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My portable lab hardware
06 May 13 11:24 AM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Recently somebody asked via Twitter my what the make and model is of my laptop, used for Exchange testing environments. Well, 140 characters is not a lot of space so I decided to blog about it. Our company uses Dell laptops as a laptop standard, but other Read More...
Exchange and malware protection
06 December 12 09:23 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
This blog post is something I intended to write for a while now, because it is a question that i get asked a lot. On which Exchange server roles do you need to install the Exchange malware protection software, be it the now no longer for sale Forefront Read More...
New Rollup updates for Exchange 2007 and 2010
13 November 12 11:35 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
*** Update 16/11/2012 *** There is seemingly an serious issue with Exchange 2010 SP2RU5, do not install it! Wait for v2 and/or check the EHLO Exchange team blog regularly Moments ago, Scott Schnoll tweeted the download URLs for new Exchange updates: Update Read More...
Transporter Suite issues while migrating from generic IMAP to Exchange 2007
28 February 12 01:00 AM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Yesterday we encountered an issue during the last sync from an generic IMAP server to an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 server on Windows Server 2008 R2 (there were reasons not to migrate to Exchange 2010 that are beyond the scope of this post ). We used the Read More...
Setting the Postmaster address in Exchange
14 March 11 02:06 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Somebody asked me today, whether it is a good idea to set the postmaster address in Exchange. Well, short answer: yes! It's is even mandatory according to RFC 5321 section 4.5.1 . For Exchange 2010 you will have to use the Set-TransportConfig cmdlet: Read More...
Can you easily restrict or accept messages to a Distribution Group?
16 December 10 03:05 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Today’s question of the day is whether you can restrict users mailing to a specific Distribution Group in Exchange? Yes, you can. You can add users but also Distribution Groups to the list of who the Distribution List will accept messages from. The messages Read More...
Mail enabled Public Folder Recipient not found
16 March 10 06:46 AM | dmstork | 6 Comments   
Edit 6th may 2010 : Similar issue with same solution is confirmed and will be patched by Microsoft. See here . Recently I transitioned an Exchange 2003 Server to Exchange 2010. For the client redirection, I mostly wait two week before decommissioning Read More...
Exchange 2007 will be supported on Windows 2008 R2!!!
04 November 09 10:58 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Just read an update in which the Exchange Team announces support for Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2 ! I'm very very glad that they will make this possible. When it became clear that R2 would not support Exchange 2007 installations, I was very Read More...
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The Road to Exchange 2010: Active Directory and Exchange Part 3
28 October 09 09:25 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
In part 1 we’ve discussed the Exchange Mode, Domain Controllers and Schema Master compatibility. In part 2 we’ve discussed the Global Catalog and the Domain and Forest Functional level up to Windows 2008. So, that leaves us with Windows Server 2008 R2. Read More...
The Road to Exchange 2010: Active Directory and Exchange Part 2
28 September 09 08:08 PM | dmstork | 1 Comments   
In part 1 of this series, I discussed the requirements of Exchange Mode, Domain Controllers and the Schema Master in combination of various versions of Exchange. In this post I will discuss the placement of Global Catalogs (GC), the Domain Functional Read More...
The Road to Exchange 2010: Active Directory and Exchange Part 1
27 August 09 12:54 AM | dmstork | 2 Comments   
*** edit: updated 28/9/2009 with corrections of some errors/typo’s and added compatibility matrices In my post The Road to Exchange 2010: Migration paths I’ve discussed about the different possible migration transition paths to Exchange Server 2010. Primarily Read More...
Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 announced
11 May 09 07:43 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Today the Exchange team blog announced Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2007 . It will be available in 2009 Q3. One change I was longing for: Exchange Volume Snapshot Backup Functionality. For those who didn't know, when installed on Windows 2008 you didn't Read More...