Essential Exchange

Public Folder Contacts Can't Replicate If you have a public folder contact that includes an e-mail address, there is also an e-mail address type field that is associated with every e-mail address. Note: You cannot see this e-mail address type field by default - but it's still there. To view it...

The TrustedInstaller - Isn't. Generally, when applying patches (whether service packs or hotfixes or rollups), the installation process will automatically acquire all the necessary permissions - if the user executing the process CAN acquire those permissions. This is especially relevant under Server...

Incoming e-mail CAN'T come in! This issue is not exclusive to Exchange 2010 - it also exists in Exchange 2007. The default receive connector created by the Exchange setup process does not include permissions to include "Anonymous users" on the default server permission group. Microsoft...

As I work through migrations to Exchange Server 2010 with my various clients, I'm developing a list of Exchange 2010 "gotchas". Not necessarily things that are earth-shattering, but do have the potential to be surprising to administrators. Gotcha #1 revolves around the fact that an Offline...

After a wait of almost 24 hours - the download is available. Yesterday, the Microsoft Exchange team announced the immediate availability of the Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate with this posting. However.... there was a complication... it wasn't available! As of a few minutes ago (1630 EST...

I'm working with a client this week on migrating them from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007. Their Exchange 2003 environment is a weird one - a A/A/A/P/P cluster. That's right - Active/Active/Active/Passive/Passive. Whoever sold them that solution made some serious money! :-) I'm...

I was recently a guest on the "Get-PodCast PowerScripting" podcast, discussing (primarily) Exchange Server 2010. To listen to the podcast, Episode 73, MVP Michael Smith Talks Exchange . Until next time... If there are things you would like to see written about, please let me know!

Microsoft is preparing to make a potentially breaking change that deals with how Exchange Server 2007 handles named properties. This change is scheduled to be a part of Service Pack 2 and of Exchange Server 2010 at RTM. This change involves the promotion (i.e., the visibility to non-MAPI clients) of...

Microsoft has lots of guidance about removing the last Exchange 2003 server from an administrative group (see KB 822931 ) and I definitely recommend you give that a read. They also have a technet article about removing the last Exchange 2003 server from your organization (after you've upgraded to...

In May of 2008, I wrote the article SBS 2003 Hardware Migration/Upgrade . Since then, I've been asked many times about my process for doing a SBS 2003 hardware upgrade. In general, I just have to say "I follow the steps". As I recommended in my original article, if the Microsoft white paper...