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Updates to Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator

To read the updated Exchange 2007 Storage Cost calculator blog post and get the calculator, go HERE . All future calculator updates will be rolled into this page, sorted from newer to older. UPDATE ON 12/02/2008: Version 4.0 This release of the Storage...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2008 11:42 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Tools, Storage, Clustering

Building a Lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 Using PowerShell

Hi from Alabama, This is a follow-up to my last post , which was about building a lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2003 using a PowerShell script. This post is about building the same lab using Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008....

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 10:53 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Setup, Tools, Administration, Scripting, Clustering

Utilizing Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook V3.0 functionality in the Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool V 2.0

This August 2008, Microsoft has released an update to the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool. This new version (Version 3.0) offers, amongst others, better support for Israel and Brazil with regards to time zone handling and rebasing of calendars. The Exchange...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 2:12 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Tips 'n Tricks, Outlook, Tools, Administration

Detecting LDAP filters that could cause Exchange 2007 setup problems

Some customers have experienced a problem where the following error is generated when installing the Mailbox role on an Exchange 2007 server (typically the first Exchange 2007 Mailbox server in the org): Exchange server address list service failed to...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2007 8:21 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Tips 'n Tricks, Setup, Role: Mailbox, Tools

Advanced Exchange 2007 Transport Logs Troubleshooting using Log Parser - Part 2

This is a second in my series of posts that deal with using Log Parser tool to analyze your Exchange 2007 transport logs. For the first post, please go here . I have written this blog post in a way that I walk you through building more and more complex...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2007 11:37 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

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

Advanced Exchange 2007 Transport Logs Troubleshooting using Log Parser - Part 1

Exchange Server 2007 uses new transport logs file formats that are easy to parse with one of our favorite Swiss Army knife tools, "Log Parser". Log Parser (also referred to as LP in the rest of this blog post) is commonly used for analyzing...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2007 12:58 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

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

The extended Daylight Saving Time period for the US and Canada begins this Sunday (Oct. 28 2007)

If you have not used the Time Zone Data Update Tools in your environment previously and you have users with appointments that appear to be off by one hour during the week of October 28, 2007 – November 4, 2007 then you should consider whether...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2007 9:29 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Calendaring, Tools

Moving public folder replicas from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007

We have heard from you that there hasn't been enough information on moving of public folder replicas from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007 so I wanted to provide some information to fill in the gaps. Firstly, if you have installed the Exchange 2003...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2007 12:45 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Tools

Using Powershell Scripting to Bulk Modify Active Directory Objects

One of the strengths of Windows PowerShell scripting is the ability to leverage both .NET and COM objects. Scripting with System.DirectoryServices is now possible, the main purpose of this blog post is to provide a sample script used to bulk modify Active...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2007 10:00 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Exchange 2007, Tips 'n Tricks, Tools, Scripting

Running the Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool in report only mode

The Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool was not designed to work in a report only mode through the tool's UI. However, there is a technical work around that will allow you to run the tool in this mode and we are investigating making this an...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2007 8:13 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Calendaring, Tools

Installing and running Windows Mobile 5+MSFP and Windows Mobile 6 standalone emulators

On the Exchange Enterprise Client Server Infrastructure (CSI) support team we use Windows Mobile emulators on a daily basis to troubleshoot customer issues.  One thing I'm asked often is how to install them.  The directions have...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2007 10:45 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Mobility, Tips 'n Tricks, Community, Tools

Time to Check Your Calendars Again

Well, it's that time again.  Time for the clocks to change, as a result of Daylight Savings Time (DST).  If you are an Exchange administrator, and haven't heard how the time changes impact your messaging environment, then you...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2007 2:48 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Role: Mailbox, Calendaring, Community, Tools

More fun with Logparser and Exchange logs

Right now there is no easy way to tell who is using Entourage, RPC/HTTP (Outlook Anywhere), Exchange ActiveSync, or OWA with what frequency.  I have found Logparser to be very helpful in answering a lot of these questions.  The tool...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2007 11:12 AM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Mobility, Role: Client Access, Tips 'n Tricks, Outlook Web Access, Tools

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer Automation

Introduction One of the topics that an Exchange administrator needs to care about is the level of security of the Exchange servers regarding the patching level from the Security Update. In wide IT environment, Security Updates are most of the time in...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2007 12:24 PM by You Had Me At EHLO...

Filed under: Tips 'n Tricks, Security, Tools

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