Many times it has been seen in support that Antiviruses cause all kind of issues. I thought we should also discuss one of them I recently came upon and see how we could resolve it. Let's take Exchange 2003 for Example and the Sophos Antivirus. This...

Let’s take the following example: We have an Exchange 2010 User who is traveling a lot (Sales person for example). On his Mailbox we have a Retention Policy for 60 days on his Inbox and 2 years on his other Folders. User takes his Outlook...

The following is valid for Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. Consider the following Scenario: We have two Users: User A ( UserA@mp3.lol ) and User B ( UserB@mp3.lol ). You grant User B Full Access Permission for User A’s Mailbox: Additionally...

Consider the following scenario: This applies both to Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. We have two Users : User1 ( User1@mp3.lol ): Display Name : User 1 Simple DisplayName : User One User2 ( User2@mp3.lol ): Display Name : User 2...

You just installed Exchange 2007 or 2010 in coexistence with Exchange 2003 in order to proceed to migration. When performing tests you realise that you are unable to send any e-mail to the Public folders that are not yet replicated on the new server(s...

I recently came across a very interesting issue that is affecting Exchange 2007 all versions but also Exchange 2010 all versions as well. We have the following scenario: a distribution list that has external contacts, we have set the option on the distribution...

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You all may have followed Scotchs blog for obtaining extra .ETL traces to submit to MS Support. Another Method of Obtaining ExTRA Traces http://blogs.technet.com/b/scotch/archive/2010/04/05/another-method-of-obtaining-extra-traces.aspx We know...

We recently came across on a situation where running a PowerShell command like: Get-Transportserver | Get-MessageTrackingLog -Start ((get-date)-(new-timespan -days 1)) -End (get-date) -Sender "user@domain.com" | sort Timestamp | ft Timestamp...

Consider the following scenario: You’re Mailbox resides on an Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010 Server. You are using Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010. You have a incoming meeting request your INBOX. You accept...

Consider the following Scenario: You have an Exchange 2010 Organisation. When you try to install for Example Service Pack 1, Setup fails with exit code 1168. We see this in many cases, error 1168 is a generic error. When you examine...

In Exchange 2003 we had an issue with the Signature Size that could be entered in OWA. The size was per Code set to 4Kb, and we could modify the size by modifying the following Registry Key on the Exchange 2003 Server: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet...

Consider the following scenario: You create a Meeting Request, add an External Contact from your Outlook Contacts for Ex: External@Something.com You want to forward this as iCalendar to somebody for Ex: Somebody@Something.com ...

Consider the following scenario – Exchange 2010 SP1 RU1 + Exchange 2007 SP3 mixed environment. Internet Facing CAS Server is an Exchange 2010 SP1 RU1 CAS. 1.) Create a new User on Exchange 2007, open Outlook Web App 2010 to log on to Exchange...

Here’s some info on how to use MFCMapi to connect to the System Attendant Mailbox when needed. This particular example is for Free Busy messages filling up the System Attendant Mailbox, we want to clean them up. In these specific Cases, you will...

Consider the following Scenario: Exchange 2007 + Outlook in Cached Mode (1) Create a new Address List ( named Microsoft ) - The filter for this address list is “Company should be Microsoft” (2) Create a new user in AD - TestOne...

Just stumbled upon an interessting issue in Exchange 2010. Consider the following Scenario: Exchange 2010 + Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 Organizer creates a Meeting request, his calendar settings in Outlook look like...

In this topic we will discuss the different tools or components that can be used to generate logs when troubleshooting Activesync issues. Let's start with Exchange 2003 : 1. Nextags. This software can be obtained from Microsoft PSS and is the best...

I once ran into an interesting issue with a customer, with an error regarding to Public Folders that is not documented anywhere. My customer was using Exchange 2007 together with Outlook 2003 Clients. Of course he had the Offline Address Book published...

Consider following scenario: Exchange 2007 SP2 in place and Outlook 2007 SP2. For the mail flow you configured previously with the old Exchange 2003 version a lot of Universal Distribution Groups (UDG) and mail-enable them. Now after your migration a...

Many times administrators are called for help by users whose maibox folders are duplicated. There have been a great number of Microsoft PSS cases for this problem, as once a folder with an incorrect name becomes a default mailbox folder, it cannot be...

  In Exchange 2003: There are two options to increase the Logging levels in Exchange 2003. Option 1: Over the Exchange System Manager,  the highest level of logging can be set to “Maximum” which means Level 5. Open Exchange System Manager –...

When troubleshooting an error message which only displays a GUID, and does not make any reference to a specific object, there are several tools that are used to find that object: ADExplorer, ADFind...etc. Since most Admins have the Support Tools installed...

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 introduced a new series of Windows Mobile policy settings, allowing for more effective device management throughout an organization. There is some confusion in regards to which mobile operating system supports which policy...

Last week the big announce was made here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/04/07/454533.aspx . Since then a lot of blogs continue to reveal and describe the new features, which will be included in the Exchange 2010 SP1 release. Because some questions...