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- Fixing a "FailedAndSuspended" content index for an Exchange 2013 database
- What to do about Outlook's synchronization logs?
- Exchange 2013: Stuck messages in OWA's Drafts folder and DNS
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- Recoverable Items and Calendar Versioning
- Corrupt health mailboxes from a flattened Exchange server
- Cameras and the TMO
- PowerShell to the rescue to control Exchange 2013 logging
Author Archives: Tony Redmond
Office 365 support case resolved – thankfully!
On April 29, I reported the poor support experience I had received as a result of the upgrade of my Office 365 tenant domain from the Wave 14 release to Wave 15. Essentially, a support call reported on April 8 … Continue reading
Upgrading Office 365 to Wave 15: My support experience to date
One of the great promises held out by cloud-based services is that you do not have to worry about software upgrades and other common maintenance operations as the service operators will take care of these mundane operations. In the eyes … Continue reading
Exchange 2013 Inside Out appears on Amazon
The wheels of the publishing market turn in mysterious ways. At least, their ways are mysterious to those who don’t publish books, including the authors who actually write the text. Earlier this month I let you know that O’Reilly will … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013, Writing
Tagged Exchange 2013 Inside Out, Microsoft Press, O'Reilly
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Citer – good service for a change from a car hire company
Car hire companies, especially those who operate at airports, are often criticized for poor service and some pretty tacky habits, such as their desire to charge renters for a full tank of fuel when the rental commences even when the … Continue reading
Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability makes an appearance
The nice people at O’Reilly Media have posted details of book one of the two-part Exchange 2013 Inside Out set. My book covers the mailbox server and high availability while Paul Robichaux is deep in the process of writing all … Continue reading
Exchange 2013 CU1 appears
Exchange 2013 CU1 has now appeared. My review of the new release is available on WindowsITPro.com, where I have also posted some notes on the approach needed to update mailbox servers that are members of a Database Availability Group (DAG). … Continue reading
Exchange 2013: Stuck messages in OWA’s Drafts folder and DNS
One of the common things that OWA users notice about Exchange 2013 is that outgoing messages sometimes appear to get “stuck” in the Drafts folder. Not only do messages seem to linger in Drafts, no trace of the outbound messages … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013
Tagged DNS, Drafts, Exchange 2013, Get-TransportService, Outbox, Outlook Web App, OWA, OWA 2010, OWA 2013, Sent Items
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Microsoft CVP on the current state of Windows Phone and its competitors
Terry Myerson, who previously ran the Exchange development group, is now the Microsoft Corporate Vice-President (CVP) for Windows Phone. He has always had strong opinions and it came as no surprise that Terry would voice some trenchant views when he was interviewed … Continue reading
Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6 “can’t delete messages” KB released
Microsoft has released KB2822208 in response to the problems that users reported where they were unable to delete messages when working with Outlook in online mode. After a great deal of hard word to investigate the possible root causes, Microsoft has determined … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Exchange 2010, Outlook
Tagged Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6, KB2822208
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Exchange 2013: Using crimson events to track transaction log truncation within a DAG
Prior to Exchange 2007, transaction log truncation (removal) used to be a pretty simple affair. A successful good backup would truncate the log set or, if you used circular logging, Exchange used a small set of logs to capture transactions … Continue reading