Exchange Ideas - Daniel Kenyon-Smith

I’m a Messaging consultant working for Microsoft Consultancy Services in the UK. Find out about all the latest technology, news, tips and tricks in the world of messaging and much more!

Exchange Ideas - Daniel Kenyon-Smith

  • Time is running out!

    Quick time is running out before we close the customer preview program for new registrations, so if you want to try windows 7 Beta you better get going Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith
  • Outlook Click to Call

    This cool little tool is an Internet Explorer add-on that allows for clickable links for OCS Outlook Click to Call Written by Daniel Kenyon-Smith
  • Windows 7 and IE 8 browsing session

    Having just started to use windows 7, which comes with IE 8 pre-installed, I like to use the tab feature.  With windows 7 you need to select IE 8 will then open the tabs you had in your last session   Written Daniel Kenyon-Smith
  • Exchange 2007 security

    I get asked the question ‘ how can we secure our Exchange 2007 servers ’ so I’ve compiled a list from the Exchange 2007 Security Guide. As you know Exchange 2007 is by design secure, but here are the services that start automatically and the ones that...
  • Planning Mailbox Quotas – Part I

    When planning for storage it’s a good idea to categorise users into quota limits so you can plan your storage requirements. This calculation should be done in the High Level Design phase to allow your customer to purchase the hardware. An example of how...
  • Outlook 2003 consolidated information

    Running Outlook in Online mode · Running Outlook in Online Mode moves the IO burden from the client to the server and doesn't address the disconnected laptop scenario. Network impact and ability to optimize the client · Cached Exchange Mode provides...
  • E14 is coming!!

    Take a look at the video from our lead Program Manager (Exchange product team) about the next release of Exchange called code name E14. This is the 1 st version of Exchange that been written for Software as a Service SaS . At Microsoft we run we...
  • Domino to Exchange 2007 migration

    When migrating to Lotus Notes you need to ensure your customer provides you with a list of groups which need to migrated over to Exchange so you don’t migrate any unnecessary groups into the new infrastructure, this also is required for user accounts...
  • Log replay for corrupt files (CCR)

    In Exchange 2007 if a log file on the active node is corrupted an attempt to re copy that log file will occur. Log files are inspected via LogInspector and moved to the passive log directory. LastLogInspected is updated when a log is successfully...
  • TechNet Events

    TechNet Events Live: TechNet Event : Managing Windows Servers with PowerShell V2 Location: London Date: 10 February 2009 TechNet Event: Microsoft Systems Management and understanding the role of System Center Location: Birmingham...
  • TechNet: Recipient management, policies and permissions in Exchange 2007

    Why not come along to my TechNet presentation ‘ Recipient management, policies and permissions in Exchange 2007’ at our Microsoft offices in London Abstract In this session we will discuss the recipient management model, which has changed since...
  • Session 3: Messaging – 3rd September 2008

    MCS Talks This session will build upon the core infrastructure services discussed in Session 2 but will focus on the decisions commonly faced by enterprises when deploying Exchange Server 2007. Some of the topics we'll cover will include how to...
  • To Hyper-V or not to Hyper-V?

    It’s here! Hyper-V. Is Exchange 2007 a good candidate for virtualisation? Well only in certain situations and for certain roles and we’ll discuss this later. Some applications can have major advantages from increased utilization of hardware...
  • Up and coming Live Webcasts (Technet) - Office Communication Server 2007 (OCS) and Exchange 2007

    Unified Communication Solutions: Critical to Success – Monday 02 June 2008 TechNet Webcast: Disaster Recovery in Communications Server 2007 (Level 200) – Monday 02 June 2008 Unified Communication Solutions: Critical to Success – Wednesday...
  • Windows Mobile 6.1 and Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM)

    Microsoft released Windows mobile 6.1 on the 1 st April which is full of new enhancements, such as: · Instant messaging-like texting - Messages are threaded together to allow you to track your conversations, this provides you access to the chain...
  • Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

    We all know Exchange 2007 SP1 released a little while ago adding some cool new features to the product, Standby cluster replication (SCR) to name one, for more details on exactly what features are provided with SP1 see MSExchangeteam Blog and TechNet...
  • Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows 2008

    Now Windows 2008 has been released to manufacturing (RTM), all new implementations of Exchange 2007 SP1 can be designed using Windows 2008 Server (SP1 is a minimum requirement for Windows 2008, a full list of prerequisites can found at http://technet...
  • Antigen Manual Download

    If you want to install Antigen on an Exchange server that doesn't have access to the internet to install updates there is a work around, see the steps below:- Create the UNC Update Folder structure. · Create a directory that is named "Forefront...
  • Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) Exchange 2003 SP2

    When using Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) with Exchange 2003 SP2 it is possible to download filters manually and then upload them to the Exchange server. Why would you want to do this I hear you ask, well if you have an Exchange server that is part...