As discussed in the earlier blog post introducing the new Exchange 2007 console, the Exchange Management Console GUI has been completely redesigned in Exchange 2007. While redesigning the Exchange Management Console for Exchange 2007, we used specific Read More

There is a lot of emphasis on Exchange database backups. As a result most Exchange administrators plan regular backups with considerations for their specific environment. In the process of developing a backup solution, Exchange administrators have to Read More

Working with Active Directory directory service permissions related to Microsoft Exchange can be a complex task. This article has been written to aid Exchange architects in their understanding of how they may implement a split permissions model. In Read More

Cross-org Mailbox Moves Cross Org migrations are the ones where a mailbox needs to be moved from one Exchange Organization to another. Since there can only be one Exchange Organization per Forest, that means moving the mailbox between two different Forests. Read More

The goal of this blog post is to build some familiarity and understanding of how Exchange uses WMI in representing the Status and Monitoring node in Exchange System Manager. What is the Monitoring and Status tool? The Monitoring and Status tool Read More

Introduction The process of migrating mailbox content between Exchange servers has been greatly improved for Exchange 2007. Differently than previous versions, our tools are now part of the server code and are therefore more integrated and functional. Read More

Exchange 2003 used several recipient types, but it was often difficult to determine exactly what type a given object was. For example, a mail-enabled user and a mailbox-enabled user looked identical in ADUC without careful inspection. It required opening Read More

Exchange Management Console provides an easy way of filtering data. If you have thousands of users in your organization you can use filtering to find a particular user. Filtering can also be used to find other objects such as servers or e-mail messages. Read More

Exchange Server 2007 introduced a new GUI management console (Exchange Management Console) to replace the Exchange System Manager (ESM) of previous versions. This earlier blog post The new Exchange 2007 Management Console overview gives an overview of Read More

Keeping control of your messaging data can often be a frustrating experience. Administrators can often spend a lot of their time trying to balance the competing requirements of the user community, IT management and industry. Users need bigger mailboxes Read More

Some countries like Chile, Brazil and Israel adopt a variable Daylight Saving Time dates (DST). The initial and end dates change every year following the government decision. As a result, several users in these countries experience inconvenience with Read More

After installing Exchange Server 2007 with Client Access Server or Unified Messaging roles some of you might have noticed a new process - MSExchangeFDS.exe started. This is the Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Service, and it takes care of two independent Read More

Over time, several people have inquired about the differences between the "Delete Mailbox" and "Remove Exchange Attributes" functionality in Exchange 2000/2003. Note: The Remove Exchange Attributes option only appears in the Exchange Tasks wizard within Read More

Exchange Server 2007 can be installed into an existing Exchange 2000/2003 (hereafter called Exchange 2003, except where there's something particular about Exchange 2000) organization as one step in the migration process. Once Exchange 2007 has been introduced Read More

The Out of Office (OOF) feature is commonly used by end-users to let other people know when they are not available to respond to e-mail.  Exchange 2007 Out of Office capabilities such as scheduled OOF, different external and internal OOF messages Read More