Essential Exchange

In 2004, I wrote an article Why Can't I Have Outlook and Exchange on the same Computer? It applied to versions of Exchange prior to Exchange Server 2007. When written, E12 (Exchange 2007) was still quite early in development at MSFT... Today, times and situations have changed. With Exchange Server...

I don't often just link to another blog posting for MY blog posting, but this one deserves it. It's not new, but last year fellow Exchange MVP Glen Scales wrote a script which allows you to export large mailboxes to ANSI PSTs. It does this by copying each item in a source mailbox to a destination...

I imagine that many of my readers are already aware of this fact, but it is a very common question on the forums, especially as the pace of Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 upgrades appears to be increasing. The question is this: when I move a user's mailbox from one server to another...

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 April 18, 2007 I found Outlook 2007 impossible to use at RTM (release-to-manufacturing - when a MSFT product is first released) because it was too doggone slow with my large mailbox. I dropped back to Office 2003 (since with my job, I pretty much live in Outlook). But MSFT released...

Originally published September 14, 2004 One of the common, perrennial and “whaddayamean I can't do this!?!” questions on the mailing lists is about putting Outlook and Exchange (which includes Exchange Admin!) on the same computer. It's not supported. And while it will often (usually) work if...