchange+OWA -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes Exchange 2010 is very dependent on the proper configuration of AD Sites. I'm guessing you either have not configured yours, or they are misconfigured. Just a SWAG. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes Am I supposed to do anything after I migrate a mailbox over from E2K3 to E2K10? I'm trying to figure out why my server is trying to proxy my OWA request.. it's like it's looking for another CAS server that's not internet facing. A! LOL -Original Message- From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes Here is what I found in the App Log: Outlook Web App isn't available for this mailbox. The Client Access server https://localhost/owa, running Exchange version 14.0.639.21, tried to find a Client Access server to proxy Outlook Web App traffic for mailbox /o=Company/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=exch.test1. It couldn't find the Client Access server in the target Active Directory site. For some reason it cannot find the mailbox server (on the same server btw) for this mailbox. I will say, that this mailbox was migrated over from E2K3 to E2K10. I haven't created a mailbox from scratch on the server yet. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes Unlikely. I just installed the latest roll up last week, I've been running RTM for months. Same for a number of my clients. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes Just a thought, I really don't think it's valid here..but I'll throw it out there. Would not having the latest E2K10 rollup installed have something to do with this? John Bowles From: John Bowles [john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: E2K10 OWA Woes 1. Yes, I can login via Outlook to this test account 2. This server I speak of has all the roles installed on it. It's a one server shop. 3. Yes, the test account is definitely on the E2K10 server. Thank you, John Bowles From: Andrew Levicki [and...@levicki.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: E2K10 OWA Woes Hi John, I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind, as answering them may help you find the solution and also may clear a couple of points up for me. Does Outlook functionality work for your test account? Have you tried creating another test account? Have you configured an Exchange 2010 Server (or servers) with the Client Access and Mailbox Server roles? Is the test account's mailbox definitely on the Exchange 2010 Server server with the Mailbox Server role? Thanks, Andrew On 30 March 2010 23:19, Michael B. Smith
RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization
That's only actually required if you have multiple paths between the E2K3 and E2K10 routing groups. In the original post, only a single E2K3 server and a single E2K10 server was quoted, so I personally wouldn't bother with this. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 26 March 2010 18:23 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization Yessir. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization One question I have for you though.. should I suppress link state routing prior to performing this? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization Sure have. It was very common in 2007 migrations and only slightly less so in 2010 migrations. Just create the Interop-RGC. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization All- I installed an Exchange 2010 server into an Exchange 2003 organization(1 E2K3 server, 1 E2k10 server). All the pre-req's passed with no problems, exchange installed fine. One issue is that when Exchange 2K10 was installed it didn't create RGC between to the two servers, also the E2K10 server doesn't show up in the created admin group during installation. So no, I cannot replicate PF's or send mail between servers. Has anyone seen this behavior before? Thank you, John Bowles
RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization
I can't say that I've had that personally and it's another bunch of service restarts on the production E2K3 servers that I could probably do without - but I take your point. Perhaps another E2K10 gotcha? ;) From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 29 March 2010 12:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization I know it SAYS that in the documentation (what Neil said), but I've run into the classic link state bounce issue at two clients during migrations. Disabling it is now part of my standard process for all migrations. (As is installing KB 922817 and KB 937031.) It only takes a minute and it can possibly save a good bit of hassle. Now, I've got suspicions about why those two clients had issues - I think it had to do with improperly cleaned up old servers (i.e., servers that had simply been cut off and never properly removed from the Exchange organization) and still-active connection objects for those servers. But PROVING that would be a lot more difficult than simply suppressing link-state updates. IMHO. YMMV. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 4:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization That's only actually required if you have multiple paths between the E2K3 and E2K10 routing groups. In the original post, only a single E2K3 server and a single E2K10 server was quoted, so I personally wouldn't bother with this. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 26 March 2010 18:23 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization Yessir. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization One question I have for you though.. should I suppress link state routing prior to performing this? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization Sure have. It was very common in 2007 migrations and only slightly less so in 2010 migrations. Just create the Interop-RGC. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 install w/coexisting E2K3 Organization All- I installed an Exchange 2010 server into an Exchange 2003 organization(1 E2K3 server, 1 E2k10 server). All the pre-req's passed with no problems, exchange installed fine. One issue is that when Exchange 2K10 was installed it didn't create RGC between to the two servers, also the E2K10 server doesn't show up in the created admin group during installation. So no, I cannot replicate PF's or send mail between servers. Has anyone seen this behavior before? Thank you, John Bowles
RE: NLB name and OWA
I'd just like to add to what Michael said and note that in my last deployment of Exchange 2010 the NLB cluster name didn't match the external OWA name and also that the NLB cluster name was not in the cert list, but the CAS array name obviously was. It's important to distinguish between NLB cluster names, CAS array names and OWA names - not to mention EAS names, Outlook Anywhere names, etc, etc. Everything appears to be fine in this deployment so far. From: Russ Patterson [mailto:rus...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 March 2010 14:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NLB name and OWA Hello all - We've decided to go with a WIndows NLB cluster for a CAS array on Exchange 2010. I'm seeing conflicting info about naming was hoping the experts here would chime in help us out. The name of the NLB cluster - should it be the same as the name we give end-users to access OWA externally? Some folks are saying no, others are saying yes. As an example - nlb.ourdomain.local for the NLB cluster, and endusers use mail.ourdomain.com for owa. If we don't do that, will we need to add the nlb cluster name to our cert request? Is the only reason to use the same name for both to reduce the number of names ( therefore cost) on the cert request? Is the only reason to use different names to reduce troubleshooting confusion, if it becomes necessary? Thanks!
RE: Exchange 2007 CCR migration to 2010?
