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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...
How to use the Microsoft Authenticator WP app with Google
03 May 13 08:52 PM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
A while back , Microsoft enabled the long awaited 2-factor authentication feature for Microsoft Accounts and released a code generator for Windows Phone . But a little know fact is that this app can also be used for the Google Account Two-factor authentication. Read More...
Script converting Mail-User to Mailbox-User
29 April 13 01:57 PM | dmstork | 1 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 mysterious Exchange App, the new ActiveSync?
16 April 13 07:45 PM | dmstork | 1 Comments   
Recently the backend of my Office 365 P1 account was upgraded to the Wave 15 series of products, which obviously includes Exchange 2013. But going through the settings of the Exchange Admin Center, I noticed something that made me curious. When you go Read More...
2012: looking back
31 December 12 04:31 PM | dmstork | 2 Comments   
Now that 2012 is in it's final hours, I wanted to look back professionally but also personally. It's the human thing to do (Fellow UC Architects Michel de Rooij and Micheal van Hoorenbeeck also made a retrospective) What were the interesting technical 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...
My company is migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2013!
05 December 12 10:24 AM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
I already knew this for several weeks, but wasn’t allowed to discuss this publicly yet. But as some know the company I work for, OGD ict-diensten , is using Zarafa as its groupware solution and recently decided to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2013 ! 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...
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...
The Windows 8 Mail app
27 November 12 08:39 AM | dmstork | 0 Comments   
A few hours back the Microsoft Exchange team published a blog post on how to connect and support your Windows 8 Mail app with Exchange. It has a lot of good info on which Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) policy settings are supported and how the App reacts. Read More...
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