To return to part 1 click here Setting Connector Limits in Exchange 2007 Below are the 5 different types of connectors that we can modify the limits on for Exchange 2007 and the ways to do it using the Exchange Management Shell (EMS). The default settings...

To return to part 1 click here Message size restrictions In Exchange 2003, you would customize the message size restrictions for the organization, a specific connector, a specific virtual server, and an individual user. For the organization, you would...

To return to part 1 click here More Anti-spam tasks Now that we have looked at how to configure Attachment filtering, lets look at how to configure Connection Filtering in Exchange 2007.  Using the Exchange Management Console (EMC) against a Edge...

To return to part 1 click here Anti-spam tasks In Exchange 2003 we had many tools provided to help eliminate spam.  Some are Intelligent Message Filtering, Connection Filtering, and Sender ID.  As you can see below they are all configurable...

To return to part 1 click here Stop or start Public Folder replication in 2003 vs. 2007 In Part 2, we discussed how to synchronize the hierarchy or Public Folders. But, that does nothing for the content. Sometimes there may be a need to stop the...

To return to part 1 click here Synchronizing Public Folder hierarchy replication in 2003 vs. 2007 In Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2), you used the Synchronize Hierarchy command to synchronize the public folder hierarchy on an Exchange 2003 server...

A while ago I ran across an article by Andrea Fowler on TechNet entitled: Then and Now: Comparing Management Tasks in Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 . This lead to me creating a presentation for my customer on this. Normally a lot of...

I first saw this nearly a year ago?  Almost every person I know who has seen this thinks that this should be one of our TV commercials.  It shows how our products all work together and how this company is in people's life.  I like it. ...

There are a number of switches that can be used for getting the Active Directory ready for the installation of Exchange 2007. The switches for preparing the AD can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125224.aspx As you can see they...

After spending some time thinking about the question regarding whether you should deploy Exchange 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, I decided to do some more research on it. I came up with the table below and I am including the public...

I wanted to test out the installation of Exchange 2007 SP1 on a Windows 2008 server. Since you can get the RC0 version of Windows 2008 as well as the Exchange 2007 SP1 bits from Microsoft, it couldn’t hurt to try them out now. You can get the Release...

Whew! You finally got Exchange 5.5 out of the picture and are now are focused on getting Exchange 2007 into your environment. You have taken a good hard look at How to Prepare Active Directory and Domains and are sure that you are ready to prepare the...

A customer of mine mentioned that they were told by a vendor that Microsoft recommends that Exchange databases should not be more than 200 GB. I was not aware of this being a recommendation by us. Then I found the following link: Planning Disk Storage...

I changed the title of this blog. It used to be "A day in the life of an Advisory Support Engineer", but that didn't fit. First of all, my job title changes so often, that I shouldn't even keep that in the title of a blog. The other problem is that there...

First of all, let me state the obvious. I work for Microsoft. Being that is the case, you can assume right away that I have a somewhat positive opinion about the company. And you would be correct. I like this company and its products. Maybe that isn't...

There has been a decent amount of chatter externally about this, so I was very glad that we finally got this article written: 932599 You can no longer mount any of the Exchange databases after you apply hotfix 926666 to a computer that is running...

I am recommending to my customers that they not install the Windows patches for DST 2007 available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388 until later. If you read http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102086071033.aspx you will see the following...

What functionality would you lose if you ran Outlook 2003 against an Exchange 2007 server instead of running Outlook 2007? http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/featurecomparison.mspx It looks like you would not have the following (listed in my...

Today, Microsoft posted some much awaited information about the steps that will be necessary for Exchange Server, the Operating System, Windows Mobile, and Outlook clients. You can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx ...

In the interest of being open about it... I am submitting this blog post right now using a Microsoft provided laptop and it is running Vista. There, I said it. Whew! I feel so much better now that I have it off my chest. Some other things I should...

I found this funny. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/E2k3TechRef/b8aafeb4-8883-482b-8cf8-77b3975336b3.mspx There you will read: "By default, an SMTP virtual server can accept virtually an unlimited number of incoming network...

I thought I would start off with a picture of Cliff Chao with some people on the Expo Hall floor. Cliff is the one with the small head. :) Here is another picture of Boston from the Convention Center. One thing I like about...

It’s been 3 days since I got here and I finally have gotten around to writing an update. Sunday: It took no less than an hour to get from the hotel to the convention center. I am not kidding. SUNDAY!!! It’s not even a work day. Why is traffic...

Just a note to let everyone know that I'll be at Tech-Ed 2006 in Boston. I'll be there with one of my favorite customers from Healthcare and Life Sciences. Go ahead and email me if you would like to meet up for lunch or something. The more the merrier...