Items specifically related to Exchange 2010
Time files and we are now at the end of the Exchange 2010 SP2 support lifecycle. And as previously discussed Windows XP and Office 2003 left extended support yesterday. It seems like only yesterday when Exchange 2010 SP2 was released in November 2011.
The support lifecycle marker is the Exchange 2010 Service Pack. Exchange 2010 Rollup Updates (RU), are not milestones in the support lifecycle. So… Read the rest “End Of Exchange 2010 SP2 Support”
When doing some recent customer work for Exchange 2013, I ran into an annoying issue in one of my labs. Outlook 2013 refused to connect to Exchange 2013. A witch hunt then ensued to ensure that all of my Outlook Anywhere, Autodiscover and authentication settings were correct. Well it turns out that they were, and this was just a client side issue. Legacy IIS permissions when coexisting with E… Read the rest “Outlook Unable To Connect To Exchange –Default Gateway Not Found”
When writing Exchange PowerShell scripts it is very useful to target specific machines to either query or set their properties. Thus the ability to generate a query that effectively targets the correct machines is a very good thing to have!
The reason I'm posting this is that I see a lot of people manually specify a list of servers, and then iterate through the list which typically looks like this:… Read the rest “Exchange PowerShell Filtering Examples”
Since we are still in the early stages of the year, and Exchange 2013 SP1 is now available, we will see lots of migrations to Exchange 2013. Exchange 2013 can be deployed into an existing Exchange organisation where Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 + and/or Exchange 2010 SP3 exists.
Let's look at an issue that can arise in an Outlook Anywhere co-existence scenario with Exchange 2007 and 2013. After walking … Read the rest “Exchange 2007 And 2013 Outlook Anywhere Co-Existence”
For the final gripping chapter, here are tips #76 to 101 for your PowerShell pleasure!
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Exchange 2010 uses management role groups and management role assignment policies to manage permissions.
Role groups enable you to grant permissions to groups of administrators and specialist end users. These a… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Tip Of The Day – 76 To 101”
Here are the Exchange 2010 tips of the day from number 51 to 75.
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Want to determine whether a server is running Exchange Server 2010 Standard Edition or Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise Edition? Type:
Get-ExchangeServer <Server Name> | Format-Table Name, Edition
If you want to view which edit… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Tip Of The Day – 51 To 75”
The Exchange team today announced the availability of Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. RU5 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010. The release contains fixes for customer reported issues and previously released security bulletins.
The astute reader will note that I did not post about the release of Exchange 2010 SP3 RU4 since that was a secur… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU5 Released”
Leading on where the previous post left off, here are the Exchange 2010 tips of the day from number 26 to 50.
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Forget a property name? Not a problem because you can use wildcard characters to retrieve all properties that match the part of the name that you specify:
Get-Mailbox | Format-Table Name… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Tip Of The Day – 26 To 50”
The Exchange Management Shell helps us discover the amazing capabilities of PowerShell. One way it does this is by displaying a tip of the day so that we are introduced to concepts and topics that inevitably will come in handy one day!
Since I had not see a complete list of the Exchange 2010 ones, I thought I’d jot them down. Exchange 2007 Tips are listed on TechNet.
Scroll down to the bottom for … Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Tip Of The Day – 1 To 25”
Most of the time when working with RBAC in Exchange we are not using large scripts to create and manage roles. Generally we use one-liners to configure RBAC. So I thought it would be useful to post some of the ones that I find myself frequently using.
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