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...

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...

I found this on the NTBUGTRAQ mailing list from a Michael Maloney. I don't know the validity of this, but it seemed interesting enough to post. I would be interested in hearing whether or not this works. “ With the release of Beagle.H and Beagle...

When doing online backups of Exchange 2003 with SP1 you may not be successful and you may get the following in your application logs: ID: 217 Source: ESE Type: Error Category: Logging/Recovery Description: Error -4001 During backup of a database location...

Recently I got asked (again) about running the Exchange System Manager (ESM) on Windows XP. It works, but what if you use Outlook on the same machine? It is officially unsupported. Or to state it another way, if you have a problem with Outlook or the...

One of the more common events we see in organizations that are migrating to Exchange 2003 from 5.5 is the 9548. Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSExchangeIS Event Category: General Event ID: 9548 Date: Date Time: Time Computer: Computer Name Description...

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 ...

On Saturday we released two updates. One is for Exchange 2003 and one is for Windows 2000 SMTP. This fixes an issue where the Inetinfo.exe repeatedly crashes and restarts. You may see the following errors: Source: Service Control Manager Type: Error Event...

First of all, I want to let you know that I highly recommend that you run Exchange 2003 since the support date for Exchange 5.5 has already past (and 2003 rocks!), but since so many companies are still running 5.5 I wanted to forward you a list that I...

Wouldn't you like to know: When you need to have Bios updated on your Servers? When the settings on your Antivirus software is incorrect? When your configuration is not optimal for performance? When you have software updates for Exchange? EXBPA can do...

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 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 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...

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...

When my wife used to get asked what I did for work she used to say she didn't know. So, I had to explain it to her in the simplest terms I could. "I keep large companies' email working for them." My current title is Advisory Support Engineer for Exchange...

I don't know who started this list first, but it is useful for me. I thought that I would put it out there for everyone to use. I’ve added some versions that weren’t on it originally and made some corrections as well. If you find that this list is wrong...

Well, I was traveling way too much yesterday and I am in class this week so I am going to cheat a little and post some FAQ questions that I have compiled. Some of these may not be interesting to you , but some may. Q : Are there any problems with doing...

Q : What are the advantages to using Windows 2003 Enterprise over the standard version when running Exchange 2003? A : More processors. (Updated: RPC over HTTPS is available on the Standard version as well, so I removed my mistake.) Q : How do...

Introduced today was the Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server. This is interesting to Exchange Admins because next is the Best Practices Analyzer for Exchange 2003. This tool swill take a look at your environment and make recommendations based on what...

I attended the session entitled: “General Session: Exchange Server Today and Tomorrow”. Most of the presentation covered what was called the 9 most frequently asked questions. I know that I don't get asked these questions that much, but that...

New in Exchange 2003 SP1 - The ability to consolidate sites even from 5.5 to Exchange 2003! Prerequisites: The fix from KB article 836489 must be installed on 5.5 servers. Target server must be Exchange 2003 SP1 All ADCs must be running...

According to an article released today, after you install Exchange 2003 SP1 you may experience a crash in your Information Store because of malformed email messages. Should this prevent you from installing SP1? No. But you will want to install this fix...

Microsoft has released on July 13th a revised edition of the Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide . Some of the things covered in this document are: What not to backup when doing a full computer backup. How to backup...

I got this from Adam . Not sure why I'm doing this, but here goes: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 23. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. “To this he said: 'Sovereign...

Well, we knew about it for awhile, but we had to keep our mouths shut until it was announced publicly. Finally it was: Update on Exchange Edge Services . Somebody leaked it before that because it showed up here before it was supposed to, but doesn't it...