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Mr. Proactive and Miss T. Proactive
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over 3 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
I have been quiet on this blog for a number of reasons. Check out the new site for all PFEs who want to blog at www.MrProactive.com . This is a site that's has 4 main purposes: Tell more about what a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) is what we do...
Update: Direct Booking using Outlook 2010
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over 4 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
There is now a KB article that is available regarding this. It answers questions about how to make the change with a Group Policy or using the Office Customization Tool. 982774 Direct Booking does not successfully book a resource in Outlook...
Direct Booking using Outlook 2010 against Exchange 2003 Servers
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GerodS [MSFT]
Now that Office 2010 has RTM’ed, we’ve started to see a number of issues pop up where customers are finding that they are having problems reserving a conference room using it. The reason is that Outlook 2010 by default has Direct Booking disabled...
Our new phones –Kin
Posted
over 4 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
Looks like we can now get to http://www.kin.com/ . Looks nice. First phone to ship with Zune… Very cool.
Unboxing my Zune Originals Zune HD
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
It finally is here! Sweet…
How I install Exchange 2010 RC on Windows 2008 R2
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
I have been messing around with the installation of Exchange 2010 RC on Windows 2008 R2. I chose to go with Windows 2008 RC since it already has more of the things needed to install Exchange like the right version of PowerShell and the .NET framework...
Exchange 2010 RC to RTM Upgrade… Can I Install into Production?
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
I mentioned in my last post that customers will be able to upgrade from the Release Candidate (RC) of Exchange Server 2010 to the final Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version. This was taken from the Exchange team’s mention of this here . ...
Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate Available <Updated>
Posted
over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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Today we announced that Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate (RC) is available for download at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c6d27da1-ba2c-4570-a491-c0d7b39ede8b&displaylang=en (This link works...) Some things...
Exchange 2010 Beta is here!
Posted
over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
Finally. Exchange 14 is now officially Exchange 2010. Learn more at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/2010/default.aspx .
Part 21 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Transport POP3 and IMAP4 In Exchange 2003, POP3 and IMAP4 were both receive-only protocols that enabled a client to receive e-mail. To send e-mail, these clients had to relay SMTP traffic through the Exchange organization...
Part 20 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Transport Outbound SMTP connections to other messaging servers In Exchange 2003, the routing group represented a communication boundary between Exchange servers that were part of the same organization. All Exchange servers...
Part 19 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Transport Disclaimer messages In Exchange 2003, you needed to create a custom event sink to apply disclaimers to messages or purchase a third part application that would do this for you. In Exchange 2007, disclaimers are...
Part 18 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Transport Allowing anonymous relay To enable anonymous relay in Exchange 2003 this was done in the properties of the Virtual server. You went to the access tab and clicked on “Relay…” Then you would click on “Add”. And added...
Windows Live Writer with Windows 7
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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I recently upgraded my main machine to Windows 7[1,2] and I tried opening up Windows Live Writer to update my blog and found that it seemed to be in a constant hung state. I then right clicked on the shortcut for the program and chose the “Troubleshoot...
Microspotting
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over 5 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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Every so often I like to head over to http://www.microspotting.com/ to see some of the stories about some of my co-workers. And yes, I want an “I am the empire” t-shirt!
Part 17 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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To return to part 1 click here Managing Client Access Always Up to Date \ Direct Push In Exchange 2003, Exchange ActiveSync would be configured to synchronize your mobile device with your Exchange server mailbox at intervals as frequent as every five...
Part 16 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks: Resource Scheduling Resource Scheduling in Exchange 2003 In Exchange 2003, setting up a resource involved many steps: Create a mailbox using ADU&C Give permissions to the mailbox Setup Auto Accept...
Part 15 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 5 years ago
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks: Mailbox Permissions and Query-Based \ Dynamic Distribution Groups Mailbox Permissions In Exchange 2003, you used Active Directory Users and Computers to manage mailbox permissions for users...
Part 14 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
Posted
over 6 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks: Creating Mailboxes and Exmerge Creating Mailboxes In Exchange 2003, you created a mailbox for a user by using Active Directory Users and Computers. In Exchange 2007, you can use the Exchange...
Part 13 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 6 years ago
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks: Recovery Storage Groups In Exchange 2003, you had the option of mounting a second copy of a database in a Recovery Storage Group to extract data from one or more mailboxes. In Exchange 2007, you do...
Part 12 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 6 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks – Public Folder Management and Public Folder Permissions Public Folder Management Here is how you managed public folders in 2003. I’m sure you are all very aware of how to do this. In Exchange...
Part 11 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 6 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks – MBConn.exe and Offline Address Books MBConn.exe In Exchange 2003, Mbconn.exe was used in a disaster recovery scenario to connect mailboxes to the Active Directory directory service accounts. If you...
Part 10 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 6 years ago
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GerodS [MSFT]
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks – Mailbox Manager vs. Messaging Records Management Mailbox Manager was a feature in Exchange 2003 and in Exchange 2000 Server that ran as part of the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service. Exchange...
Part 9 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 6 years ago
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To return to part 1 click here Administrative Tasks - Address Lists In Exchange 2003, you created and edited address lists by using the Exchange System Manager. In Exchange 2007, you manage address lists by using the Exchange Management Console or the...
Part 8 - I used to do it this way… Now how do I do it? Administering Exchange 2003 vs. Exchange 2007
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over 6 years ago
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To return to part 1 click here Setting Recipient Policies in Exchange 2003 In Exchange 2003, the recipient policy object defined the proxy addresses that are stamped onto the recipient objects as you can see below: It also set the domains for which e...
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