Category Archives: Exchange 2010

Exchange, Voicemail, and retention

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Have you ever wondered why Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 support the creation of an explicit default retention tag just for voicemail? Perhaps not, and certainly not if you are not interested in Unified Messaging and voicemail will never darken … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest for December 2012

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I’m a tad remiss in posting the December 2012 digest for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog that appears on WindowsITPro.com. My only excuse is that I’ve been busy working on chapters for Exchange 2013 Inside Out (Volume 1 – Volume 2 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft withdraws problematic updates from WSUS, but no cause to celebrate

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Yesterday I published a note on WindowsITPro.com describing the confusion that erupted when Microsoft issued KB2506143 (for Windows 2008 R2 SP1) and KB2506146 (for Windows 2008 SP2) through WSUS, a step that normally indicates to system administrators that the fixes … Continue reading →

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“Exchange Unwashed” November 2012 digest

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Tony Redmond

November was another busy month for the “Exchange Unwashed” blog. Here’s the digest of the articles that were published. Visio stencils released but no news of Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 or TechNet updates (November 29). Microsoft released a very useful … Continue reading →

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Microsoft increases prices for Office products – time to chat with your sales rep

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft customers probably didn’t enjoy reading about the new prices for Office 2013 products that are reportedly on the way from December 1. The date is important because that’s when the Office 2013 versions of applications like Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, … Continue reading →

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Kemp reveals LoadMaster changes after Microsoft drops TMG

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Tony Redmond

In my post that discusses the notion of creating protocol-specific namespaces for use with Exchange 2013, I wondered what the load balancing vendors would react to the changing landscape of the Exchange world. Of course, it’s not just the new … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft has re-released Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 (v2) – This update should fix the DAG problem that was reported soon after the original release. However, protect yourself by making sure to test RU5 thoroughly before it goes anywhere near a production … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest for October 2012

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Tony Redmond

October 2012 was quite a busy month for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsItPro.com with 11 articles appearing. Here’s the regular monthly digest: Exchange 2013 reduces number of mounted databases to 50 (October 30). I wonder how many companies run … Continue reading →

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Protecting Exchange mailbox databases against rogue administrators

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Jürgen Hasslauer gave an interesting talk at The Experts Conference (TEC) in Barcelona covering the features included in Exchange 2013 to monitor and control access to sensitive data. The talk was based on his experience of assessing Exchange against the … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed September 2012 Digest

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Tony Redmond

September 2012 was the month of MEC and many articles appeared to cover the happenings at the conference. I tried, but failed, to stay away from too many mentions of MEC in the “Exchange Unwashed” blog because there were many … Continue reading →

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