You'd have to do it the other way round as the CAS role is installed first (or CAS/HT in your case). You'd need at least one Exchange 2010 CAS and HT to talk to the Exchange 2010 mailbox server as they don't talk to other versions, so in the 10 seconds I've thought about this (disclaimer!): 1. Reinstall 1 CAS/HT as Exchange 2010 2. Break CCR and install old passive node as Exchange 2010 mailbox 3. Create DAG, etc 4. Move mailboxes, etc 5. Reinstall 2nd CAS/HT server and create a new WNLB pair 6. Reinstall old active CCR node as Exchange 2010 mailbox and add to DAG That would make a good article. J From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com] Sent: 24 March 2010 19:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 CCR migration to 2010? We have 2 CAS/HUBs and 2 Mailbox servers. The CAS/HUBs are load balanced and the Mailbox servers are clustered (CCR). We would like to move to Exchange 2010. However due to budget constraints, we can not purchase new hardware. The servers were just purchased a year ago and they plenty of CPU, RAM and HD space even for 2010. Does anyone have a suggestions on how move up to 2010 with purchasing additional hardware? I was thinking maybe we should break the CCR cluster and then uninstall Exchange on what was the passive node. Then install Exchange 2010 and move the mailboxes. After that, decommission the other MB server (old primary), install exchange 2010 on it and create a new cluster. After that rebuild the CAS/HUBs (assuming they can communicate with 2010). Any thoughts, ideas, whitepapers? Whatever happened to an in place upgrade? -Andy ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Schein Animal Health **
RE: Friday funnies
P.S. mailbox, hub transport, CAS, topical content, blah blah… Carry on… cat...egorizer From: Brad Metzler [mailto:bmetz...@cu-portland.edu] Sent: 19 March 2010 16:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Friday funnies John, in my personal experience, I find that outdoor cats left to wander the neighborhood rarely limit themselves to just the neighbor next door. That said, their natural tendency for laziness would suggest there is a radius in which the homes must be in order to receive their regular ‘treatment’. I expect this radius could be scientifically correlated to how fat the particular cat in question may be. Brad P.S. mailbox, hub transport, CAS, topical content, blah blah… Carry on… From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 9:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday funnies Do you live next door _ From: Brad Metzler To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Fri Mar 19 12:14:15 2010 Subject: RE: Friday funnies That’s because your cat is pooping in your neighbors’ yards and digging up their flower beds and leaving dead rodents on their doorsteps and scratching up their paint on their cars to enjoy the warmth of the engine, etc… but I’m not bitter…. :P -Brad From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 8:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday funnies I'd have to disagree. I don't spend countless hours outdoors picking up after my cat. I'd say dogs have slaves as well, they're just better at keeping your morale up so you don't realize it. - Sean On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Ellis, John P. johnel...@wirral.gov.uk wrote: I'd go with that. Dogs have masters and cats have slavessounds right to me. -Original Message- From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com] Sent: 19 March 2010 15:25 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday funnies They most certainly do not... They have slaves, thank you very much! lol - Original Message - From: Campbell, Rob rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 11:21 AM Subject: RE: Friday funnies Dogs have masters. Cats have staff. ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com http://www.clearswift.com/ ** _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.
RE: Exchange 2010 ClientAcess Array.
You don't, at least I didn't on the CAS array I built last week. I believe it'll use the CAS servers in that AD site as a CAS array exists within the site only. If you do a Get-ClientAccessArray, you should see the Members attribute set to your CAS servers already. Don't forget that any mailbox databases created before the CAS array will need to be associated, i.e. do a Get-MailboxDatabase and examine the properties of the RpcClientAccessServer attribute. From: farooq.ahmed [mailto:farooq.ah...@aku.edu] Sent: 15 March 2010 12:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 ClientAcess Array. Hello folks, I have installed two CAS servers and Windows 2008 r2 NLB is also configured. I did run Exchange commands to create Exchange 2010 ClientAcessArray . How do I associate these two servers with ClientAccess Array. Thx. P Save a tree. Don't print this e-mail unless it's necessary _ This e-mail may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately.
RE: view which exchange server outlook is connected to
I agree netstat will work as I used that last week to confirm my client was connecting to one of the CAS servers in the array using a static port mapping. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 15 March 2010 13:53 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: view which exchange server outlook is connected to Exmon. I don't believe it's been updated for Exchange 2010, at least not yet. Netstat on the individual CAS server should work. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:46 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: view which exchange server outlook is connected to There was a tool that would show client versions of Outlook that is connected to the server IIRC it would also show the user name. Drop into DOS on the server and do a netstat -a it may show the connected machines. John _ From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: 15 March 2010 13:40 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: view which exchange server outlook is connected to Hi, We have a NLB exchange 2010 front end and it seems randomly some people are not able to connect via outlook, so I'd like to see which exchange server they are trying to connect to or view which server peoples outlook that is working is connected to. Is there a way to do that? Thanks! Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469 ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com **
RE: lotus notes connector
HA! Well, it just so happens that I've not read this list for a while as I'm currently working away on await for it...Notes to Exchange 2010 project. It just so happens I've just read this post. :) It also just so happens I'm not doing the Notes stuff here, a colleague has that delightful responsibility. I'm just building the Exchange 2010 stuff. Bill, it has been a long time since I've used the E2K3 Notes connector in person but I did set this up for a few companies as more of a long term directory synchronization and free/busy tool rather than as a quick migration tool. It worked but I did lose contact with those companies so I can't comment on the very long term results. In general though, I like to see a migration take place as quickly as possible and these tools decommissioned. ;) We're using the Quest tools in conjunction with the MS Transporter Suite on this project and so far so good (but it's early days). The Quest tools add some useful features, not least the Quest Coexistence Manager for Notes (not just the Notes Migrator for Exchange) : http://www.quest.com/coexistence-manager-for-notes/ - but do check E2K3 compatibility for QMN. You need to lab the environment to work out what works, what doesn't and what the limitations are between the 2 environments during coexistence. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 04 March 2010 15:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: lotus notes connector If you want recommendations of consultants who do this kinda stuff, I can probably find you a name or two. :-) If you want software for this, I'd be looking at Quest's toolsets. But I've never done it (and I'm guessing Martin and Neil - the other two Exchange MVPs that hang around here - haven't either) and can't provide any great advice. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: lotus notes connector ok, so I guess the crickets mean I'll be a trailblazer with this, huh? Bill Bill Humphries wrote: Hi all, I'm hoping to get some feedback from anyone with any experience doing something similar to this: We have one client with single exchange 2003 server in an AD 2003 environment. They have a parent company that uses Notes. Of course everyone wants to be able to see calendars, free/busy etc between organizations. We have a VPN up between the two networks. We want to do this because we don't want to give up exchange and the parent company is not going to go away from notes. Has anyone done this where they are happy with the results? Any big gotchas to look out for? Thanks for any insight. Bill
RE: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance
