Go to the Exchange Client Access Server and turn on EXTRA tracing. To do so, take these actions: 1) Go to Start, Run… Type EXTRA 2) Once EXTRA opens, at the Update and Customer Feedback screen, Choose “ Check for Updates on Startup ” and “ I do...

  Using ADSIEDIT : go into configuration>services>microsoft exchange>administrative groups>... and navigate to any public folder database/store and check the properties Find a msExchOwningPFTree attribute: this should equal the distinguished...

  I’m a red fish, so I wrote the Powershell’s Job commands here so I’ll have a repository. An other way to list the Job commands is to type get-command *-job or get-command –Noun job Start-Job : Start-Job -ScriptBlock {dir –path c:\windows –rec}...

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Example : I’d like to ping several servers listed in a servers.txt file : - use get-content <filename> in between brackets after a named parameted : Test-Connection -ComputerName (get-content servers.txt) -Count 1 You can also do the same without...

Here is an awesome news about Exchange 2010 : SP2 is out ! Exchange 2010 SP2 is now available for download:   http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28190 The new features include (with some graphical interface improvements): ...

  > From my buddy Brian Day on this post : After adding personal tags you may need to wait until the managed folder assistant processes the mailbox again before they'll show up. You can force it by running Start-ManagedFolderAssistant <MailboxIdentity>...

  Here is how to change the Network type of a specific network (or networks) to Private or Public, to help you better master Firewall policies. This is especially useful if you have a bunch of Windows 2008 servers on a DMZ as it’s more and more the...

  “If you haven’t yet deployed Exchange 2010, our recommendation is to avoid /hosting mode and go directly to Exchange 2010 SP2 using the on-premises configuration. This will allow you to offer the features customers are looking for, and avoid a...

Problem : New-ADUser is n ot working as expected to populate a password coming from a CSV file (the account stays disabled) here is the example and the reason:   Here is my BulkAddADUsers.csv file sample :   Name,SamAccountNAme,Description,Department...

I’ll publish the Excel format migration path shortly + the Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Intra-Organization migration path also. Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration path Step Step Title Details (migration from Exchange 2003) Step 1 Certificate Acquire...

The aim of the procedure in this post is to avoid you to dig around the technet to rebuild it. It’s written for Exchange 2010 SP1 here, but can easily be adapted for any product schema updates by replacing the Exchange 2010 SP1 values and links...

  To diagnose a problem more indepth, we will use the Exchange Troubleshooting Analyzer (from the Toolbox on the Exchange Management Console) : - Select a task - Click on trace control - Click on set manual trace log - On components to trace, choose...

  To manage your public folders permissions, including the system folders if you still use them with Outlook 2003 clients, you no longer use PFDAVAdmin, but use ExFolders in replacement. Some of the many new features that deserve to be underlined...

  - How-To procedure - Exchange Server 2010 SP1 - Operations - Exclude PDC Emulator from Exchange servers - How-To procedure - Use the Shell to create a transport rule for messages that have a blank subject - How-To Use ADTD to export Exchange, AD...

  Users experiencing issues connecting or using Exchange messaging service via Outlook or OWA ? Here is how to sort this out on most of the cases : · First thing to look at is the Application Log, then the System Log,. · Second thing to look at are...

  Having trouble with “disappearing” meetings in calendars ? Sometimes for meeting organizers, sometimes for attendees ? - First check the file-level ANTI-VIRUS EXCLUSIONS ON THE CLIENT ! (OST and OAB files on the Outlook workstation) - Second, check...

  Remember the good old ISINTEG ? Now in Exchange 2010 SP1 we can do the same without dismounting a database ! Again, put this procedure on your Wiki intranet or in your favorite folders, just in case…   Download this procedure here => Repair...

  I will now publish a series of procedures to help you, Exchange administrators, to remove the fear you may have about the best version of Exchange ever ! Here is the first one, download it, put it on your intranet Wiki site, use it every time you...

  When you move a mailbox, in my example between an Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2003 – yes in this order, it’s a back-move, just to show it is possible to do so – after the move is complete, the Move Request stays in the “Move Request...

    Outlook 2003   Outlook 2007   Outlook 2010   Exchange 2003 (SP2)   Outlook Anywhere RMS e-mail Cached mode Reduced Network traffic (50-70%) Search Folders         Exchange 2007 (SP1)   Outlook...

  Des rendez-vous qui disparaissent chez les organisateurs de réunions ou chez les participants ? L’agent de réparation de calendrier est votre ami !   Sous Exchange 2010 RTM, l’agent de réparation de Calendrier (Calendar Repair Agent (CRA)...

    This issue may go out by itself. But if the user is still experiencing the issue, try to close the IP connections, and investigate what on his desktop (or on other desktops if he has multiple opened connections) can generate too much MAPI...

  Mike Pfeiffer wrote  a good and concise article that shows step by step how to install the ADGWS on your AD servers, AND how to install the Active Directory Module on the Windows workstations (that need RSAT tools – Remote Server Administration...

  Bonjour,   Avec mes excuses pour le lien erroné dans le cours PowerShell, voici le lien vers le poster original de référence rapide des CmdLets Active Directory (pour rappel, pour pouvoir administrer des serveurs avec les outils PowerShell...