• The chicken or the egg. How to get current ESE dll's from .msp packages to run Jetstress against without installing Exchange

    You want to jetstress some new hardware, but may not be running the latest build of ESE and need to do comprehensive testing with the latest build of ESE to make sure the results are right. The typical approach most people use is to install Exchange...
  • Error "Cannot open Mailbox" when attempting to open an Exchange 2007 mailbox from Exchange 2010

    The scenario is that you are logged into a Exchange 2010 mailbox and want to access a shared calendar or mailbox on Exchange 2007. When attempting to open the mailbox, you may receive the following error/ (full call stack below): Request Url...
  • Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search service will not start and a series of 4999 events are logged

    Problem On Exchange 2010, you may notice the below event firing rapidly. In our scenerio we were seeing the service attempt to start and go down approximatly 420 times an hour, logging the below 4999 every time. The only action that was taken prior...
  • Troubleshooting EWS requests using IIS logs with Logparser

    The problem: We have very valuable data inside of the IIS logs that can greatly assist in troubleshooting Exchange Web Service clients. The problem is that all of the data exists in one field (cs-uri-query) inside of the IIS logs. An example cs...
  • Exchange 2003\Redbull Connector\Permissions not migrated when we migrate resource mailboxes

    When attempting to migrate resource mailboxes across via the Exchange 2003 Lotus Notes Connector (Redbull) you may notice that permissions are not migrated correctly. This issue is by design, you will need to set these permissions manually at this time...