Items related to messaging services with a focus on Exchange Online (EXO) and Exchange server (on-premises)
After installing Internet Explorer 9 onto an Exchange server, you may have experienced that the Exchange Management Console (EMC) will not close. The following error is observed:
You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console
This did not affect everyone, and you may have been blissfully unaware of this 
The Exchange Team Blog originally discussed the issue, an… Read the rest “Exchange EMC May Not Close – Update”
Last week the Exchange team released SP2 for Exchange 2010 over on the Exchange team blog as described in the previous post which announced the upcoming release.
I wanted to use this blog entry to provide links to all the relevant content for SP2 and to raise awareness of some specific issues so that they will not negatively impact your deployments.
You may have heard of the four main features that ar… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP2 – What You Need To Know”
Ran into an issue with SCOM, where the SCOM PowerShell console would freeze for extended periods of time.
Solution was found here: Slow tab expansion in Ops Mgr PowerShell V2 console
The fix is to tweak the TabExpansion function in V2 so that it doesn’t try to autocomplete child objects if using the Ops Mgr provider. This can be done via the below script. Paste this into your console session, … Read the rest “SCOM Slow PowerShell Expansion”
This update contains a number of customer reported and internally found issues since the release of SP1 RU5. In particular we would like to specifically call out the following fixes which are included in this release:
As a Microsoft Exchange Server focused Premier Field Engineer I spend a considerable amount of my time with customers at their work place and also when they attend training courses and workshops that I deliver. Naturally people want to talk and learn about the cool new features in Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010, which is great as it shows their underlying passion in the product. What they often do… Read the rest “How To Maximize Exchange Administrator Productivity With PowerShell–Part 1”
One of the great changes to Exchange 2010 SP1 was that a DAG static IP address can be set using the Exchange Managemetn Console. Prior to this in RTM, the Exchange Management Shell had to be used to set a static IP. An example of this would be:
In the SP1 EMC to revert the DAG to using DHCP, simply remove all the IP Addresses that were assigned.
But how can you revert a DAG back to using DHC… Read the rest “Change DAG to DHCP”
These are oldies but goodies. Posting links as requested.
Update: I Created a Deep Zoom of the posters so that it is easy to scroll around in a browser or mobile device. Click the toggle button at the bottom right hand corner to enter full screen mode.
Download Link.
Cheers,
Rhoderick
This post is to clarify that a previously discussed feature that was intended for Exchange 2010 SP1 is not present in the SP1 final build.
Update: This feature is now live in the Exchange 2010 SP2 RU3 build of Exchange.
The feature I am referring to is the allow/block cross site RPC Client Access connections. This sometimes comes up in workshops and discussions with clients regar… Read the rest “Outlook & Restricting DAG Cross-Site Connections”
Exchange 2007 & 2010 use a different message routing design than Exchange 2003. This is an important aspect to understand when transitioning from Exchange 2003 upwards due to the change in behaviour.
TechNet has articles that discuses these concepts :
Exchange 2010 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998825.aspx
Exchange 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998825(EXCHG.80)… Read the rest “Exchange 2007 & 2010 Least Cost Routing”
In the Exchange 2003 world and below, those administrators looking to automate and control the behaviour of MAPI profiles on user’s desktops quickly became familiar with tools like:
For a refresher on such joys of .PRF files etc. take a peek at:
Whitepaper: Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PR… Read the rest “Exchange & The Autodiscover Web Service”