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- Fixing a "FailedAndSuspended" content index for an Exchange 2013 database
- Creating a new address list for Exchange Online (Office 365)
- Varying replication mode within a DAG
- Connecting to Exchange 2010 with PowerShell
- Replacing missing RBAC roles
- Removing mailbox export and import requests
- Date range exports with New-MailboxExportRequest
- How curious! Outlook 2003 can't read Exchange 2010 PSTs
- Recoverable Items and Calendar Versioning
- Batching Exchange 2010 mailbox moves
Author Archives: Tony Redmond
Accessing Exchange 2010 mailbox move history data
By default, the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) keeps the last two logs for moves performed on a mailbox. Each log occupies approximately 300KB and, if desired, you can increase the number of logs that MRS keeps by editing … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP1, Mailbox move status, Mailbox Replication Service, MRS
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Extracting the Exchange 2010 version number for a server
I was asked me the other day what the best method is to retrieve information about the build version for Exchange 2010 that’s installed on a server. There are two ways of approaching the problem. You can either fetch the … Continue reading
Why bother with Outlook 2003?
When Microsoft released Outlook 2003 in October 2003 (The history of Outlook is a good link to the history of Outlook), it marked several breakthroughs for Exchange clients. First, Outlook 2003 introduced RPC over HTTP and laid the foundation of … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010, Outlook
Tagged Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP1, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010
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SharePoint 2010 for Dummies – that must be for me!
The redoubtable team of Kevin Laahs, Emer McKenna, and Veli-Matti Vanamo have gotten into the saddle once again to produce SharePoint 2010 All-in-One For Dummies (also available from Amazon.co.uk). The book is scheduled for publication on 4 November 2010 so … Continue reading
Making client connection settings available to ECP
The “Account Information” page of the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) contains a pointer to “Settings for POP, IMAP, and SMTP access…” The intention is to provide users with the information that they need to input into clients that use these … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged Client Protocol Settings, ECP, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP1, Exchange Control Panel
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The remarkable disconnect between Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2007
*** See note about December 2010 cumulative update for Office 2007 at the end of this post. The recent release of Exchange 2010 SP1 is good news for the Exchange community because it improves the overall quality of the product … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP1, Outlook, Outlook 2007
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Auto-tagging in Exchange 2010
Exchange 2010 includes the ability for administrators to define retention policies to control how long items are allowed to remain inside user mailboxes before Exchange will automatically take action to move or remove the items. A retention policy is composed … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged Compliance, Exchange 2010, Retention, Retention policy, Retention tags
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The meaning of events 4113 and 4114 to Exchange 2010 SP1
One of the lesser discussed updates included in Exchange 2010 SP1 is the addition of database redundancy monitoring by the Microsoft Exchange Replication service. This occurs for databases that are in a Database Availability Group (DAG) and is intended to … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2010 SP1
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Exchange 2010 SP1 reaches RTM status
Microsoft declared that Exchange 2010 SP1 had attained a sufficiently high standard of code and features to warrant release to manufacturing (RTM) on Monday, August 23. This decision was reached by the development team “war room” after the customers who … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP1, Microsoft Exchange
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On Abbey Island
Unlike the impression that many have of Irish people, I have never spent much time getting to know the Ring of Kerry. In fact, I’ve always regarded it as a route much beloved of tourists and therefore cluttered with tourist … Continue reading
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