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Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2 demazter04/16/2010, 12:00 AM This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the following software: Windows Small Business Server Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange 2010 Migration, SBS2003, Small Business Server 2003, migration to Exchange 2010 Views: 84328Comments: 249
Outlook continually prompting for username and password demazter01/20/2010, 12:00 AM There have been a lot of questions recently regarding Outlook prompting for a username and password whilst using Exchange 2007. There are a few reasons why this would happen and I will try to cover the most common ones here. Exchange 2007 Service Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Outlook prompting, autodiscover, exchange, autodiscover.domainname.com Views: 67063Comments: 67
Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup demazter02/12/2010, 12:00 AM There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the ability to backup Exchange 2010 using the built in Windows Backup feature. This stems from the omission of this feature prior to Exchange 2007 service Pack 2 Exchange 2010 includes a plug-in Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange 2010, backup Views: 50552Comments: 42
Exchange 2003 - Activesync Connection Problems FAQ alanhardisty10/19/2009, 12:00 AM On numerous occasions I was seeing questions pop up that involved Exchange 2003 and problems getting iPhones / Windows Mobile phones and now more recently, iPads, to work with Activesync, so after answering several questions, I decided to write the Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange 2003, Activesync, iPhone, Windows Mobile Views: 44570Comments: 232
Exchange 2007/2010 Web services and Autodiscover Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide busbar04/30/2010, 12:00 AM Hi, during my online activities I can see that Exchange 2007/2010 web services are causing a lot of issues to people, and lots are suffering from it. I decided to put this ultimate guide to spare the hustle and allow smoother and nicer web services Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Views: 29119Comments: 6
Configure Exchange 2007 or 2010 to relay email for an additional domain. demazter02/26/2010, 12:00 AM The most common request is how to configure Exchange Server to receive and deliver mail for an additional domain name. This could be because of a company merger, a change in name or you could simply be hosting multiple domains within a single Excha Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, addtitional domain, relay Views: 28556Comments: 14
Configure a shared mailbox in Exchange 2010 demazter06/07/2010, 12:00 AM We see 3 or 4 requests every day for how to configure a shared mailbox. Now that Exchange 2010 is growing in uptake, more of those requests are for this facility in Exchange 2010. With Exchange 2010 the process has slightly changed, for the better Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: exchange 2010, shared mailbox Views: 26671Comments: 16
Activesync Working But Only For Some Users On Exchange 2007 / 2010 alanhardisty04/13/2010, 12:00 AM There are some issues with ActiveSync for both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 users whereby some users can connect their Mobile Devices (Windows Mobile Phones / iPhones / Motorola Droid etc) quite happily and ActiveSync pushes mail to the devices, Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Activesync, Exchange, 2007, 2010, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, iphone, droid, AdminSDHolder, SDPROP, EAS Views: 22157Comments: 36
Importing PST files in to Exchange 2010 demazter03/22/2010, 12:00 AM Importing PST’s in to Exchange 2010 is a lot easier than it was in 2007 due to the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) feature. Before we can import PST’s to Exchange 2010 there are a few pre-requisites and they are: You must have the x64 version Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: import-mailbox, get-mailbox, exchange 2010 mailbox import, import pst Views: 20393Comments: 30
Mailbox Recovery Exchange 2010 demazter04/27/2010, 12:00 AM In previous versions of Exchange Server, we had the recovery storage group, or RSG, which allowed us to restore a copy of the EDB file associated with the Mailbox Database and recover individual mailboxes or mail/calendar/contact items. In Exchan Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: recovery database, RSG, Exchange 2010, recover mailbox, restore-mailbox, backup, restore Views: 19567Comments: 11
Why you shouldn't use PST files tigermatt10/24/2009, 12:00 AM by Matt Huxtable (tigermatt) They have been around for years and for thousands of Microsoft Outlook users and email administrators out there, they'd be lost without them: Personal Storage Table (PST) files. If you've worked with Outlook for very Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Microsoft, Outlook, Exchange, PST, database, personal folders file, personal storage table Views: 17963Comments: 64
Forward Email to External Email Address - Exchange 2003 tigermatt11/21/2008, 12:00 AM Sometimes, having the ability for a user to forward their email to another user in the organization, or indeed outside the network, is important. Ignoring the legal issues of having company information immediately forwarded to another user, the proc Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Microsoft, Exchange 2003, email forwarding Views: 16309Comments: 30
Step by Step guide on how to install Exchange Server 2010 - Part 1: Install adiloadilo04/05/2010, 12:00 AM Step by Step guide on how to install Exchange Server 2010- Part 1: Install April 8, 2010 by adiloadilo Introduction It has been a long time since; I wrote an article or a tutorial for any Microsoft products. I noticed that exchange 2010 is out Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Single Exchange 2010 install Views: 14620Comments: 25
Exchange DNS Configuration demazter02/01/2010, 12:00 AM I have seen a number of questions over the past few months regarding DNS configuration for an Exchange Server. Incorrectly configured DNS can cause your server to be rejected by receiving servers that are performing certain types of checks on the ma Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: MX, Exchange, DNS Views: 13842Comments: 27