I don't think you'd want them the same, no, but you're free to choose. J Since the users' Outlook profiles will connect to the CAS array, it makes sense to me to choose a meaningful name like outlook.domain.com. But the NLB name is really only a management name and you can potentially configure different DNS A records for different services to point to the VIP. From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: 29 January 2010 16:28 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance I actually finally found a couple really good blog posts (I will check out those others also) and this thinking out loud at everyone's expense has helped also (sorry, lol). http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/index.php/2009/11/25/configuring-nlb-for-excha nge-2010-cas-load-balancing/ http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/index.php/2009/09/09/exchange-2010-rpc-client- access-service-and-the-clientaccessarray/ The only question I think I have left is do you set the FQDN and IP address for the NLB cluster AND the CAS array to the same thing. IE: NLB CLUSTER: FQDN = exchcas.domain.local, IP = 35.10.10.10 (fake internet routable ip) CAS ARRAY: FQDN = exchcas.domain.local, IP=35.10.10.10 (fake internet routable ip) Also, for external users could I then just point my external dns (for IMAP) for say exchcas.domain.edu to that same IP (35.10.10.10)? (NOTE: all our servers have internet routable IP's with no NAT) Thanks for the help and being a sounding board ;) Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469 From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance You'd create a CAS array for RPC client access, since that's what Outlook (MAPI) connects to. It might be worth reading Brian's post below as it contains a lot of background info as well as the NLB stuff. Also, Google for Henrik Walther's NLB article at msexchange.org which although for Exchange 2007 should help you out. http://www.exchange-genie.com/2009/09/momt-mapi-on-the-middle-teir/ From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: 29 January 2010 15:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance I've been doing some reading and have a clarification to ask. Would you use a CAS array along with windows NLB or would you use only one or the other? I'm not fully understanding the interaction between a CAS array and NLB. Thanks, also if anyone knows of any blogs or docs that describe a CAS NLB setup that would be most valuable. Thanks again Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469 From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:00 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance Hi, I am currently designing our new exchange 2010 infrastructure and am looking into ways to load balance (make redundant) two CAS/HT servers since DAG does that for the mailboxes. I just wondered if there was anyone out there who had something like that in place who wouldn't mind me picking your brain for a few minutes to get some ideas of ways that work and ways that don't. I'd like to get some ideas obviously before I get too far so I don't have to do a 180 and redo a bunch of stuff. Thanks! Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469
RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists
Nope, not this year. Head down in a bunch of Exchange 2010 projects. Yet another year where we don't get to trudge around Pike Place Market. :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 29 January 2010 21:27 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists I know Neil Hobson and Simon Butler (both Exchange MVPs from the UK) also read and respond on this list. I don't know if they are attending or not. William Lefkovics used to read and respond on this list, but I've not seen him respond here in a long time; I'm pretty sure he's not going (I believe I read that on Facebook, but I could be wrong). KevinM has rejoined Microsoft, so he'll be there, but not as an MVP. He and the other MSFT employees that read this list tend to operate in stealth mode, for fairly obvious reasons. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists Hopefully you're not the only one monitoring this list..you're just the most helpful! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists You need to pass that along to another MVP. With Exchange 2010 just released, there wasn't enough new content for me to justify the trip this year. :-( -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists Feel free to bitchslap someone in the Office or Exchange team at the MVP Summit and tell them to fix it! It's nearly as bad as trying to get rid of orphaned calendar delegates! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists Pretty much. I've never experienced the Outlook ones really working. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists So I see the options there but now I have to ask does this override the settings in OLK(07) if I check the allow none? Is it an all or nothing proposition? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists 2007 SP1, I'll look into that, thx mikey! ;-) John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists You don't say what version of Exchange...but in 2007/2010, the properties of the Remote Domains are the places where you should control this. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists So is there ANY way to suppress OOFs to lists like these? Even if I set my OOF (Olk2007) to not send to outside recipients it still does. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 1:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Suppress OOF to Distribution Lists To the best of my knowledge, that registry value only applies to Exchange 2003. See here for Exchange 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629517(EXCHG.80).aspx From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 1:28 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Suppress OOF
RE: 2003 to 2010 planning
You might want to read an article I wrote that gives you the 30,000 foot view of Exchange 2010 high availability here: http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/exchange-2010-high-availability / Be aware that the 2-server deployment will require a hardware load balancer for the CAS role as you cannot use Windows NLB on the same servers that are in a failover cluster. This link is excellent for understanding what features are present in the various versions (including Windows Standard vs. Enterprise) http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/licensing.aspx From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 February 2010 18:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: 2003 to 2010 planning Good afternoon one and all, and please forgive the long post. I'm thinking about proposing the upgrade from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 this year. We're currently running a single monolithic server that has (knock on wood) been extremely reliable for going on 5 years. We've got ~100 mailboxes now, and I don't see us ever growing past 200. The information store is currently 110GB, and the perfmon-reported Single Instance Ratio is pretty large at 22. We have ~10 remote users who use Outlook Anywhere, ~10 PDA users, ~10 Mac (Entourage) users, and OWA is available to most everyone. AD is a single domain forest, is at 2003 Domain and Forest Functional Levels, and all DCs are 2003 SP2. We have a single physical site, and only one site in AD. Before rolling out 2010, I intend to deploy an e-mail archiving solution of some sort. My hope is that, in addition to the obvious retention and search benefits this will provide, it will also take some of the pressure off of Exchange 2010's storage requirements by allowing me to finally enforce mailbox size restrictions without reducing the availability of older messages. I've been poking around the interweb, looking for information that will help me determine how to design and deploy Exchange 2010 in a manner appropriate for our environment. The most promising thing I've come up with is a simple statement on the Microsoft page that describes Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency (http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/Mailbox-Resiliency.aspx). It says, For smaller sites, you can deploy a simple two-server configuration that provides full redundancy of mailbox data along with Client Access and Hub Transport roles. These changes put high availability within the reach of organizations that once considered it impractical. That sounds like exactly like what I'm after - a simple-to-maintain, two server solution where all the inside roles are redundant. Does this configuration sound appropriate for an organization of the size and characteristics described above? Does anyone have any pointers to more in-depth discussion of this two server configuration? (Is there a particular name for this configuration?) Lastly, from what I can gather, this can be accomplished with Exchange Server 2010 Standard and Standard CALs. For an organization the size of ours, I don't think I need the added benefits of the Enterprise CAL at this point. Message hygiene is handled by the Barracuda and Sunbelt's VPE product, and I believe mailbox resiliency is available in the standard server regardless of CAL type. Any thoughts or comments are most welcome. Thanks, RS
RE: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance
