A theme in OWA is a collection of media (e.g. .GIF and .WAV files) and .CSS files. These files are installed in folders under in the vroot under 'version\themes'. Out of the box, we ship with three themes: blue "Seattle Sky" (folder name 'base') and Read More

Looking back at last several weeks, we have posted a lot of Exchange Server 2007 posts to our blog. We have started getting some questions about posting Exchange Server 2003 posts to the blog too. Let me explain what is going on: With Beta 2 of Exchange Read More

Beginning with Exchange Server 2003 SP1, there are two methods for moving mailboxes depending on the organization mode in which your Exchange environment is operating. If you are in mixed mode, the Move Mailbox Task will present you with two options: Read More

Previously I posted an overview of Exchange Server 2007 recipient management at the Exchange Management console. That post only tells half the story; now we will explore recipient management through the Exchange Management Shell base on Windows PowerShell Read More

Exchange 2003 servers can benefit from an Active Directory design that utilizes site architecture to isolate Exchange.  This is best achieved through creating a dedicated Active Directory site which contains both Exchange 2003 servers and Global Read More

Paul Tischhauser demonstrates the "Scheduling Assistant" feature in Outlook 2007 that is enabled with Exchange 2007. You can see the video here: Jason Mayans discussed the behind-the-scenes evolution of this feature on his Exchange 2007 IW Connections Read More

In Exchange 2007, recipient management is incorporated into the Exchange Management Console and Exchange Management Shell based on Windows PowerShell technology. Shell based management for these recipients allows us to overcome several current challenges Read More

If you're part of an organization of any kind, that organization probably has records.  These records can exist in a variety of forms, from paper to Word documents to e-mail. And if you have records, you probably have some way of managing them. They Read More

Yesterday we gave an overview of the new Exchange 2007 Console, and today I want to cover just the recipient management aspect of the console in a little more detail.   Exchange 2007 Recipient console workcenters   Exchange 2007 incorporates Read More

Exchange 2007 introduces a completely updated GUI management console to replace the Exchange System Manager of previous versions. This new Exchange Management Console is still a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, just like the old version, and Read More

Web servers, network security appliances, and system network stacks have a number of time-based thresholds that are intended to insulate these systems from buggy or malicious clients.  For example, a denial-of-service (DoS) attack could be mounted Read More

We're happy to announce that we have set up a wiki just for Exchange 2007 at www.exchangeninjas.com (alternatively, you can also go to www.theexchangewiki.com). At this site you will find not only useful tips, scripts and FAQs related to Exchange 2007, Read More

Introduction   Customers who are considering Unified Messaging (UM) will at some stage ask the question: "How Many Exchange 2007 Servers running the UM role will I need to support my users?". The short answer to the question is: "That depends". Read More

This might have gone unnoticed - but we have two Exchange Server 2007 transport architecture diagrams available for your viewing pleasure: Exchange2007 Edge Transport Role Architecture Exchange2007 Hub Transport Role Architecture You can Read More

Now that Beta 2 of Exchange Server 2007 is available for public download and preview, I thought I would present a blogcast about one of my favorite features: Cluster Continuous Replication, or CCR for short.  CCR is a high availability feature of Read More

The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce the following additions and changes to our content. For a complete list of topics that changed, see Exchange Server Documentation Updates.   Changes to Online Content   The following Read More

As most people know, back in the days of Exchange 5.5, Exchange servers were grouped into sites, representing groups of well-connected servers.  In Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 we introduced the idea of routing groups, which represented well-connected Read More

Have you tried the "Exchange Mail Flow Troubleshooter" in Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant v1.0 (ExTRA)? This is a new troubleshooter that you can use to troubleshoot common mail flow problems you see on Exchange servers. It is designed to identify Read More

From working with customers there seems to be some confusion around how Free Busy information is generated and read by the client.  There is even further confusion about how to balance Free Busy access across multiple sites.  In this post I Read More

The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce the following additions and changes to our content.   Changes to Online Content   The following topics are new: The Changing Landscape of E-mail Security   The following Read More

What Jon Avner announced in this blog post is now a reality - today we have released the version 1.0 of Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant. You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4bdc1d6b-de34-4f1c-aeba-fed1256caf9a&DisplayLang=en Read More