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Tag Archives: Exchange 2013
Managing offline access for Outlook Web App
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
Posted in Cloud, Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013, Office 365
Tagged Chrome, Exchange 2013, Exchange Online, IE11, Office 365, offline access, Outlook Web App, OWA
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Write some code and you can influence DAG failovers (for now anyway…)
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
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013
Tagged DAG, Database Availability Group, EMC, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, High Availability
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Fixing a “FailedAndSuspended” content index for an Exchange 2013 database
For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… Imagine my annoyance when I ran the Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus cmdlet on a test Exchange 2013 server … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013
Tagged Content Index, DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2013, FailedAndSuspended
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PowerShell to the rescue to control Exchange 2013 logging
I’m sure that you, like me, pay close attention to Microsoft’s stated requirements to install Exchange 2013. It is, after all, gripping reading of the kind that is guaranteed to lull the reader into a deep sleep within 22 nanoseconds. … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2013
Tagged CU8, Diagnostics, Disk storage, EMS, Exchange 2013, File Space, Logging, PowerShell
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Zombie health mailboxes and EAS probes
When I discussed how some corrupt health mailboxes came about following my flattening of an Exchange 2013 server, I called them “zombie mailboxes”, which might have seemed unkind to some. In fact, it’s an accurate reporting of the fact that … Continue reading
Corrupt health mailboxes from a flattened Exchange server
I flattened an Exchange 2013 server the other day. I don’t mean that I took the physical computer out into the parking lot and drove a large vehicle over it to reduce the server to so many random bits of … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange 2013
Tagged Exchange 2013, Health mailboxes, Monitoring, Recover Exchange server
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Synchronizing the Exchange 2013 public folder hierarchy across public folder mailboxes
For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… As you’re probably well aware, public folders are scrubbed and polished to become bright, new, … Continue reading
Why Exchange 2013 doesn’t need the Microsoft Office Filter Pack
For space reasons, this text is another bit that was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. FWIW, here it is… If you’ve ever installed Exchange 2010, you’re probably aware of the need to install the … Continue reading
Using the Exchange 2013 cmdlet extension agent to populate mailbox settings
For space reasons, this text was cut out of my Exchange 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability book. I only found it again recently, so here it is… Many properties can be set to control exactly how a mailbox … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013
Tagged cmdlet extension agent, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2013 book
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Selecting the right compliance framework to use with Exchange
Exchange 2010 upped Microsoft’s game when it came to the out-of-the-box compliance features available in the server. Exchange 2013 builds on that foundation to refine matters through features such as in-place holds and integration with SharePoint 2013; increased integration is available … Continue reading