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Transport Rules: Exception to the Rule

When constructing Transport Rules, it is pretty straight forward to define a set of conditions and then specify the action to take when those conditions are met. It is easy to overlook an optional third component: Exceptions. Several customer questions...

Published 03-15-2010 2:03 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Administration, Exchange 2010

Making sense of Exchange Logs using ExLogAnalyzer

Early 2008 we have posted a blog entry with a VB script that generates some pre-canned reports that are based on message tracking logs. The script has proven to be useful in understanding Microsoft's Exchange work load and guide some design decision...

Published 01-20-2010 1:21 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Transport & Routing, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Tools, Exchange 2010

Restricting email to the Internet on a per user AND per domain basis

You requested it... and we delivered it in Exchange 2010! One of the most requested items in exchange 2007 was something like this... ...we have 5-12 external domains that we need to allow some users to send to, but prevent sending to all other domains...

Published 01-18-2010 8:39 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Transport & Routing, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 Delivery Reports

The Delivery Reports feature which was introduced in Exchange 2010 enables both Information Workers, and administrators to view delivery status of messages and discover answers to questions such as: why a message was not delivered, where a message is...

Published 01-13-2010 11:02 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Transport & Routing, Troubleshooting, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Exchange 2010

Troubleshooting MailTips

MailTips brings together information from many sources; its value to users is taking what can be complicated on the backend and presenting it very simply. This does mean, however, that there are a few different places to look when troubleshooting MailTips...

Published 01-06-2010 12:37 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Troubleshooting, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Role: Hub Transport, Exchange 2010

Moderation with transport rules

Let's say you have a business process that requires the approval of two different people. Well, with moderation and transport rules, you can automate that process with Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010. In this example, we'll set up transport rules...

Published 12-16-2009 1:10 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Transport & Routing, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Hub Transport, Outlook, Exchange 2010

Early look: Exchange 2010 perf counters and thresholds to watch

Seeing that many will be finding a copy of Exchange 2010 under the tree soon (...right?), we wanted to let you know that we have been working to create the performance counter guidance for Exchange 2010 as we have for Exchange 2007 (see Monitoring Without...

Published 12-14-2009 2:38 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Role: Client Access, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Role: Unified Messaging, Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 Transport Architecture Diagrams Available for Download

The Exchange 2010 transport server role architecture diagrams are now available for download. The Hub Transport Role Architecture diagram can help you understand the different transport components involved in processing and routing messages, the different...

Published 12-01-2009 8:53 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Transport & Routing, Role: Hub Transport, Exchange 2010

Exchange anti-spam myths revealed

In Microsoft CSS (Customer Service and Support) we deal with many anti-spam questions. While the anti-spam features that come out of the box with Exchange 2007 provide a robust level of protection against unwanted garbage in your inbox, there is still...

Published 11-13-2009 11:43 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Transport & Routing, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Security, Exchange 2010

Updated schedule of Exchange Anti-spam Filter Updates

I wanted to take a moment to get out the latest information concerning Exchange Anti-Spam Filters for the different Exchange products that have been released. This definitely will not answer all the questions but it should help in clarifying things that...

Published 10-14-2009 1:57 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Transport & Routing, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Security, Exchange 2010

Spotlight on Exchange 2010: Version-Based Routing

By now, you've seen a few of our Spotlight on Exchange 2010 postings. If you have, hopefully you're excited about the great work that has been going on to make Exchange 2010 the best version of Exchange yet. So then the practical side of you kicks...

Published 10-14-2009 10:03 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Transport & Routing, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport, Exchange 2010

Large Message Processing in Exchange, Part 1: Prevention and Planning

Already an expert on large messages? You'll still want to check out the updated "Best Practices" section below to harden your server against possible outages. Overview Although email is not always the best way to share files, the method...

Published 07-07-2009 9:23 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Transport & Routing, Troubleshooting, Role: Edge Transport, Role: Hub Transport

Spotlight on Exchange 2010: E-mail Moderation

Moderation in Exchange Server 2010 In past versions of Exchange server, the best way to control mail flow to a distribution group or mailbox was delivery restrictions. Delivery restrictions allow you to reject mail from certain individuals or groups Read...

Published 06-10-2009 6:38 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Role: Hub Transport, Exchange 2010

Journaling Considerations in Mixed Environments

Are you using Journaling in a mixed Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2003 environment? If yes, here are some mixed environment considerations you should be aware of. A Brief Overview of Journaling Exchange 2003 shipped with 3 different types of journaling:...

Published 06-01-2009 7:35 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Role: Hub Transport

Introducing Attachment Inspection in Transport Rules

Transport Rules provides an organization with the tools needed to enforce messaging policies across their Exchange organization. You may be familiar with Transport Rules in Exchange Server 2007, and the ability to inspect different parts of a message...

Published 05-11-2009 5:06 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Role: Hub Transport, Security, Exchange 2010

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