Que Nguyen's Microsoft techology blog : {Exchange 2007}

Installation notes of my demo Exchange 2007 with SP1 x64 installation on a Windows 2008 Ent x64

quenguyen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:36:00 GMT

* Server Manager, Features --> Windows PowerShell * Server Manager, Roles --> Web Server - IIS6 Metabase Compatibility & Management Console - Performance/Dynamic Content Compression & Static Content Compression - Security/Basic Authentication,...(read more)

Exchange Server 2003 resource

quenguyen — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:12:00 GMT

* Steps to configure RPC over HTTP support for an Exchange 2003 Front-End, slide download (7.1M) * isaserver.org tutorial: How to publish Exchange ActiveSync * Standalone Device Emulator 1.0 with Windows Mobile OS Images (install this first) * Microsoft...(read more)

Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery with NtBackup

quenguyen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:08:00 GMT

* 2006.03 Exchange 2003 DR with NtBackup step by step demo (PowerPoint format) download (17M) This was done on a single server with AD, DNS and Exchange 2003 installed ================ Demo 1: Backup best practices - Important: System State backup first,...(read more)

Installation notes of my demo Exchange 2007 SP1 on a Win 2003 R2 SP2

quenguyen — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:58:00 GMT

* Exchange 2007 typical pre-setup steps - Raise Domain to Native mode (in AD Domains and Trusts) - Install DotNet framework 2.0 SP1 (Dot.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 -32b- NetFx20SP1_x86.exe) - Install the TimeZone fix (TimeZone fix - 32b - WindowsServer2003-KB933360-x86-ENU.exe)...(read more)

Exchange 2007 resource

quenguyen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:23:00 GMT

* Exchange 2007 overview slide (9.7 MB)

* Exchange 2007 Reviewer's Guide (updated Nov 2007) (7.4 MB)

* Exchange 2007 sample diagram

* Exchange 2007 demo diagram

* Exchange 2007 planning document

Table 5   Mailbox memory recommendations for Exchange 2007
User type              Mailbox memory recommendation
Light                     2 GB plus 2 MB per mailbox
Average                2 GB plus 3.5 MB per mailbox
Heavy                   2 GB plus 5 MB per mailbox

* Microsoft official Exchange site

Managing Exchange 2007 recipients using the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC snap-in

quenguyen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT

One of the things that have changed drastically with Exchange Server 2007 is the way in which you manage recipients. As most of us are aware, back in Exchange 2000 and 2003, recipients were managed using the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC snap-ins. However with Exchange 2007, the recipient management tasks have been removed from ADUC and integrated back into the Exchange Management Console. So this means things, once again, look similar to how they did prior to Exchange Server 2000. In addition to performing the recipient tasks using the Exchange Management Console, you of course also have the option of using the Exchange Management Shell, which is perfectly suited for performing bulk user changes typically using one-liners (single line commands).

Let me be honest and say there has been a lot of hype on the Internet about whether moving the management of recipients to the Exchange Management Console was a good idea or not. During the Exchange 2007 Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and the Exchange 2007 Rapid Deployment Program (RDP), many Exchange administrators, as well as independent consultants, expressed their opinion about this decision. The majority of them thought it was a bad decision primarily because it leads to huge retraining costs (for service desk etc.), and means you suddenly have to administer users using two different consoles, the ADUC snap-in and the EMC. I think the overall concern is valid but, at the same time, kind of understand the Exchange Product group’s decision to make the move. Since the group has no intention of changing this anytime soon, we’ll have to live with it for now or do we?

No we do not. In this article I will explain how you with the help of a nifty little 3rd party utility once again can move back and start using the ADUC MMC snap-in to manage Exchange related tasks for mail and mailbox-enabled users in your Active directory domain...

For more information, please see the original article at: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/managing-exchange-2007-recipients-active-directory-users-computers-mmc-snap-in.html?printversion

You can purchase this tool at approx 184 USD from this site http://www.u-bsmart.com/HTML_Web/Downloads.html

Want to do something yourself? Visit http://blogs.technet.com/quenguyen/archive/2008/10/16/active-directory-technologies.aspx and the link “Use AD as a mini Human Resource database demo video download (1.4M)”