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Tag Archives: Mailbox Replication Service
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013
Tagged Exchange 2013, mailbox moves, Mailbox Replication Service, MRS, Workload management
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GAMME – an unfortunate name for Google’s new migration utility
I know (because I have visited the Dublin Googleplex several times) that Google employs several thousand people in Ireland. Couldn’t one of them have looked at the acronym for their new Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) service and … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Email, Exchange, Office 365, Technology
Tagged EWS, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2013, Exchange Online, Exchange Web Services, GAMME, Gmail, Google Apps, IMAP4, Mailbox Replication Service, Migration, MRS, Office 365
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What caused the crippling of Exchange 2013 modern public folders?
Now that the initial fuss about the limitations that recently emerged for Exchange 2013’s modern public folders has subsided (but just a little), cooler minds turn to thinking about why these limitations exist. After all, there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013
Tagged Exchange 2013, Information Store, Limitations, Mailbox Replication Service, MEC, Modern public folders, MRS
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Exchange Unwashed blog digest October 2013
October began with the Exchange Connections conference in Las Vegas and ended with some thoughts on whether to go to TechEd or MEC next year. In between, I contemplated some of the questions raised by attendees at Exchange Connections as … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Email, Exchange, Exchange 2013, Technology
Tagged ActiveSync, Apple iOS, DAG, Database Availability Group, DevConnections, EAS, Exchange 2013, Exchange Connections, Exchange Online, Mailbox Replication Service, Managed Availability, MEC, MRS, NFS, Office 365, On-premises Exchange, TechEd
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Exchange Unwashed Digest August 2012
Another month has gone by so here’s the digest listing of posts to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. After a year or so of posting to WindowsITPro, I’ve settled into a routine of publication every Tuesday and Thursday. Given … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Email, Exchange, Exchange 2010, Office 365, Outlook
Tagged Active Directory Rights Management, ADRMS, EAC, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 SP2 RU4, Exchange 2013, Exchange Administration Center, Exchange Management Shell, Mailbox Replication Service, Managed Folder Assistant, MFA, MRS, Outlook 2013, PowerShell, Public folders, retention policies, WebReady
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Moving a database between DAGs
A recent email discussion between MVPs focused on a topic that I totally missed in my Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out book (also available at Amazon.co.uk), so think of this as an update to chapter 7. The problem arises after you set … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2010
Tagged DAG, Database Availability Group, Exchange 2010, Mailbox Replication Service, MRS
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Exchange 2010, mailbox imports, and LocalSystem
Anything posted on the Internet has a reasonably long half-life, a fact that I was reminded of when I researched some information about the Windows LocalSystem account and discovered an article that I wrote for Windows IT Pro magazine about … Continue reading
Does a suspended mailbox move request expire?
A discussion on this point recently took place via the Exchange MVP mailing list. It doesn’t contain anything secret and I think it’s worth documenting for the benefit of others, so here goes… As you might know from this post … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2010
Tagged Exchange 2010 SP1, Mailbox Replication Service, MRS, New-MoveRequest
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Removing mailbox export and import requests
Exchange 2010 SP1 introduces a new cmdlet set to handle mailbox export requests to avoid the previous requirement to install Outlook on mailbox servers. With SP1 you can run the New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet to create a request for the Mailbox Replication … Continue reading
Tweaking the Mailbox Replication Service configuration file
The Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) is an essential component of any Exchange 2010 deployment as it controls the movement of mailboxes between databases. MRS runs on all Exchange 2010 Client Access Servers (CAS). MRS gets involved in migrations from Exchange … Continue reading
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