Items related to messaging services with a focus on Exchange Online (EXO) and Exchange server (on-premises)
Exchange sustained engineering has released Exchange 2007 SP3 RU11 to the Microsoft download centre as update 2873746.
Just like with Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10, which was released on Patch Tuesday, SP3 RU11 is the same. And to increase the déjà vu, the security vulnerabilities are again related to the same 3rd party components.
Exchange 2007 SP3 RU11 will update these three areas:
In a previous post we discussed a scenario where users were delegated the capability to create Mail Enabled Contacts in Active Directory using a custom RBAC role. As part of the solution, we enabled the MyDistributionGroups Role. While this may meet the needs of most organisations it does introduce one issue where users who are assigned such a Role Assignment Policy can edit Distribution Groups the… Read the rest “Allow Users To Manage Distribution Groups Without Creating New Ones”
Update 21-11-2013: If you want the additional contact fields to be edited then please review this post.
I had an interesting question the other week about solving a business challenge a customer had with regards to delegating the creation of contact objects in Active Directory. In their previous messaging system users were managing their own external distribution groups, adding and removing externa… Read the rest “Creating RBAC Role To Delegate Contact Management”
Exchange 2013 RTM CU2 was noted to have an issue with the permissions of migrated public folders. The Exchange team has released an updated version of CU2 to address this. This replaces the original download for CU2.
The updated build is available from the Microsoft download centre. Knowledgebase article 2859928 contains a description of CU2. As with CU1, it allows on premise installations to co-ex… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 RTM CU2 Updated Build Available”
After seeing several posts and some folks discussing whether or not Exchange supports the Hyper-V Replica feature I thought it would be prudent to address the following:
For some background reading on Hyper-V and the Replica feature; the component poster and downloada… Read the rest “Exchange And Hyper-V Replica Support”
A long time ago, in a continent far, far away from where I currently live there was a younger, fitter and better looking version of me. One of the few woes that this chap had, was that on a Friday afternoon he would be struggling to delete enough files off a server to allow that day’s event log archive process to run. Site Server 3.0 ( yes, I’m really dating myself now….) was used to replicate th… Read the rest “PowerShell Resources For The Exchange Administrator”
When Microsoft performs an Exchange Risk Assessment Program (ExRAP) with a customer there are several work items related to patching. We discuss how the:
Most customers have an appreciation for properly managing and maintain the above, though … Read the rest “Patching Exchange? Don’t Overlook Outlook”
While working with one of my consulting colleagues recently on some Windows Server 2012 installations. There was an application requirement to install Media Player onto a couple of the servers. This met with some muttering and cursing from the nearby fabric covered box as the option to install the Desktop Experience feature is not as obvious as it was on Windows 2008 R2, highlighted below.
Update 12-7-2013: Please note there is an issue with Public Folder Permissions in CU2. Details here.
Update 29-7-2013: Please note CU2 has been re-released to resolve the Public Folder issue. Details here.
The Exchange team have announced the second instalment of love for Exchange 2013 RTM – Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) is now available on the download centre. Knowledgebase article 2859928 contains a d… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 RTM CU2 Released”
“Should I install my Exchange 2010 server onto a Domain Controller?”
“What issues will I see by installing Exchange onto my DC?”
“Is installing Exchange on a DC supported?”
“Is this DAG member supported on a DC?”
These are phrases that enterprise customers do not normally say. They are more in the realm of SMB customers, or consultants who are working with one of these smaller customers.
For clarity, … Read the rest “Exchange on a DC”