Category Archives: Active Directory

Exchange Unwashed Digest – January 2015


January 2015 proved to be quite a varied month in my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com.  Everything from technology transfer from the cloud, new mobile clients, some issues I had with Delve, the new Office for Windows, and Azure witness servers, … Continue reading

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – December 2013


Statistics show that 118 new posts appeared on my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com during 2013. I was responsible for the good posts and am unsure as to the author of anything that was rubbish. Here’s what happened during December … Continue reading

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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

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Forcing an Active Directory update with Exchange 2013 might not be such a good idea


My post of May 4 exploring the question whether the upcoming Exchange 2013 release should force companies to upgrade their Active Directory infrastructures to a modern version generated a considerable number of messages. As you might recall, the question was … Continue reading

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Should Exchange 2013 force an Active Directory upgrade?


One of the interesting debates at the Exchange Q&A session at TEC 2012 was the question whether the upcoming release of Exchange 2013 should force companies who want to deploy the new software to upgrade their Active Directory infrastructure to … Continue reading

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Exchange Connections 2012 – Your chance to present


Following on from my recent post about the three major U.S.-based conferences that feature a lot of content about Microsoft Exchange Server, I note that the nice people at Penton Media have issued a call for papers for the Exchange … Continue reading

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Installing Exchange 2010 SP2


By now you’ll have read the news that Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Exchange 2010. If not, you can read my article on WindowsITPro.com and then go and fetch the necessary bits from the Microsoft Download Center. … Continue reading

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Windows Server 8, Exchange, and Digital Command Language


The IT industry has a habit of refreshing itself by reusing ideas from the past. The recent news that Windows Server 8 will boast a much-enhanced array of PowerShell cmdlets and the ability to log onto servers via the web … Continue reading

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Useful Visio stencil for Exchange 2010 SP1


Microsoft has made an updated Microsoft Office Visio stencil for Exchange 2010 SP1 available for download. As you can see from the screen capture, a wide variety of shapes is available in the stencil including some for Windows components (Active Directory, … Continue reading

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Two conferences call for sessions for Fall 2011


The two conferences that cover topics of interest to Exchange, including Exchange itself, SharePoint, and Windows, have issued calls for sessions for their Fall conferences. TEC’s Fall event is in Frankfurt, Germany from 17-19 October while Fall Connections is in … Continue reading

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