Category: Management

ActiveSync, Exchange, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Management, Security, Windows Phone / Mobile Devices Leave a comment

Blocking iOS 7 in Exchange 2010 & 2013 (updated)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Now that iOS 7 available, it might be interesting to know how to block this version. In the past there were some issues with the Exchange ActiveSync implementation in specific iOS DeviceOS versions (read this and this). Please note that I did not encountered or heard of any ActiveSync issues with iOS 7, but it might be prudent to be prepared. But first we have to find out which DeviceOS versions are already present, or how they are presented to

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Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Management One comment

Script converting Mail-User to Mailbox-User

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 calendar or perhaps even more efficient use of Lync integration. However, converting a mail-user isn’t just changing the RecipientType of the account. First the users

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Exchange 2010, Lync, Management, Migration/Transition, Podcast Leave a comment

The UC Architects episode 14 is now available!

Reading Time: < 1 minute Episode 14 is now available for download! It is hosted by Steve Goodman and co-hosts were John Cook, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis and Stale Hansen. Christmas Exchange 2010 SP2 RU5 Version 2 Issues with the Windows Management Framework on Exchange 2010 and 2007 Lync Pilot Kit Lync Conference 2013 Tips for early adaptors on Lync 2013 Issues with Live.edu to Office 365 migrations What will be hot in 2013? The newest UC Architects episode is now available from iTunes and

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Exchange, Exchange 2010, High Availability, Load Balancing, Management Leave a comment

Simplifying the OWA URL with Citrix Netscaler

Reading Time: 3 minutes Next to Content Switching (which I recently wrote a post about), Citrix Netscalers can also do URL Rewrites. This enables us to simplify the OWA URL. First, be sure the Rewriting option is enabled by going into System, then Settings and choose Configure Basic Settings. Check the tick box for Rewrite After this, first make an Rewrite Action by going to Rewrite>Actions and add an Action. Give it a comprehensive name and set the type to REPLACE. In the Expression

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Exchange 2010, High Availability, Load Balancing, Management Leave a comment

Load balancing Exchange 2010 with Citrix Netscaler using Content Switching

Reading Time: 4 minutes Next to F5, KEMP technologies and a lot of other network load balancing vendors there’s also Citrix with it’s Netscaler brand. Especially when an environment also has Citrix servers, it could mean that well scaled Netscaler devices are present and can also be used for other purposes next to Citrix Secure Gateway access. Obviously Exchange 2010 comes to mind. Citrix already has a very helpful Netscaler Exchange 2010 deployment guide (PDF warning). But unfortunately that guide is not always something

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Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Management Leave a comment

Managing mailbox storage with Exchange 2010, Part 3

Reading Time: 6 minutes 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 in Exchange/Outlook 2013. Retention Policies The basic Messaging Records Management functionality behind Retention Policies isn’t actually that new. In Exchange 2000 and 2003 you could

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Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Management, Security Leave a comment

Exchange and malware protection

Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog post is something I intended to write for a while now, because it is a question that i get asked a lot. On which Exchange server roles do you need to install the Exchange malware protection software, be it the now no longer for sale Forefront Protection for Exchange or similar products from McAfee, Symantec or GFI and the like. Why is this IMHO a valid question? Well, if we ignore the Microsoft recommendation to install multi-role servers

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Exchange, Management, Migration/Transition, Preview/Beta Leave a comment

Using the Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer Tool

Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently Microsoft released an updated version of the Microsoft Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer rebranding it as the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer as it now also can test Lync connections, next to Exchange and Office365. Another addition is the Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer Tool, a local variant of the online tool for Exchange connections. This is a very helpful tool for internal testing and despite being in beta, it already successfully helped me correctly identifying a certificate issue before I used it

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Exchange 2010, Management, Office 365 Leave a comment

Managing mailbox storage use in Exchange 2010, Part 2

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the previous part (yes, I know. It’s from May… I’m very ashamed) I discussed using PSTs or the built-in Personal Archive (also referred to as Online Archive). In this post we will discuss third party archiving solutions and Exchange Online Archiving which in this case is service part of Office 365, although you can mix it with an on premises solution. (see the possible confusion) Third Party Archiving As it seems, organizations had long ago issues with overflowing Exchange

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ActiveSync, Management, Windows 8/10 Leave a comment

The Windows 8 Mail app

Reading Time: < 1 minute A few hours back the Microsoft Exchange team published a blog post on how to connect and support your Windows 8 Mail app with Exchange. It has a lot of good info on which Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) policy settings are supported and how the App reacts. Most of those things I already discovered in earlier blog posts of mine, using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. It seem as if there are no massive changes since then. But I did dig

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