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Exchange 2013 workload management controls how the Mailbox Replication service uses system resources
One of the more important changes for the Mailbox Replication service (MRS) in Exchange 2013 that I discovered when researching content for “Microsoft Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability” is how the function of the MRS configuration file has changed. As you might recall from the steps taken to…
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Setting server diagnostic levels in Exchange 2013
The ability to set diagnostics at different levels for the various components that function on an Exchange server has always existed. From Exchange 4.0 to Exchange 2003 you set diagnostic levels through the management console by selecting the component (for example, ActiveSync) and the level that you wanted to apply. Once…
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Exchange 2013 improves USG management through EAC and OWA
Exchange 2010 SP1 made a change to limit the ability to make changes to universal security groups (USGs) via the Exchange Management Console (EMC), which meant that administrators were no longer able to use EMC to amend USG membership, a side-effect of the introduction of support for a split permissions model.…
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Some technology updates, some glitches, mostly good
Since returning from the network wilderness that sometimes afflicted us during our recent trip to France, it seemed like a good idea to complete some technology refreshes that had been on the back-burner during vacation. The first was to remove the Windows 8.1 Developer Preview from my Nokia Lumia 1020…
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Exchange Unwashed Digest – August 2014
I spent a lot of August in France but that didn’t stop the constant demand for new content to appear in my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Here’s what was published during the month. Exchange 2013 CU6 hybrid and co-existence bugs cause administrators to despair (August 30): Exchange 2013 CU6…
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Visiting Omaha Beach and some Wi-Fi woes
Those of you who know me will realize that I am a bit of a history buff, so it should come as no surprise that the last night on a recent trip to France found us in Vierville-sur-Mer en route to the Cherbourg ferry. Vierville-sur-Mer is a very small village,…
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Dealing with Inbox Clutter – with or without vacations
The news that Daimler has decided to implement software that deletes email received by users when they are on vacation might make other companies believe that such a course is a very good thing. After all, you’re not supposed to be thinking about work when you are on vacation. Right?…
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The need for a cloud Plan B
For most important decisions that you take in life it’s wise to have a Plan B. Something that you can do to reverse course should the unexpected occur and you need to revert to a previous position. And so it is with the cloud, an option that is being embraced…
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