Category Archives: Exchange 2013

Chasing down mailbox delegate access in Exchange Online

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Tony Redmond

A recent question from a reader focuses on the need to determine the last logon time for Exchange users. The organization is in the middle of moving to Exchange Online and some management reporting scripts that are used do not … Continue reading →

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Exchange Server Troubleshooting Companion eBook now available

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Tony Redmond

I’ve been spending a lot of time on Office 365 recently, so it was nice to have the opportunity to work on an Exchange on-premises book for a change. I’m delighted to say that MVPs Paul Cunningham and Andrew Higginbotham … Continue reading →

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Exchange’s underappreciated single-page patching capability

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Tony Redmond

I really like single page patching, the facility first introduced in Exchange 2010 to enable a database to detect that a database page is corrupt and to retrieve replacement data from another database copy. It’s one of those elegant pieces of functionality … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest July 2015

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Sorry for the delay in publishing the July 2015 digest for my Exchange Unwashed Blog on WindowsITPro.com. A small detail called vacation (hot sun, cool pools, and chilled rose wine) got the way. C’est la vie. In any case, here’s … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – June 2015

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Sorry for the delay in publishing the June 2015 digest for my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Travel and the need to crank up the organization of updates for the 2nd edition of the “Office 365 for Exchange Professionals” eBook … Continue reading →

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The scourge of autosignatures

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Have you ever wondered just how much valuable storage is occupied in email databases by totally useless autosignature content? You know, logos and other tasteful adornments to the bottom of email, repeated ad nausem on every message, internal and external, … Continue reading →

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Managing offline access for Outlook Web App

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Tony Redmond

Offline access is one of the premier new features offered by Outlook Web App (OWA) in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online. I have had the need to use OWA offline many times and think it is a very usable client, … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – May 2015

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Tony Redmond

May was the month of the Microsoft Ignite conference in Chicago. I’ve already provided my impressions of that event in another post, so I won’t rehash the topic here. There’s no doubt a lot of content was delivered at Ignite … Continue reading →

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Write some code and you can influence DAG failovers (for now anyway…)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Tony Redmond

A recent debate on the Exchange 2013 (unofficial) Facebook group started off with the question “can I built my own failover criteria in a DAG?” and pointed to the TechNet page on Active Manager. The debate began with sheer denials, … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – April 2015

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Tony Redmond

April was a very busy month. First, Microsoft had a lot of conferences to attend and therefore had many announcements to make. It seemed like every marketing manager had something to say, so we had a blizzard of announcements that … Continue reading →

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