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Author Archives: Tony Redmond
Tools to manage email and some PowerShell cheat sheets
It was interesting to see the launch of “Inbox Pause”, an add-in for Gmail from Baydin Software, the same folks who develop Boomerang for Gmail (and indeed, Boomerang for Outlook). These add-ins are designed to help manage the constant flow … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Outlook
Tagged Cheat Sheet, EMS, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange Management Shell, Gmail, Outlook, PowerShell, retention policies
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Enterprise Vault, stubbing, and competition
Last March I wrote a post about the early history of the product now sold as Symantec Enterprise Vault. I’m now delighted to see that Nigel Dutt has published a comprehensive account of the history of the Vault. The account … Continue reading
Outlook 2013, swelling OSTs, and retention policies
Speaking about OST sizes and the change made in Outlook 2013 to drive down the amount of data cached by users, another thought came into my mind (I know, a very unusual occurrence). Just how big can an OST grow … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Office 365, Outlook
Tagged Exchange retention policies, OST, Outlook 2013, retention policies
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Exchange Unwashed Digest August 2012
Another month has gone by so here’s the digest listing of posts to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. After a year or so of posting to WindowsITPro, I’ve settled into a routine of publication every Tuesday and Thursday. Given … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Email, Exchange, Exchange 2010, Office 365, Outlook
Tagged Active Directory Rights Management, ADRMS, EAC, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP2 RU4, Exchange 2013, Exchange Administration Center, Exchange Management Shell, Mailbox Replication Service, Managed Folder Assistant, MFA, MRS, Outlook 2013, PowerShell, Public folders, retention policies, WebReady
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Overcoming common issues when installing Exchange 2013 Preview
Every new version of Exchange brings its own tweaks and peculiarities for the installation process. Exchange 2013 Preview is no different. For one thing, its progress is as slow as a wet week in a caravan on the west coast … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange
Tagged Common installation problems, Exchange 2013 Preview, Strong name Exchange
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What to do about Outlook’s synchronization logs?
Those of you who read my “other” blog (at WindowsITPro.com) are probably aware of my views on Outlook’s continuing failure to be able to suppress or otherwise deal with the generous number of synchronization logs that the client generates. Last … Continue reading
Priorities for MEC 2012 attendees
With the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) just a month away, thoughts turn to the hot topics that will be discussed there. Of course, Exchange 2013 is the top order of business and Microsoft will dedicate the majority of their sessions … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Email, Exchange
Tagged Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, MEC 2012, Microsoft Exchange Conference, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013
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Analyzing Exchange 2010 SP2 RU4
Another six weeks has gone by and it’s time for another set of Exchange roll-ups. The splendidly-named Customer Experience Team released RU8 for Exchange 2007 SP3 and RU4 for Exchange 2010 SP2 on August 14. The big story around Exchange … Continue reading
How curious! Outlook 2003 can’t read Exchange 2010 PSTs
Microsoft has released KB2742408 to report that Outlook 2003 clients can’t read PSTs generated by Exchange 2010’s New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet. This is kind of curious, if understandable. New-MailboxExportRequest is processed by the Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) running on a CAS server. It creates … Continue reading
Lots of new cmdlets appear in Exchange 2013
Some people do an excellent job of tracking the details of new software releases. I’m not one of them, but I am very happy to learn of the results of their work. Thus we find that MVP Tom Arbuthnot (a … Continue reading
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