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Exchange Server Database Corruption and Dirty Shutdown Scenarios
This article is an excerpt from the Exchange Server Troubleshooting Companion. During normal Exchange database operations, it’s certainly not unusual for a database process to terminate unexpectedly. A...
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It’s Time Microsoft Fixed the Disable vs Remove Mailbox Confusion
Most Exchange admins remember the day they learned the difference between disabling a mailbox, and removing a mailbox. The vast majority learn that lesson the hard way. To clarify for those of you who...
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Podcast Episode 18: Public Folders with Nathan O’Bryan
My guest for this episode is Nathan O’Bryan. Nathan is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Master, and a Microsoft MVP, living in Portland, Oregon. He specialises in Exchange, Office 365, AD, Azure, and...
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Exchange 2016 Antivirus Exclusions
It is a recommended practice to configure any antivirus software running on Exchange servers to exclude specific paths, processes, and file types. This recommendation is made to reduce the likelihood...
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Microsoft Warns of Potential Data Loss during Public Folder Migrations
Microsoft has issued a warning in KB3161916 about a potential data loss scenario that can occur during public folder migrations. Before anyone panics, it’s important to understand that this issue...
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A Look at the Office 365 Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA)
“Office 365 is an extremely reliable service…” opens the Microsoft article announcing the availability of the new Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA). It’s true, Office 365 is a reliable, resilient...
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Exchange Best Practices: Configuration of Database Hosting Journal Mailbox
When you configure journaling in an Exchange organization you should also review the configuration of any databases that will be hosting journal mailboxes. Depending on the size of your organization...
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Podcast Episode 19: Enterprise Mobility Suite with Justin Harris
My guest for this episode is Justin Harris. Justin is a Program Manager at Binary Tree for Exchange, messaging, and Active Directory platforms. Justin is one of a handful of professionals globally who...
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Exchange Best Practices: Server Local Administrator Passwords
The servers running Exchange Server in your environment should have unique, complex local administrator passwords. The passwords should also ideally be unknown by anyone in the organization. The first...
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Exchange Best Practices: Secure POP and IMAP Access
A newly installed Exchange 2010 or later server has the POP and IMAP services disabled. The POP/IMAP settings for the server are also configured with secure default settings, so that if you were to...
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Exchange Analyzer v0.2.1 Beta 5 Released
The Exchange Analyzer team are happy to release v0.2.1-Beta.5. This release contains several new tests and some bug fixes. If you’re updating from a previous build please be sure to copy the new...
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Review of PST Flightdeck from QUADROtech
I encountered my first PST file on day 1 of my very first job in IT. The company I worked for used Exchange Server 5.0, with very small mailbox quotas. The first step for new users after setting up the...
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Podcast Episode 20: Office 365 for IT Pros with Tony Redmond
My guest for this episode is Tony Redmond, who everyone knows as a long-time Microsoft MVP and leading voice in the Exchange Server and Office 365 communities. This episode of the Exchange Server Pro...
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Exchange Best Practices: Administrator Access to User Mailboxes
In many organizations there is a clear corporate policy that work email accounts belong to the company, not to the employee, and that the company has the right to monitor and inspect employee email at...
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Office 365 for IT Pros, 3rd Edition, is Now Available
I’m pleased to announce the release of Office 365 for IT Pros, 3rd Edition. This new edition of the industry’s leading Office 365 book has been updated with the very latest changes and new features in...
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Tracking Read Status of Email Messages in Exchange Server
Shiva asks whether there is a way to determine if the recipients of an email have read the email message or not. Message tracking searches already gives us the ability to determine whether an email...
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Server Component States During Cumulative Update Installation
If you’ve performed maintenance on a database availability group member before, then you’re likely already familiar with the procedures for putting DAG members in and out of maintenance mode. If this...
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June 2016 Security Updates for Exchange Server (MS16-079)
The June 2016 security bulletin includes updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Exchange Server that are rated Important. The first update is an information disclosure bug affecting Exchange...
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Podcast Episode 21: Information Rights Management with Brian Reid
My guest for this episode is Brian Reid. Brian is the director of NBConsult, a Microsoft messaging and cloud services partner based in the UK and South Africa. He is also an Exchange Server MVP,...
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Using Activation Policies to Prevent Database Copies Mounting in Other Sites
A lot of organizations that deploy multi-site database availability groups do so with the intention of using one site for normal production operations, and one for disaster recovery. This design...
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