You'd create a CAS array for RPC client access, since that's what Outlook (MAPI) connects to. It might be worth reading Brian's post below as it contains a lot of background info as well as the NLB stuff. Also, Google for Henrik Walther's NLB article at msexchange.org which although for Exchange 2007 should help you out. http://www.exchange-genie.com/2009/09/momt-mapi-on-the-middle-teir/ From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: 29 January 2010 15:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance I've been doing some reading and have a clarification to ask. Would you use a CAS array along with windows NLB or would you use only one or the other? I'm not fully understanding the interaction between a CAS array and NLB. Thanks, also if anyone knows of any blogs or docs that describe a CAS NLB setup that would be most valuable. Thanks again Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469 From: Ehren Benson [mailto:benso...@pa.msu.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:00 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 CAS/HT reduandancy/load balance Hi, I am currently designing our new exchange 2010 infrastructure and am looking into ways to load balance (make redundant) two CAS/HT servers since DAG does that for the mailboxes. I just wondered if there was anyone out there who had something like that in place who wouldn't mind me picking your brain for a few minutes to get some ideas of ways that work and ways that don't. I'd like to get some ideas obviously before I get too far so I don't have to do a 180 and redo a bunch of stuff. Thanks! Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci benso...@pa.msu.edu 517-884-5469
RE: Exchange 5.5 - Exchange 2010 Migration
The Quest Migration Suite for Exchange could go from 5.5 to 2007 but I'm not sure if it has been updated for 2010 yet. Might be worth checking. -Original Message- From: John Stevens [mailto:j...@js-internet.co.uk] Sent: 26 January 2010 14:00 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 5.5 - Exchange 2010 Migration Does anyone know the best way to migrate mailboxes from Exchange 5.5 into Exchange 2010? Would it be to just pst it all using exmerge? Comments appreciated John Messaging Consultant
RE: Exchange 2010 Site Resilency Clarification
The steps required depend on the server role that you're activating. If you have an active/passive approach to your data centres, and have configured different namespaces for them (which is a feature I like) then be aware that site resilience is considered a manual process. Have you read through this yet? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351049.aspx From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: 11 January 2010 17:05 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 Site Resilency Clarification All- I'm looking at deploying E2K10 at a customer site. What I'm trying to get my head around is site resiliency within E2K10. I understand DAG's and you can have up to 16 copies of each DB etc... What I'm trying to figure out is, if Site A goes down how does Site B pick up within Exchange? I understand the the DB's will move to Site B.. If I have a secondary MX record pointing to Site B all mail should flow in and out correct? And if Auto Discovery is setup properly that will point all Outlook clients to the appropriate Exchange server right? Do I have this concept right? Or am I missing some points? (Note* When I say site down, i'm speaking Exchange server going down.. not total catastrophe) Thank you, John Bowles
RE: Exchange 2010 Site Resilency Clarification
I'm confused. You're talking site resiliency, then say just an Exchange server going down which could be translated to high availability. Which is it? What's your scenario and goal? From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: 11 January 2010 18:57 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 Site Resilency Clarification All- I'm looking at deploying E2K10 at a customer site. What I'm trying to get my head around is site resiliency within E2K10. I understand DAG's and you can have up to 16 copies of each DB etc... What I'm trying to figure out is, if Site A goes down how does Site B pick up within Exchange? I understand the the DB's will move to Site B.. If I have a secondary MX record pointing to Site B all mail should flow in and out correct? And if Auto Discovery is setup properly that will point all Outlook clients to the appropriate Exchange server right? Do I have this concept right? Or am I missing some points? (Note* When I say site down, i'm speaking Exchange server going down.. not total catastrophe) Thank you, John Bowles
RE: How many Exchange Admins do you have???
For a minute there I thought you said you had 5.5 Exchange users. ;) From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: 11 January 2010 19:42 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many Exchange Admins do you have??? It is just me, and I have 55 Exchange users, I also do Desk-side support for about 30 others, as well as network, phones and all the different servers, basically I do it all except DBA and ERP. Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:44 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: How many Exchange Admins do you have??? Anybody have any articles that suggest how many mailboxes ONE Exchange Admin should support? I'm sure it varies greatly from company to company, but I'm just trying to get a general baseline. How many do you guys support? Thanks!
RE: Logging for Edge server
Sounds like you've enabled lots of logging already. I don't tend to enable diagnostics logging unless troubleshooting a problem. You could consider enabling agent logging too. From: Russ Patterson [mailto:rus...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 January 2010 21:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Logging for Edge server Greetings All - We're transitioning from using Ironports to using FOSE Edge servers - Ironports were wonderful, but way pricey... One thing we hope to 'duplicate' on the Edge servers is the logging detail of the Ironports. If we've already set the protocol logging to Verbose on all the connectors, and turned on everything on the Log Settings tab of the Properties sheet of the Edge server (i.e. Message Tracking Connectivity Logging) - what other log settings (Diagnostic Logging??) would you folks recommend to get as detailed a picture as possible from our new configuration? Thanks everyone! Have a calm weekend! Russ
RE: Exchange 2007 Relay
Protocol logging on the receive connectors From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: 30 November 2009 16:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 Relay I have setup 2 servers for anonymous relay with our Exchange 2007 Hub Transport Server. One works and one doesn't. However, if I try to use Message Tracking to see if the email is even hitting the Exchange Servers, NEITHER of them appear. Is there a way to check to see if anonymous relay messages are being sent to the server? Thanks!
RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag?
Ah yes, but the OP asked for an online defrag utility, for which I recommend...Exchange itself! The Exchange online maintenance process does just fine. ;) If it was for an offline defrag utility, I'd agree with you. J From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: 16 November 2009 15:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? 2007, in the subject. But +1 for a mailbox move to a new store. Schedule it to be automatic at night. No real performance hit or mailbox downtime.easy peasy. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:28 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? You'd be better served to move the mailboxes to a new DB providing you have that capability, Exchange version would be good to know.. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? Hellos. Anyone have any recommendations for an online defrag utility for the MS Exchange message store? We have a server with a 100GB message store that we would like to run against. Thanks. CAR _ This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.
RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag?
If you use the shell, you can move up to 30 mailboxes simultaneously, although I suspect that with the full 30 the bottleneck will be elsewhere. Good that you pointed out the dumpster contents issue after a move-mailbox operation though - often overlooked. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 16 November 2009 16:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? Actually the mailboxes WILL be offline during the move (a feature that 2010 fixes) but cached mode minimizes the impact. Be mindful that Exchange will only move 4 mailboxes at a time (but you can schedule as many as you want) so if you were actually watching the progress you'd see the rest listed as pending till one of the 4 threads completed. Also keep in mind that moving a mailbox separates it from the retained deleted items (one of the reasons the move gets you more space in the first place) so recovery of those files will be lost. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? 2007, in the subject. But +1 for a mailbox move to a new store. Schedule it to be automatic at night. No real performance hit or mailbox downtime.easy peasy. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:28 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? You'd be better served to move the mailboxes to a new DB providing you have that capability, Exchange version would be good to know.. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? Hellos. Anyone have any recommendations for an online defrag utility for the MS Exchange message store? We have a server with a 100GB message store that we would like to run against. Thanks. CAR _ This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance
RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag?
