Configure Automatic Replies for a user in Exchange 2010
A user is out of office for some reason – on vacation, sick, on a sabbatical or extended leave of absence, or traveling to a remote location on business, and forgets to set an automatic reply, also...
View ArticleExchange 2007 or 2010 EMC might fail to close with "You must close all dialog...
EDIT 10/17/2011: The fix for this issue is now available. Please go here to learn how to get it. We wanted to write a blog post about an issue that some of you have reported to us, and has been...
View ArticleExchange Server 2010 Technical Video: Information Protection and Control
The Microsoft Exchange team is pleased to present the newest addition to the Exchange Server 2010 Technical Video Series – “Information Protection and Control” hosted by Greg Smiley and Ann Vu. In this...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Upcoming Microsoft webcast on daylight saving time changes in...
Here's an interesting webcast we have coming up this week... This October Russia will not "fall back" and will essentially remain on summer time. This change has widespread implications to all...
View ArticleHow Lingering Links can impact OAB generation process...
Within Exchange, any Distribution Group(s) or E-mail enabled Security Group(s) which contain Lingering Links will impact the OAB (Offline Address Book) generation process causing it to not replicate...
View ArticleDAG: Beyond the “A”
Definitions We all know that in the Microsoft Exchange world DAG stands for “Database Availability Group”. Database – because on a highly available Exchange 2010 Mailbox server, the database, not the...
View ArticleReleased: Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since...
View ArticleA Special Edition Geek out with Perry – Distinguished Engineer
If you missed Geeking out with Perry, he’s back in top form with a new blog and a special edition episode of Geek Out with Perry. In this episode, Perry addresses a ton of subjects from questions I...
View ArticleDoes your Transport think it's Squeaky Lobster Day in your CountryOrRegion?
Today is the magical day when parents tell their tucked-in children the story of the Squeaky Lobster. So here's a Squeaky Lobster-ish post to celebrate the day. In Exchange 2007, we introduced...
View ArticleSome exciting updates to the Exchange web site
Over the past few months there have been some exciting updates to the Microsoft Exchange product website at microsoft.com/exchange. We've made these changes to showcase the product to a wider audience,...
View ArticleAlternative Method for Gathering Data for Version Store Issues on Exchange...
By now, you have probably read the two previous blogs written by Nagesh Mahadev and Sushil Sharma on this subject. If you haven’t read them lately (or bookmarked them), I urge you to do so now. This...
View ArticleAccepted Domains, Shared SMTP Address Spaces and Recipient Filtering
Accepting inbound mail for a DNS domain and relaying it to responsible mail hosts outside your Exchange organization was a simple process in Exchange 2003, albeit one that required some explanation,...
View ArticleDemystifying Exchange 2010 SP1 Virtualization
It’s been a few months since we announced some major changes to our virtualization support statements for Exchange 2010 (see Announcing Enhanced Hardware Virtualization Support for Exchange 2010). Over...
View ArticleReleased: v17.8 of the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator
Today we have released a minor update to the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator that includes enhancements like 3TB disk support and new processor core options. In addition,...
View ArticleFuture of /Hosting Mode
With the release of Exchange 2010 SP1, we introduced the /hosting mode switch – a feature which deploys Exchange using an Active Directory structure that affords complete separation between tenant...
View ArticleA fix for the interoperability issues between Exchange 2007 and 2010 EMC and...
We are happy to report that a fix for the Exchange Management Console (EMC) issues when Internet Explorer 9 is installed is now available. To be specific, we have talked about this in a previous blog...
View ArticleUpdated Process Tracking Log (PTL) tool for use with Exchange 2007 and...
Exchange Message Tracking Logs hold a wealth of information about email messages during transport. Utilities that can parse message tracking logs and analyze them for administrators have historically...
View ArticleESE Access to Exchange – Video Series
Just like we want to get to know you better, we want you to get to know us better. We like long walks on the beach, poetry, candlelit dinners, remote PowerShell and we love to Geek Out with Perry. More...
View ArticleBlog platform maintenance later today
I just wanted to drop a quick note that our and other blogs hosted on TechNet will go down later today for scheduled maintenance. We expect that this will not last more than a few hours. The scheduled...
View ArticleReleased: Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since...
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