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also improves upon cluster size allowance. Cluster continuous replication (CCR) limited Exchange 2007 mailbox servers to only two copies of a database -- one active and one passive. In contrast, Exchange 2010 clusters can have up to 16 copies of a database -- one active and up to 15 passive.
But this raises a few questions... More... Jun 23, 2009
restore only Exchange data. You must restore all backed up storage groups and databases simultaneously -- you cannot pick and choose.
You can only back up the active copy of an active/passive high-availability solution. You can restore the data to its original location or to an alternate location. Although this... More... Jun 9, 2009
way to improve mailbox server reliability is through clustering. In the past, Exchange Server clustering got a bad rap because of a fatal flaw in traditional active/passive clustering. This type of clustering provided hardware redundancy, but both cluster nodes used the same copy of the store. This meant that you...
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Mar 26, 2009
log files are cached in memory.
LLR was also created for the benefit of cluster continuous replication (CCR), which uses log shipping to copy log files from an active cluster node to a passive cluster node. Imagine what would happen if an active node were to go offline suddenly. The active node would probably contain... More... Dec 17, 2008
by opening the Exchange Management Shell and entering TEST.PS1. Instead, you must enter the full path to the cmdlet, even if the .PS1 file resides in the current directory. Therefore, entering TEST.PS1 would be invalid; entering something like C:\TEMP\TEST.PS1 would be valid.
Dec 10, 2008
When you are done, log out and log back in as an administrator.
Use the technique that I demonstrated earlier to gain access to the user's Application Data directory. Finally, find the \Users\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder and replace any existing .NK2 files with the ones you... More... Dec 8, 2008
file and then re-enabling Exchange caching forces Outlook to rebuild the cache from scratch.
The cache file is an .OST file stored within the user's profile directory. The actual file name varies from user to user, but there should only be one .OST file in the user's directory. The actual location of the offline cache also... More... Nov 11, 2008
there is some cleanup work that is required after the database recovery process is complete. Specifically, each recovered mailbox must be relinked to an Active Directory user account. You may also have to configure Microsoft Outlook on the users' workstations to point to the new mailbox location.
About the author: Brien M... More... Nov 6, 2008
communicating with the mailbox nodes, users should experience a seamless application transfer. However, this will only occur if your network and dependent Active Directory (AD) infrastructure have been properly configured.
Although it's still an unsupported configuration, virtualizing Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers... More... Jul 23, 2008
needs to validate the integrity of the blocks it secured. Therefore, mid-day database verification is achieved first; verification on a server other than the active Exchange server is achieved next.
This entire process happens very quickly -- shortening the restore process to minutes. The Exchange server comes up... More... Jul 3, 2008
Microsoft Exchange Server virtual directory corruption can prevent Outlook Web Access (OWA) from displaying icons properly. The OWA contents frame will display a "Loading…" message and...
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Jul 1, 2008
, along with a message stating that "Synchronization failed due to an error on the server." This occurs because Exchange ActiveSync uses the /Exchange virtual directory to access DAV on the back-end Exchange server. While this isn't a problem, there are two conditions that can prevent the /Exchange virtual directory from...
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May 29, 2008
The first five entries in this screen are calls to the Active Directory. You also see that these calls were made using a TCP/IP through the workstation's primary network interface. The number of requests and failures are... More... May 20, 2008
from Outlook 98 through 2007.
When an email arrives with an attachment, DetachPipe automatically strips the attachment from the email and stores it in a directory on the local computer or on a network share. A hyperlink then replaces the attachment in the saved email. There's no need to search for the attachment... More... Apr 10, 2008
to a list or SharePoint library directly. There are two ways to set up incoming email in MOSS. I like to call them "Super Mode," which incorporates the use of Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Exchange, and "Simple Mode," which requires that basic SMTP is enabled on the Web front-end (WFE) server or WFEs in a load-balanced...
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Apr 8, 2008
List can be time consuming and resource intensive. The process obtains the contents of each individual Safe Senders List and writes collective lists to Active Directory. This can strain your Exchange servers and domain controllers. Therefore, it's advisable to run the process during non-peak hours.
Each sender is... More... Mar 20, 2008
over again from scratch!
The Microsoft Anti-Spam Migration Tool reads the antispam settings for a given Exchange 2003 installation from an instance of Active Directory and then converts those settings into a PowerShell script. When that script is run on an Exchange 2007 Edge Transport or Hub Transport server, the... More... Mar 14, 2008
type Function User Send and receive messages Room Schedule a conference room Equipment Reserve a piece of equipment Linked Used by a user who doesn't have an Active Directory account within the forest Legacy User mailbox that resides on an Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 server Table 1. Exchange Server 2007 mailboxes and...
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Mar 14, 2008
target for attacks. In this configuration, it isn't a domain member, and therefore, does not contain any domain information.
The ISA server resides outside of an Active Directory forest, so domain administrators don't have management control over the server, unless you specifically grant them access. Despite its benefits, this... More... Mar 6, 2008
instance, I defined Administration and Development under IT. Administration may have several teams below it that require their own site collection, such as Directory Services, Help Desk and Web Admins. To facilitate this, you can create a managed path to include the Administration and Development namespaces, as...
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Mar 4, 2008
a bug that prohibits removing a Mailbox Server role if it contains public folder stores. In this tip, he explains a workaround that uses ADSI Edit to change an Active Directory database and remove public folder stores from the Mailbox Server role. As noted in a previous tutorial, uninstalling Exchange 2007 and individual...
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Feb 27, 2008
produced results for dozens of other similar products, these are the only two that I have tested.
Adolsign from ITeF!x Consulting integrates directly into Active Directory and doesn't depend on Exchange Server. When a user starts Microsoft Outlook, a disclaimer and/or signature will be configured for that user... More... Feb 20, 2008
a little administrative work and some prerequisites. The Exchange server must be running on Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later, and the Exchange virtual directory in Internet Information Services (IIS) must be configured to accept only Basic authentication.
To customize the OWA logon page in Exchange Sever 2003: ... More... Feb 12, 2008
alleviate this; however, implementing them can be somewhat difficult.
Hub to Edge Transport server synchronization The Hub Transport server synchronizes Active Directory data to the Edge Transport server's Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) partition. For this synchronization to succeed, the Hub Transport server... More... Dec 13, 2007
and enforced.
The Exchange administrator configured IIS to redirect users automatically from a second-tier domain (e.g., https://mail.x.com) to the proper OWA directory (i.e., https://mail.x.com/exchange). He also wanted to provide a redirect from http://mail.x.com to https://mail.company.com. However, when he tried to implement the... More... Dec 12, 2007
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