Yes, you can do it that way but ultimately it's the MaxThreads parameter of the Move-Mailbox cmdlet that controls this. IIRC, if you don't set the MaxThreads parameter, it'll still default to 4. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 16 November 2009 17:05 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? Good to know, did you do that through a get-mailbox then pipe it to the move-mailbox? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? If you use the shell, you can move up to 30 mailboxes simultaneously, although I suspect that with the full 30 the bottleneck will be elsewhere. Good that you pointed out the dumpster contents issue after a move-mailbox operation though - often overlooked. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 16 November 2009 16:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? Actually the mailboxes WILL be offline during the move (a feature that 2010 fixes) but cached mode minimizes the impact. Be mindful that Exchange will only move 4 mailboxes at a time (but you can schedule as many as you want) so if you were actually watching the progress you'd see the rest listed as pending till one of the 4 threads completed. Also keep in mind that moving a mailbox separates it from the retained deleted items (one of the reasons the move gets you more space in the first place) so recovery of those files will be lost. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? 2007, in the subject. But +1 for a mailbox move to a new store. Schedule it to be automatic at night. No real performance hit or mailbox downtime.easy peasy. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:28 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? You'd be better served to move the mailboxes to a new DB providing you have that capability, Exchange version would be good to know.. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: MS Exchange 2007 Online defrag? Hellos. Anyone have any recommendations for an online defrag utility for the MS Exchange message store? We have a server with a 100GB message store that we would like to run against. Thanks. CAR _ This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author
RE: Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
Nope, that has been surprisingly absent. I guess it wasn't so long after UR9 so the list of fixes in SP2 that weren't in UR9 may be small anyway. -Original Message- From: McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] Sent: 10 September 2009 18:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Has anybody seen a list of Fixes included with Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2? I keep reading about enhancements and improvements, but I'd like to get a list of.We fixed XYZ. Thanks, Rob
RE: Exchange 2007 SP2
In addition to what Peter said, always ensure that you read the release notes for updates and service packs. The deployment order is clearly listed in the release notes for SP2. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/E/83E9DB24-0041-4F7E-A0DD-26043BB F7CAA/RelNotes.htm From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerahs.com] Sent: 10 September 2009 14:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 SP2 We have an Exchange 2007 environment with a CCR cluster and two CAS/HUBs. I want to apply SP2. I have the procedure for the Cluster but I was wondering if should I apply the service pack to CAS/HUBS first, or after I apply it the Mailbox CCR cluster? Has anyone upgraded to SP2 yet? Any issues? Thanks, Andy ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply **
RE: Sending email from an alias
Nope, not out of the box. Either create an additional mailbox and use the From field in Outlook or use a 3rd party app like: http://www.ivasoft.biz/choosefrom.shtml From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: 10 September 2009 16:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Sending email from an alias We are using exchange 2003 and a user has his primary smtp email address and several alias email addresses under his account. Is there a way that when he is sending an email that he can specify which email address it is coming from? _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com
BB Professional Software Express on SBS2008?
Can anyone verify for me if the Blackberry Professional software Express, formerly known as Blackberry Small business edition will run on SBS 2008? I have a customer wanting to upgrade from SBS03 to 08. Looking at the info on this site does not indicate 2008 compatibility. Maybe I'm going blind? http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/server/offers/professional_express .jsp#tab_tab_requirements Anyone out there running it in SBS08? Thanks. Neil
RE: Hub Transport installtion question
Or possibly use the SubmissionServerOverrideList parameter of the Set-MailboxServer cmdlet. From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] Sent: 30 July 2009 17:07 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hub Transport installtion question How about stopping the Exchange services, and setting them all to disabled until you're done configuring? _ From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Hub Transport installtion question All, This might be an obvious question but I can't think of an obvious answer. Apart from Send and Receive connectors, we all know that Exchange will use a HT server for internal message processing. My question is: After installing a HT server, apart from keeping the thing turned off, how do you stop it from being used until it is configured appropriately? My brief Google simply suggests installing it into a dummy AD site! Hardly a good solution. Thanks Richard ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. **
RE: Exchange Cluster
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RE: Is Exchange Doomed?
Well, I’m a Limey so not authoritative on this one, but I always thought it was poking a bit of fun at the gambling laws of Wisconsin when they banned things like lotteries, etc. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 June 2009 13:50 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is Exchange Doomed? What's wrong with Wisconsin? I don't live there, not from there, just want to know. 2009/6/26 Michael B. Smith mich...@owa.smithcons.com Email is a commodity. Hosted Exchange is a commodity. Now, when I first set up a hosted Exchange company in 1999, it was pretty rare...but not today. If you have something that differentiates your business (such as your drug pipeline in the case of a pharma company) - you sure don't outsource that. But commodities? They aren't worth it. Insofar as being held hostage or mail is being tapped/copied and sold off to some third party... well, that's what contracts are for. And realistically, that's no different than having someone go bad inside your IT organization. Anyway, this spirit of discourse and disagreement is what makes the world go 'round. All IMHO. YMMV. Void in the state of Wisconsin. :-) _ From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) [john.matte...@afghan.swa.army.mil] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is Exchange Doomed? While I can see that as a rational for pushing IT outside the walls of the business, I still think it is a poor move. If you push your IT outside the walls you are setting yourself up to be held hostage by that same outsourcing company when it comes time to renew the agreement. If you outsource your mail to a hosted service, you have no clue as to whether or not your mail is being tapped/copied and sold off to some third party. John H. Matteson, Jr. Systems Administrator/ITT Systems Forward Operating Base Orgun-E Afghanistan DSN - 318 431 8001 VoSIP - (308) 431 - Iridium SatPhone - 717.633.3823 Roshain Mobile - 079 - 736 - 3832 Molōn labe! From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is Exchange Doomed? GSKs business is pharma (and I bet using that word will cause this email to be blocked by some people). They develop, pipeline, and market drugs. Not email. Not collaboration software. IT, other than IT that helps them develop, pipeline, and market drugs isn't their core competency. Let someone who does it well do it for them. _ From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) [john.matte...@afghan.swa.army.mil] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:22 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is Exchange Doomed? Hi Kevin; I wasn’t the one that was asking about that. While I can understand a small time business wanting to concentrate on business and not on servers, i.e. Exchange servers, IIS for customer facing websites, etc, why would a business like GSK want to outsource their mail? I would think that they would want to keep business information inside the business. I’ve made the same argument about businesses running their mail through companies/services such as POSTINI where it can get leaked out or choked off due to “equipment failures” and other things. John H. Matteson, Jr. Systems Administrator/ITT Systems Forward Operating Base Orgun-E Afghanistan DSN - 318 431 8001 VoSIP - (308) 431 - Iridium SatPhone - 717.633.3823 Roshain Mobile - 079 - 736 - 3832 Molōn labe! From: KevinM [mailto:kev...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is Exchange Doomed? SMORG | MORG | LORG = Small / Medium Org ~0-300 | Medium Org ~200-1000 | Large Org 1000 BPOS = Business Productively Online Services I.e. Hosted Services And John, yes I am saying there will undercut the 10$ a box price if you talk to the right people. Connection is MAPI / HTTP over RPC via your Pipes. The price of those pipes add up on cost, and greatly affect the numbers. . The break even numbers are fun to work out and justify. From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is Exchange Doomed? Small Org? I don't know either! :P 2009/6/24 Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) john.matte...@afghan.swa.army.mil SMORG’s Okay, I know I’ve been out of touch way out here in the sandbox for the last three years, but could someone point me in the direction of the glossary of acronyms? Seems there have been a number of changes since I left civilization. John H. Matteson, Jr. Systems Administrator/ITT Systems Forward Operating Base Orgun-E Afghanistan DSN - 318 431 8001 VoSIP - (308) 431 - Iridium SatPhone - 717.633.3823 Roshain Mobile - 079 - 736 - 3832 Molōn labe! From: Michael B. Smith
