Tag Archives: Exchange 2010

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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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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Why even bulletproofed Exchange ActiveSync is no guarantee of future iOS client happiness

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Tony Redmond

A comment posted to my post wondering whether Apple’s release of iOS 6.1.2 would provide a long-term fix for the problem that causes excessive transaction log growth on Exchange servers (without introducing any new problems) asked a pertinent question: “Maybe … Continue reading →

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iOS 6.1.2 appears – it might fix the bug that screws up Exchange

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Tony Redmond

It looks like Apple has released iOS 6.1.2 in an attempt to fix the calendar synchronization problem that causes Exchange servers to log a vastly increased number of database transactions and results in more transaction logs being generated, log replication within … Continue reading →

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Weak Apple advice about iOS 6.1 bug – problems continue

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Tony Redmond

I love this recommendation from Apple’s support article “iOS 6.1: Excess Exchange activity after accepting an exception to recurring calendar event” advising that one cure for the ActiveSync problem that causes Exchange servers (all versions) to be swamped by excessive … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 simplifies DAG management

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Tony Redmond

As I work through the process of understanding Exchange 2013 so that I can write about it for “Microsoft Exchange 2013 Inside Out”, various odd thoughts come into my mind. One of those that recently arrived was that Microsoft has … Continue reading →

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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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New Store, new memory tuning techniques required

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Tony Redmond

One of the more interesting observations that we will soon be able to make is how well the thoroughly overhauled and rewritten Exchange 2013 Information Store functions in production environments. Of course, there’s the small matter of the rest of … 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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