It is possible while installing the Active Directory Connector (ADC), or while running an Exchange setup Forestprep action, to be greeted with this incredibly generic error message: Extending the schema in the Active Directory failed.  Please consult...

I'm a tester in the Exchange Core team, have been in Interop for the past 5 years using all the flavors of Outlook and other clients to test Exchange. Done lots of automation. I owned calendaring and free/busy for a very long time, worked with the Outlook...

As companies adopt Outlook 2003 cached mode for their users, the Offline Address Book ( OAB ) becomes increasingly important. When Outlook 2003 users open the GAL or use name resolution, the OAB is used instead of making requests to a Global Catalog server...

I am a Program manager on the System Management team in the Exchange product group. Previous to becoming a PM I worked in PSS as a support professional, doing what else, supporting Exchange. In support I did everything from disaster recovery to deployment...

I am a Program Manager in the Exchange Customer Experience team and work on various programs that aim to improve the quality and capabilities of Exchange Server through customer connection and understanding. I’ve been in Exchange for about 6 years...

I've been at Microsoft for more than 10 years, first as an editor in PSS and Exchange UE, and now as a content release manager for the Exchange UE team.

I'm a writing lead at Microsoft in the Exchange User Education group. In Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000, I focused on transport and routing components.

I've been with Microsoft for 6 years. I started at Microsoft in Exchange Support, and I've stuck with Exchange since then. I recently moved from PSS to the Exchange Customer Experience team (CXP). My primary focus has been on disaster recovery, and I...

Prior to coming to Microsoft, I worked for four years as an administrator supporting IIS, Exchange, and a medium-sized network. My education background is a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of S. Carolina, so I try to poke around in code...

For my entire career here at Microsoft I have been working with Messaging in some fashion. Early on it was Key Management Server (KMS) for Exchange 5.5, I worked briefly on the Exchange SDK and then helped to make Mailbox manager a decent application...

All of my 4 years at Microsoft have been spent in the Messaging group in product support. I started out supporting Exchange 5.5 and lived through the Exchange 2000 release. I was able to work on our Exchange 2000 Setup/Deployment team for about a year...

Paul is the Release Manager of Exchange Server. He's been with Microsoft for 11 years and is based out of the Redmond, WA headquarters. Since leaving college, Paul has worked on the design and engineering of many electronic messaging systems, from X.400...

I have been with Microsoft full-time for close to 4 years now... I started out on the Exchange 24x7 team in product support and have been there ever since. When I started I was working with Exchange 5.0 and Exchange 5.5. I got to work through the beta...

I'm a software test lead for OWA and author of The Web Testing Companion .

I've been in IT since about '97, starting off in Desktop Support and then working as the network/email administrator at a small college. In addition, I took on the management responsibilities for a helpdesk that supported over 2000 users during the school...

I have been at Microsoft in the Exchange support team for just over 3 years (including my first year that was on a contract). I have always been in Messaging since coming to Microsoft. I started in Foreign Connectors, moved to 2000 Setup after Exchange...

I'm a PM on the Outlook team. At work, I spend most of my time thinking about how to improve Outlook's meeting scheduling features. I've also been known to dabble in the areas of task management and error alerts (can anyone say "Operation Failed"?). In...

I have been with Microsoft since early 2000... first on a contract and then I switched to full-time. Since the very beginning, I have worked in Messaging, starting with support for Exchange 5.5. Then Exchange 2000 came, then Exchange 2003 Beta and RTM...

Name: Alex MacLeod Title: Software Test Engineering Lead Things I do: To say that I test Exchange setup would be misleading, because I…well, actually that’s exactly what I do, but it’s still misleading. Setup means installation...

As of January 2007, I'm the User Experience Manager for Exchange, which means I'm in charge of the design and usability teams. In my 7 years in Exchange I've also done the following: Lead PM for customer programs such as our Technology Adoption...

My name is Jon Avner. I have been a software developer for going on 19 years now. I spent most of that time working on messaging systems. I joined Microsoft in March of 1997 and have been working in Exchange ever since. I have worked mostly in the Exchange...