estimating time to install/configure OA
I'm curious what others would estimate to get OA running on a single server, Win2K8 and Exchange 07 with 5 users from start to finish with a UCC cert. Assuming the OS and Exchange are recently installed/patched and have a vanilla configuration, what would you bid for the job in terms of time? I figured about 4hrs. Neil ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Large Mailboxes Performance
Its all about the number of items in the core folders, like Inbox, Sent Items, Calendar, etc, and also restricted views. In Exchange 2003, the recommendation was to keep the number of items in these folders 5,000. In Exchange 2007, the recommendation is not to exceed 20,000 items (as long as youve designed your infrastructure correctly) From: Mayo, Shay [mailto:shay.m...@absg.com] Sent: 23 March 2009 13:58 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Mailboxes Performance Hey Martin, I do understand that it is more of an Outlook thing but can you elaborate on Control the items in their folders? Thanks Shay From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Mailboxes Performance I dont think large mailboxes from an Exchange perspective are a performance issue. The issue mainly lies in Outlook performance and if your users can somehow learn to control the items in their folders, the performance will be fine. From: Mayo, Shay [mailto:shay.m...@absg.com] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Large Mailboxes Performance Hey, Just curious what type of performance people have had with large mailboxes on Exchange 2007. Our company has a strict email retention policy that purges email after 30 days, but we have about 200 people though that have special circumstances where they need to store email long term. We implemented an archiving product from C2C about 1 and ½ years ago which turned out to be a far less than desirable solution for our users. We have fully migrated to Exchange 2007 and are kicking around the idea of not having a 3rd party archiving system and just allowing larger mailboxes (3-10 GB) for these special users. So my question is, what kind of performance have you guys seen with mailboxes this large? Do they benefit from Office 2k7 or have they actually ran fine with Office2k3? Lastly, a lot of these users travel and will be using cached Exchange mode. So I am mainly worried about performance from large OSTs . Thanks Shay Mayo // Systems Administrator AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Ph. 469-365-7160 // s...@absg.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This electronic mail transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender, delete it and destroy it without reading it. Unintended transmission shall not constitute the waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This electronic mail transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender, delete it and destroy it without reading it. Unintended transmission shall not constitute the waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Large Mailboxes Performance
You made me go and look, didnt you? J I remember Ross Smith talking about this at TechEd EMEA and using the 20k figure. I wasnt 100% correct. Turns out that its the Inbox and Sent Items at 20k, but the Contacts and Calendar are still at 5k. Having said this, keeping everything below 5k is always going to be better. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc535025.aspx From: KevinM [mailto:kev...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: 23 March 2009 14:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Mailboxes Performance Do you mean total items in all folders or per folder? It is so hard to get a firm answer on Items per folder. The last great written thing by Nicole I think was no more than 1,000 items per folder. I know it has changed since then. Last I had heard was 10k with the latest stuff. Has Matt or Nicole posting something different to the Exchange blog recently? ~Kevinm WLKMMAS My life http://www.hedonists.ca http://www.hedonists.ca/ From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:36 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Mailboxes Performance Its all about the number of items in the core folders, like Inbox, Sent Items, Calendar, etc, and also restricted views. In Exchange 2003, the recommendation was to keep the number of items in these folders 5,000. In Exchange 2007, the recommendation is not to exceed 20,000 items (as long as youve designed your infrastructure correctly) From: Mayo, Shay [mailto:shay.m...@absg.com] Sent: 23 March 2009 13:58 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Mailboxes Performance Hey Martin, I do understand that it is more of an Outlook thing but can you elaborate on Control the items in their folders? Thanks Shay From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Mailboxes Performance I dont think large mailboxes from an Exchange perspective are a performance issue. The issue mainly lies in Outlook performance and if your users can somehow learn to control the items in their folders, the performance will be fine. From: Mayo, Shay [mailto:shay.m...@absg.com] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Large Mailboxes Performance Hey, Just curious what type of performance people have had with large mailboxes on Exchange 2007. Our company has a strict email retention policy that purges email after 30 days, but we have about 200 people though that have special circumstances where they need to store email long term. We implemented an archiving product from C2C about 1 and ½ years ago which turned out to be a far less than desirable solution for our users. We have fully migrated to Exchange 2007 and are kicking around the idea of not having a 3rd party archiving system and just allowing larger mailboxes (3-10 GB) for these special users. So my question is, what kind of performance have you guys seen with mailboxes this large? Do they benefit from Office 2k7 or have they actually ran fine with Office2k3? Lastly, a lot of these users travel and will be using cached Exchange mode. So I am mainly worried about performance from large OSTs . Thanks Shay Mayo // Systems Administrator AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Ph. 469-365-7160 // s...@absg.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This electronic mail transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender, delete it and destroy it without reading it. Unintended transmission shall not constitute the waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This electronic mail transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender, delete it and destroy it without reading it. Unintended transmission shall not constitute the waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Setting another user's OOO
Obviously what everyone else said (Outlook or OWA) but there's also 3rd party options if you are doing this regularly for lots of users (you probably aren't but I figured I'd post the link below for the edification of the list members anyway) J http://www.symprex.com/products/out-of-office-manager/ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: 16 March 2009 15:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Setting another user's OOO I need to set the Out Of Office for a user that has departed. Do I have to login to a computer as that user to do this? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 jhea...@etp.ca.gov ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Removing PF Database from 2007
You can use the MoveAllReplicas.ps1 script first to make sure all replicas aren't on the source server. Then use the Get-PublicFolderStatistics cmdlet. If that shows folders, you can't remove the PF database. If there are folders that contain data, you need to look at why these aren't replicating and rehoming. If they are just system folders like OWAScratchPad, et al, you can proceed with a Get-PublicFolderStatistics | Remove-PublicFolder cmdlet. BUT! This will delete the public folders you still have left so make sure there are no folders with data in them that you actually want. From: Matthew Bullock [mailto:mbull...@root9.com] Sent: 13 March 2009 16:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Removing PF Database from 2007 I'm having a hard time removing all the public folder replicas from a temp 2007 mailbox server that I am trying to uninstall. The following commands are supposed to remove all the PF's from the server: Get-PublicFolder -Server oldmbxserver \ -Recurse -ResultSize:Unlimited | Remove-PublicFolder -Server oldmbxserver -Recurse -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue Get-PublicFolder -Server oldmbxserver \Non_Ipm_Subtree -Recurse -ResultSize:Unlimited | Remove-PublicFolder -Server oldmbxserver -Recurse -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue Would this be safe to run to remove all replicas on a single server, or would it also delete the PF replicas from other servers? Thanks, mb ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: SMTP Issue?
