Essential Exchange

Originally published in January of 2005, my blog post Exchange Server 2003 and Domain Controllers - A Summary has been the most searched-out article on my blog. While, with the release of Exchange Server 2007, the post is beginning to show it's age, the information contained in the article still...

I've seen this a couple of times now - so a blog post will make the solution searchable via Google for other folks to find. ;-) I've requested that a check for this be added to ExBPA, we'll see if that happens. The error is: Exchange is unable to mount the database that you specified. Specified...

In this article I reported on the fact (then) that single level domains were not supported in Exchange Server 2007 sp1. Microsoft, as of today (February 15, 2008) has changed their position on single-level domains and Exchange Server 2007. This is the Microsoft Exchange Team blog post on the topic. It's...

I first got really interested in Exchange Server when I started working on hosting the product for multiple companies (while using only a single server environment). In fact, I started this blog to talk mainly about hosted Exchange. My interests have expanded and I enjoy working with all of Exchange...

In other words - name and attribute resolution. Exchange Server stores almost all of its non-store-related information in Active Directory. This includes configuration for each individual Exchange server, each Virtual Server for each Exchange server, etc. Exchange places all of this information beginning...

Do you know what a flat domain is? Do you know what a single-level domain is? You may not even be aware that Active Directory supported single-level domains. If you do - then you've probably run into problems with it in the past. Now there are more problems. A flat or single-level domain is one that...

Generally speaking, Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 have a built-in mechanism that allows a user to change their password. In Outlook 2007, you find this (almost) hidden capability at Tools -> Options -> Other -> Advanced Options -> Custom Forms -> Password. In Outlook 2003, it is in about...

Originally published July 19, 2006 A common request is “how do I determine what security applies to a given [user | mailbox | registry value]”? The attached script shows you how to do that. None of this is unique to me, I just put it together in a pretty little script. Most of the script can be found...

Originally published July 11, 2006 I apologize for the long absence, but I've been tied up in Exchange 2007 testing and learning. If you haven't seen it yet - just wait. You'll be very impressed, especially from the administrator's perspective. Especially when used in concert with Outlook...

Originally published September 1, 2005 I had an interesting question asked of me today, and I had to spend some time looking into it, so I thought I'd share the result of that with you. As you know, adprep is used for preparing Active Directory to include Windows Server 2003 domain controllers. It...