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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...
Script converting Mail-User to Mailbox-User
29 April 13 01:57 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Not all organizations need to have every user to be mailbox-enabled, sometimes a mail-user (also referred to as mail-enabled user) with a forwarding SMTP address to an external mailbox is enough. However, it is surely possible that the requirements over Read More...
The UC Architects episode 14 is now available!
28 December 12 03:33 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Episode 14 is now available for download! It is hosted by Steve Goodman and co-hosts were John Cook, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis and Stale Hansen. Christmas Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 Version 2 Issues with the Windows Management Framework on Exchange 2010 Read More...
Simplifying the OWA URL with Citrix Netscaler
24 December 12 01:16 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Next to Content Switching (which I recently wrote a post about ), Citrix Netscalers can also do URL Rewrites. This enables us to simplify the OWA URL. First, be sure the Rewriting option is enabled by going into System, then Settings and choose Configure Read More...
Load balancing Exchange 2010 with Citrix Netscaler using Content Switching
21 December 12 06:45 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Next to F5 , KEMP technologies and a lot of other network load balancing vendors there’s also Citrix with it’s Netscaler brand . Especially when an environment also has Citrix servers, it could mean that well scaled Netscaler devices are present and can Read More...
Managing mailbox storage with Exchange 2010, Part 3
18 December 12 10:26 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
In the previous part one and two of this series, I’ve discussed using PSTs, Exchange Personal (on-premises) and On-line Archiving as well as third party solutions. In this last post I will discuss the use of Retention Policies and Mailbox quota’s in order Read More...
The UC Architects podcast episode 13 is up! With special guest Rick Kingslan (Lync Sr. Technical Writer)
18 December 12 03:31 AM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Episode 13 is available for download for a while now! It is hosted by Pat Richard and co-hosts were John Cook, Tom Arbuthnot, Justin Morris and I rambled some lines in there myself . Topics include news stories about the Surface Pro, the new improved 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...
Managing mailbox storage use in Exchange 2010, Part 2
29 November 12 07:49 AM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
In the previous part (yes, I know. It’s from May… I’m very ashamed) I discussed using PSTs or the built-in Personal Archive (also referred to as Online Archive). In this post we will discuss third party archiving solutions and Exchange Online Archiving 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...
Exchange SSL Offloading and the upcoming update blocking certificates with RSA key length less than 1024bit
13 June 12 11:29 AM | dmstork | 1 Comments   
Microsoft announced yesterday new approach regarding the validation of certificates coming in august this year. Certificates with a key length less than 1024bit will be blocked: Adding to our defense-in-depth measures, in August, we will release a change Read More...
Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2
29 May 12 10:12 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Just today Microsoft released the third rollup for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2. See the announcement here . They specifically call out the following fixes. KB2689810 Meeting Requests bodies get rendered in plain text in Outlook when created via Read More...
Managing mailbox storage use in Exchange 2010, Part 1
24 May 12 04:33 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
It's something most organizations encounter at some point: A mail server with no more space left or user's can't get a higher quota due to limited storage resources. Even with a basic policy regarding mailbox quota's, running out of resources is still Read More...
Exchange 2010 calendar publishing URLs are not updated after migrating to Office 365
15 March 12 02:36 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
With Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 it became possible to share your calendar with anyone outside of you organization, depending on the Sharing Policy implemented by your Exchange Administrator. Users can then share their calendar via an obfuscated or an Read More...
More about Windows 8 CP and ActiveSync
02 March 12 04:36 PM | dmstork | 2 Comments   
Since yesterday’s blog post “Yes, there is ActiveSync in Windows 8!”, I have fiddled some more with the Windows 8 Mail app. So, which other ActiveSync settings do work within Windows 8? There are quite a few, and some aren’t supported by all devices. Read More...
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