Is this possibly the old temp table issue? http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/50422/have-you-checked-your-smtp-m ailbox-temporary-tables-lately.html From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: 13 March 2009 16:37 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: SMTP Issue? We have been having an issue with our exchange (ws2k3) server when restarting it. Every time the server restarts users will start to receive NDRs to emails that will be dated anywhere from a week to a month ago. In addition to the NDRs, some of our clients are receiving emails (again dated in the past) from our users. Below is an error message that one of our users received: Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Invoice from Aurico Reports, Inc. Sent: 2/23/2009 9:35 AM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: (email address) on 3/11/2009 5:09 AM You do not have permission to send to this recipient. For assistance, contact your system administrator. AURICOEXCHANGE.reports.aurico.com #4.7.1 smtp;451 4.7.1 0 Is this an issue with email/NDR getting stuck in a queue and not being released until the SMTP service is restarted? What can we do to resolve this? _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Ine Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware?
Yep, that's been the case with all of my SCR deployments to date. The only slight difference with some designs is that the standby cluster is sometimes just a single node cluster (initially, anyway) From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 14:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware? When I recommend someone to deploy SCR, I recommend identical hardware. The general goal of SCR is fault tolerance and site resilience. The SCR hardware can't take over if it can't handle the load. IMHO. YMMV. From: 8400...@gmail.com [mailto:8400...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of jond Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:43 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware? For the people here using SCR in Exchange 2007 SP1, what kind of hardware are you using relative to your production exchange boxes? Are you finding that as long as you have enough hard drive space, that processor and ram don't really matter or did you simply decide to run identical hardware on both production and on the SCR server? Thanks in advance, Jon ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware?
I can't disagree there Michael - I was merely stating that for those customers who have wanted standby clusters, these are sometimes single node clusters. Yes, using /RecoverCMS can pose additional gotchas, like the CNO permissions required on the CMS computer account when used on Windows 2008 for example. I'm with you on the automation front. J From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 15:31 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware? See, I fall directly into the database portability camp. Who wants to do a /RecoverCMS when you can just do a few set-storagegroups, set-mailboxdatabases, mount-database, and move-mailbox -configurationonly --- and I can script the entire thing ahead of time! The only downtime is DNS TTL across sites and you have the same issue with single-node clusters. (Granted, this presumes Outlook 2007 or higher in the environment.) From: Neil Hobson [mailto:nhob...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware? Yep, that's been the case with all of my SCR deployments to date. The only slight difference with some designs is that the standby cluster is sometimes just a single node cluster (initially, anyway) From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 14:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware? When I recommend someone to deploy SCR, I recommend identical hardware. The general goal of SCR is fault tolerance and site resilience. The SCR hardware can't take over if it can't handle the load. IMHO. YMMV. From: 8400...@gmail.com [mailto:8400...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of jond Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:43 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 SCR -- Hardware? For the people here using SCR in Exchange 2007 SP1, what kind of hardware are you using relative to your production exchange boxes? Are you finding that as long as you have enough hard drive space, that processor and ram don't really matter or did you simply decide to run identical hardware on both production and on the SCR server? Thanks in advance, Jon ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
outlook anywhere question
Hello all, Trying to get OA on a Win2008 server w/ Exchange 2007 working. Here's the problem, when I only have port 443 forwarded to the Exchange box I get prompted for user credentials but the login always fails, we are using basic authentication for now. However, when I open tcp port 135 also I am able to connect. Is Outlook actually using MAPI instead of OA? When I run netstat -pan tcp on the exchange server I see my remote IP connected to Tcp 135 and Tcp 443 (there are actually 3 or 4 sessions on 443) Everything I read says you should only have to open tcp 443 for it to work. This is of course in addition to installing the RPC over http role and enabling OA in Exchange. Thanks, Neil ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Public Folders Not Replicating
Like Troy said, what have you actually done so far? How are you replicating, etc? Also, there are quite a few things that you can check out - I've detailed some here: http://www.msexchange.org/articles/Public-Folder-Replication-Troubleshooting .html -Original Message- From: John Bowles [mailto:john_bow...@yahoo.com] Sent: 24 February 2009 19:58 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Public Folders Not Replicating All- Got 2 E2K3 servers in question here. One single mailbox and one new server that is a clustered E2K3 box. I'm trying to replicate PF's from the old server to the new. But the problem is that the replication isn't taking place. If I add the new server and click on a PF it shows up blank. If I remove the new server and just leave the old server in there all the PF information shows up properly. These two servers are in the same Admin group. Anyone have any suggestions? Thank you, _ John Bowles ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Download too big for a DVD
Doesn't the download contain a load of UM language packs you probably won't need? I seem to recall binning most of those to make it fit single layer. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Download too big for a DVD Ok I finally was able to download Exchange 2007 from eOpen Download site. However it's almost 6Gb's and a DVD is only 4.5Gb! How am I supposed to burn a DVD from the ISO? __ Stefan Jafs This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corporation. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
outlook disconnecting message
Hi All, I have 2 of 15 users on my network telling me that they get a message in Outlook (2007) that it has disconnected/reconnected to the Exchange (2003) server. We recently moved our Exchange server to a GbE switch and set the NIC on Exchange to 1000Mbps Auto. Do you think I am correct in thinking this is an issue on the user machines? I've checked the Outlook settings in their Exchange accounts and they are the same as mine. I have not seen the same error message on my machine that they do. Thanks, Neil ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Unread Messages - E2K7
The Exchange Profile Analyzer gives you unread message counts, but I don't think you can tie the counts to the owners of the mailbox (going from memory, I think each mailbox is given a unique number rather than tying it to the owner). Still, it would give you counts of unread messages. However, I often mark messages as unread for a number of reasons so users like me would skew the results for your management (i.e. the messages were actually read, etc). J From: James Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Unread Messages - E2K7 Hi All, Is there a way to find the total unread messages per mailbox in Exchange 2007? Management want a report per mailbox. Thanks, James. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: exchange 2007 SP1 rollup 5
