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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...
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...
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...
Using the Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer Tool
01 December 12 04:13 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Recently Microsoft released an updated version of the Microsoft Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer rebranding it as the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer as it now also can test Lync connections, next to Exchange and Office365. Another addition Read More...
iOS6 and ActiveSync bug fixed in Zarafa/Z-Push
18 October 12 05:04 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Yesterday Zarafa published a blog post in which they announced their fix for the iOS6 ActiveSync appointment issue. For those who don’t know, Zarafa is an open source Exchange clone (a bit like Zimbra ) and uses the open source “plug-in” Z-Push for its Read More...
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Episode 2 of The UC Architects is available!
03 July 12 03:19 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Go get your Lync and Exchange knowledge up-to-date with Episode 2 ! This time with Pat Richard , John A. Cook , Tom Arbuthnot , Andrew J. Price , and Johan Veldhuis . Michael van Horenbeeck was the editor and I produced the episode. Read More...
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The UC Architects Podcast is live!
18 June 12 06:08 PM | dmstork | 1 Comments   
Since Steve Goodman’s tweet regarding a good Exchange podcast and the first recording, took about two weeks. In that time, 13 IT Pros, MCMs and MVPs have gathered (virtually) and realized a website , LinkedIn page, Facebook page, Twitter page, requested Read More...
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Upcoming Microsoft Events I’m attending: TechEd Europe and MEC
04 April 12 06:24 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
Faithfull Twitter followers probably already know, but my employer made it possible for me to attend TechEd Europe 2012 (June 26-29) in Amsterdam ( and the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012 (MEC, September 24-26) in Orlando ! For me this TechEd is a 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...
Migrating from Exchange 2003 and missing recipients in 2010?
21 February 11 06:47 PM | dmstork | 1 Comments   
Recently a colleague of mine migrated the mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. But he noticed something weird, in the Exchange Management Console (2010) the newly migrated users could be seen, but in the Exchange System Manager (2003) he could 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...
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...
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