Not all organizations need to have every user to be mailbox-enabled, sometimes a mail-user (also referred to as mail-enabled user) with a forwarding SMTP address to an external mailbox is enough. However, it is surely possible that the requirements over time change and the mail-enabled user does need to be mailbox-enabled, making use of the … Continue reading "Script converting Mail-User to Mailbox-User"
Category: Exchange Server 2013
Exchange 2013
The mysterious Exchange App, the new ActiveSync?
Recently the backend of my Office 365 P1 account was upgraded to the Wave 15 series of products, which obviously includes Exchange 2013. But going through the settings of the Exchange Admin Center, I noticed something that made me curious. When you go to the Exchange Admin Center, click to Recipients>Mailboxes and select a user, … Continue reading "The mysterious Exchange App, the new ActiveSync?"
Managing mailbox storage with Exchange 2010, Part 3
In the previous part one and two of this series, I’ve discussed using PSTs, Exchange Personal (on-premises) and On-line Archiving as well as third party solutions. In this last post I will discuss the use of Retention Policies and Mailbox quota’s in order to manage storage usage. As a bonus I will shortly discuss improvements … Continue reading "Managing mailbox storage with Exchange 2010, Part 3"
My company is migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2013!
I already knew this for several weeks, but wasn’t allowed to discuss this publicly yet. But as some know the company I work for, OGD ict-diensten, is using Zarafa as its groupware solution and recently decided to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2013! Why Zarafa? A lot of the Exchange experts I met during the Microsoft Exchange … Continue reading "My company is migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2013!"
Aftermath: The Exchange 2013 beta exams…
So I wanted to post a bit about how I’ve experienced the two Exchange 2013 beta exams 70-341 and 70-342 I did last Monday. It will be limited and general, because of the Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) I had to agree with. I previously made a blog post summarizing most content available on Exchange 2013 that … Continue reading "Aftermath: The Exchange 2013 beta exams…"
Presenting at the NGN Exchange day
Wednesday was an interesting day as the Dutch IT Pro organization NGN organized a full day of Exchange presentations. I was asked to do tell something about the new Exchange 2013 Architecture.
My contributions to future and past events
Sometimes people ask me whether I’m busy and with what. Well, next to my “normal” job consulting, designing, implementing and troubleshooting Exchange, Office 365 and some other stuff. Next to attending events and such, I also contribute to them. The 31st of October there will be an Exchange day in the Netherlands, organized by the … Continue reading "My contributions to future and past events"
Exchange 2013 and all other Office products RTM bits are now available on TechNet!
Looks like Microsoft itself can’t wait to release the RTM bits of Exchange 2013 and it’s family members, because they are currently available on TechNet. See proof below: Like the RTM announcement this availability is quite a lot sooner than expected, or actually announced. Microsoft itself aimed at half november for TechNet subscribers. Should we … Continue reading "Exchange 2013 and all other Office products RTM bits are now available on TechNet!"
Exchange Server 2013 certification path visualized
A few days back my pal Cor Reinhard (like me a MEC 2012 veteran ) posted information on how to achieve the new Microsoft Certified Solutions Master: Messaging certification and the issues that currently surround it. As I was planning my own certification path, I decided to visualize this as it can be confusing and … Continue reading "Exchange Server 2013 certification path visualized"
Exchange 2013 is RTM, so… what now? (or Migrating to Exchange 2013)
*20121026 updated 2010 Schema prepped scenario* Last week Microsoft announced the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) status of it’s Office products including Exchange 2013. That’s exciting news! Now can we upgrade already? Well, no not yet. Firstly, the RTM bits will be available mid-november for MSDN/TechNet but also for Volume licensing customers. General availability is announced … Continue reading "Exchange 2013 is RTM, so… what now? (or Migrating to Exchange 2013)"