Unable to remove Exchange 2007 because of Public Folder Replica. Exchange_Geek11/21/2008, 12:00 AM 1) While uninstalling Exchange server, an error was shown in Exchange setup logs. Checking whether the public folder database "Server Name\Storage Group Name\Public Folder Database" has local replicas. Unexpected Error The public folder dat Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Microsoft Exchange 2007, Setup Views: 11706Comments: 2
Export mailboxes using Exmerge and Exchange 2003 demazter03/22/2010, 12:00 AM There could be many reasons why you would want to export mail directly from the Exchange Mailbox Store. You may be migrating to a hosted solution, you could be moving to a different Exchange organisation or you may simply be using Exmerge as a way Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: exmerge, export mailbox, import mailbox, exchange 2003 Views: 10390Comments: 15
Resetting the Exchange 2000/2003 Log Sequence jjdurrant04/14/2010, 12:00 AM Unlike Exchange 2007, which supports a logs sequence of 2,000,000,000, the largest transaction log number for Exchange 2000 and 2003 is FFFF0. That number in decimal is 1,048,560. (Which is the maximum number of log files that can be written sequent Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Reset Exchange Log Sequence Views: 10232Comments: 31
Import mailboxes from PST into Exchange 2007 using Powershell shauncroucher09/05/2009, 12:00 AM In Exchange 2003, one of the simplest ways to move mailboxes from one Exchange organisation to another was using exmerge. It was particularly useful for sites using 'Small Business Server' where the level of data and requirements were low. In Exc Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Import-Mailbox, Exchange 2007 PST, Exchange 2007 Mailbox Import Views: 9212Comments: 13
Modify Distribution Group Members endital109709/08/2010, 12:00 AM Managing distribution groups always seems to be changing from one version of Exchange to the next. In Exchange 2003 you would modify the properties of the group by updating the Managed By tab and enabling the Manager can update membership list. To a Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange Server, Powershell, Active Directory, Outlook Views: 8101Comments: 7
Exchange 2007 / 2010 Backpressure – Quick Fix alanhardisty12/20/2010, 12:00 AM What is Backpressure? Backpressure is a new ‘feature’ in Exchange 2007 / 2010 where Exchange actually monitors resources such as Free Disk Space on the disk where the Exchange Message Queue / Message Queue Transaction Logs live and the Memory that Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Backpressure Views: 7625Comments: 22
Notify External Recipient of email arrival demazter03/02/2010, 12:00 AM N.B. This process will work with Exchange 2007 running on Windows 2008, Small Business Server 2008, Essential Business Server 2008 & Exchange 2010 only. You may have reason to send a notification to an external recipient informing them that they Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: external recipient, exchange, transport rule Views: 7463Comments: 10
Configure iPhone for use with Exchange Server demazter06/04/2010, 12:00 AM With more and more people using iPhones and iPads for email collection we are seeing more problems arising from misconfiguration. Preparation The first thing to be aware of is that for ActiveSync to work correctly you must be using Exchange 2003 Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: iphone, activesync, Exchange server Views: 7101Comments: 14
Exchange Offline Defrag demazter03/25/2010, 12:00 AM With Exchange 2003 Enterprise, Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 there is no need to run an offline defrag of the Exchange database. All of these versions will allow the creation of another mailbox store. Once you have another mailbox store you can Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: ESEUTIL, offline defrag, event 1221 Views: 6725Comments: 27
Exchange Server Mail Flow demazter05/10/2010, 12:00 AM One of the most common problems with co-existing Exchange Servers (an organization consisting of an Exchange 2003 server and Exchange 2007 or 2010 server) is mail flow between the servers. When Exchange 2007 or 2010 is installed in an existing Ex Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: default smtp virtual server, mailflow, send connector Views: 6659Comments: 7
Exchange 2010 POP3 Collection problems alanhardisty02/16/2010, 12:00 AM After a recent successful Server Migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, I discovered (my phone was ringing off the hook) that there was a problem with users accessing their mailboxes via POP3. I later discovered that this problem only affec Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange 2010 POP3 Views: 6039Comments: 9
Testing POP3 with telnet shauncroucher06/11/2009, 12:00 AM Testing POP3 service using a telnet session] It is possible to telnet to Port 110 on a server offering a POP service for users to collect their mail. The telnet test is useful for testing a number of POP server related features. 1) Ensuring t Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: testing POP3, telnet POP3, telnet test, telnet POP Views: 5811Comments: 4
Allow relaying on Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2010 in 4 easy steps Akhater03/14/2010, 12:00 AM I have this application/website that needs to send emails, I have it configured to use our exchange server as SMTP. It can send emails to internal users without any problem however external ones are failing with a "550 5.7.1 Unable to relay" error Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: exchange 2007, exchange 2010, relaying Views: 5771Comments: 24
Exchange Autodiscover and Web Services (OOF and OAB) endital109708/18/2010, 12:00 AM One of the most commonly seen question/issue around Exchange 2007 and 2010 is the AutoDiscover service and the Exchange Web Services. These two components of Exchange must be configured properly, otherwise many features within Outlook 2007 or later Topic: Exchange Email ServerTags: Exchange Server, Outlook, Powershell Views: 5601Comments: 6

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