Archive for March, 2008
iPhone to get Exchange Support
Excerpt from the MS Exchange Team…
"Today, Apple announced they have licensed the Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol and are building support into the iPhone. We are happy to have them join the list of mobile device manufacturers supporting EAS.
Here is the Apple press release. Our official press piece is here. "
Read the rest of the MS Exchange team post…
Matt :: Mar.06.2008 :: Exchange, Microsoft :: No Comments »
Windows 2008 Improvements that benefit Exchange 2007
The MS Exchange team released part 2 of their Exchange 2007 and Windows server 2008 series. Here is an excerpt I found interesting. It sums up the key benefits that you’ll see when deploying Exchange 2007 on a Windows server 2008 platform.
"Windows Server 2008 includes a number of improvements and enhancements that can directly benefit servers running Exchange 2007 SP1. There are many benefits to running Exchange 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008. Just to name a few:
- Support for multi-subnet failover clusters
- Faster log file shipping
- Reduced downtime for hardware maintenance
- Near-zero downtime when fixing NTFS corruption
- Greater scalability for Client Access servers that provide Outlook Anywhere services
- Easier deployment
- Support for IPv6"
Read the rest of this post here…
Matt :: Mar.06.2008 :: Exchange, Microsoft, Server :: 1 Comment »
Exchange Server Documentation Updates – 3/08
The MS Exchange team has posted a listing on the latest updates to the Exchange documentation. Update your library…
Matt :: Mar.06.2008 :: Exchange, Microsoft :: No Comments »
Exchange 2007 and MS08-003 Issue
The MS Exchange posted an article addressing an issue with the February 2008 round of patches from Microsoft. Exchange 2007 administrators need to be aware of this issue and what to look for should you encounter it in your Exchange environment.
EMC Error:
Active Directory operation failed on <domain name>. This error could have been causes by user input or by the Active Directory server being unavailable. Please retry at a later time. ……..
"It was running command ‘get-recipient -ResultSize ‘1000′ ‘DisplayName’ -RecipienttType ‘UserMailbox”.
EMS Error:
Get-Mailbox : Active Directory operation failed on <domain name>. This error could have been caused by user input or by the Active Directory server being unavailable. Please retry at a later time. Additional information: Additional information: The directory service encountered an unknown failure. Active directory response: 000020EF: SvcErr: DSID-020A0F27, problem 5005 (UNABLE_TO_PROCEED), data 87
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At line:1 char:12
+ get-mailbox <<<< -ResultSize unlimited -SortBy "alias"
Read their blog post here for the details…
Matt :: Mar.04.2008 :: Exchange, Microsoft :: No Comments »
OCS Live Meeting Guides
Some new OCS Live Meetings guides were recently published to the MS Downloads site. Good information for your library.
- Deploying the Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Client with Office Communications Server 2007
- Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Administrator’s Guide (v1.1)
- Microsoft Office Live Meeting Service Security Guide
Matt :: Mar.03.2008 :: Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
Update: Mailbox Server Role Storage Calculator (v 13.7)
Update 9/23/2008: Please click here for the latest version.
The MS Exchange team has released an update to the ever popular storage calculator.
Download the new calculator here…
Matt :: Mar.03.2008 :: Exchange, Microsoft :: No Comments »
Enabling Superfetch on Server 2008
Most of you are asking why would you want to do this? Well I already know a handful of IT Pros out there are running Server 2008 as their desktop OS. So the idea of enabling this service seems more interesting.
Never one to reinvent the wheel, Aaron has a good post that explains the process for enabling Superfetch.
Matt :: Mar.03.2008 :: Microsoft, Server :: No Comments »
OCS Guides
Some new and updates OCS guides were just published to the MS Downloads.
- Supportability Guide (v1.2)
- Planning Guide (v1.2)
- Office Communicator Web Access (2007 Release): Administration Guide
Matt :: Mar.01.2008 :: Microsoft, OCS :: No Comments »