Belated? Isn't it the fourth Thursday in November or something like that? Which means tomorrow I think. As for the turkey, you'll be eating that for another 30 days afterwards too. J From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2008 10:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: exchange 2007 SP1 rollup 5 No turkey for me for another 30 days. Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving to everyone though J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Baca Sent: 26 November 2008 08:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: exchange 2007 SP1 rollup 5 To All Any issues with this update? I am in a single server single domain environment. Happy Turkey Day! ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Outlook 07 prompting for passwords
Are your Exchange 2007 servers running on Windows 2008? From: Domingue, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2008 15:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook 07 prompting for passwords All, We have Outlook users who are prompted for a password multiple times daily. Whether they enter it or not the prompt continues to appear. Current environment: Single domain running Windows 2003 DC's. Users all use Outlook 2007 SP1, outlook setup for Outlook anywhere. This seems to only be happening when the users are connected to the LAN. Servers: Exchange 2007 SP1 update rollup 4 set up in a CCR environment. Exchange 2007 CAS/Hub server running SP1 and the update rollup 4. We also still have an Exchange 2003 Sp2 server as we are in the process of migrating. This only became an issue about 1 month after we moved a test group to the new 07 server. Not all users are getting the prompt. I have applied the hotfix mentioned in KB957909 but his doesn't seem to resolve the issue. Anyone seen this and have any recommendations on how to resolve? Thanks in advance, Jamie Domingue CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission (and/or the documents accompanying it) may contain confidential information belonging to the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Certificates
My answer was also based on the assumption that the server just had the Hub Transport role on it, and not also the CAS. ;) -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2008 16:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Certificates I don't disagree with the answer below, but if you do go for a commercial cert (for outside OWA for example) consider a wildcard cert and use it everywhere. Much more cost effective. 200 bucks or so from GoDaddy. -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:45 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Certificates Correct, the self-signed certificate installed on the Hub Transport server will expire after 12 months and therefore requires renewal. My opinion here is that, generally, the self-signed certificate is ideal for Hub-Hub, Hub-Edge and Edge-Hub communications so in your case I'd leave the self-signed certificate on the Hub Transport server and renew as required. -Original Message- From: McCready, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2008 12:12 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Certificates By default, a certificate is installed on the first Hub Transport Server in an Exchange 2007 environment, which last for 1 year, correct? My question is, if I want to buy a certificate from a Certificate Authority (to use as verification of encryption between us and another company), do I place it on the Hub Transport server to replace the default certificate, or do I need more than one certificate? One to replace the Hub Certificate which will expire after one year, and one to be installed on the Edge Transport Server(s) in the DMZ? Thanks all, Rob ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Outlook 07 prompting for passwords
I'm aware that Microsoft is tracking an issue with IIS7 and kernel mode windows authentication. Taken from the comments at the bottom of this Exchange Team Blog post: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/06/20/449053.aspx Hey Folks, As promised, here's an update on the reprompting issue that many of you have encountered. The gist of the issue is that IIS7 uses kernel mode windows authentication by default. Turning this off will fix reprompting. I will post a detailed update once I dig through some more and talk to the IIS PD, but for now I wanted to provide this update so you can give it a shot and let me know if (no, that) it works for you Here's the command that needs to be run on the CAS boxes - %Windows%\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config /section:system.webServ er/security/authentication/windowsAuthentication /useKernelMode:false Regards Sid From: Domingue, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2008 16:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook 07 prompting for passwords Yes they are. From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook 07 prompting for passwords Are your Exchange 2007 servers running on Windows 2008? From: Domingue, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2008 15:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook 07 prompting for passwords All, We have Outlook users who are prompted for a password multiple times daily. Whether they enter it or not the prompt continues to appear. Current environment: Single domain running Windows 2003 DC's. Users all use Outlook 2007 SP1, outlook setup for Outlook anywhere. This seems to only be happening when the users are connected to the LAN. Servers: Exchange 2007 SP1 update rollup 4 set up in a CCR environment. Exchange 2007 CAS/Hub server running SP1 and the update rollup 4. We also still have an Exchange 2003 Sp2 server as we are in the process of migrating. This only became an issue about 1 month after we moved a test group to the new 07 server. Not all users are getting the prompt. I have applied the hotfix mentioned in KB957909 but his doesn't seem to resolve the issue. Anyone seen this and have any recommendations on how to resolve? Thanks in advance, Jamie Domingue CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission (and/or the documents accompanying it) may contain confidential information belonging to the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission (and/or the documents accompanying it) may contain confidential information belonging to the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Outlook 2003 Cache mode issue
Is the missing address a new user? If so, it sounds like the OAB hasn't rebuilt correctly or this Outlook user hasn't downloaded the OAB updates. I'd set OAB diagnostics logging to medium or higher then force the OAB to rebuild (be careful if you have a huge organization). Check the event log for any issues. If it rebuilds successfully, make sure this user has downloaded the updates and then check again. -Original Message- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 October 2008 09:36 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook 2003 Cache mode issue We have a user who is using Outlook 2003 in Cache mode. He wasn't seeing one address in the GAL(Ex2k3). I got him to untick Cache mode in Outlook and restart the laptop. When he logged back into Outlook the name appeared. Now he is back in Cache mode the name has gone again. Any ideas on why just one address disappears when working in Cache mode? AFAIK, no PDAS are syncing to the laptop. Thanks John --- John Ellis Tel (0151) 666 3208 Senior IT OfficerFax (0151) 666 3049 Wirral IT Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ** ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
