Category Archives: Exchange 2013

Exchange Unwashed blog digest March 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I have been remiss in updating this site with information about posts to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. All I can say is that WindowsITPro.com has been through the trauma of a content management system (CMS) upgrade. Like all … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 Inside Out appears on Amazon

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tony Redmond

The wheels of the publishing market turn in mysterious ways. At least, their ways are mysterious to those who don’t publish books, including the authors who actually write the text. Earlier this month I let you know that O’Reilly will … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability makes an appearance

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Tony Redmond

The nice people at O’Reilly Media have posted details of book one of the two-part Exchange 2013 Inside Out set. My book covers the mailbox server and high availability while Paul Robichaux is deep in the process of writing all … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 CU1 appears

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Exchange 2013 CU1 has now appeared. My review of the new release is available on WindowsITPro.com, where I have also posted some notes on the approach needed to update mailbox servers that are members of a Database Availability Group (DAG). … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013: Stuck messages in OWA’s Drafts folder and DNS

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Tony Redmond

One of the common things that OWA users notice about Exchange 2013 is that outgoing messages sometimes appear to get “stuck” in the Drafts folder. Not only do messages seem to linger in Drafts, no trace of the outbound messages … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013: Using crimson events to track transaction log truncation within a DAG

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Prior to Exchange 2007, transaction log truncation (removal) used to be a pretty simple affair. A successful good backup would truncate the log set or, if you used circular logging, Exchange used a small set of logs to capture transactions … Continue reading →

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Some side-effects of the Exchange 2013 cumulative update strategy

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Now that we have had a chance to digest the ramifications of the new cumulative update strategy for Exchange 2013 as laid out by Microsoft, it’s a good time to speculate how things will work in a practical sense. Three … Continue reading →

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Can Windows servers consume untreated Internet traffic safely?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Last September, Microsoft dropped a bombshell when they announced that they were dropping development of the Threat Management Gateway (TMG) product along with their decision to cease production of on-premises ant-virus products. The problem for the Exchange community was that … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest February 2013

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Tony Redmond

February was quite an interesting month, if you like tracking various bugs and arguing whether Exchange 2013 is fit for deployment. Here’s what happened in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com during the month: Exchange 2010 Datacenter switchover tool (February … Continue reading →

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“Can’t delete email” problem emerges for Exchange 2010 SP2 RU6 and Exchange 2010 SP3

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft’s new cumulative update strategy for Exchange 2013 calls for updates to be shipped to customers every thirteen weeks. An expectation exists, at least on the part of Microsoft, that customers will then install the updates soon afterwards, if only … Continue reading →

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