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Articles & Tutorials for 2006 year

Exchange 2007 Message Classifications (Part 1): Date - Dec 21, 2006; Author - Anderson Patricio; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Compliance, Policies & Archiving; The new Message Classification feature available in Exchange Server 2007.
Dealing with NDRs on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003: Date - Dec 19, 2006; Author - Markus Klein; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; How to deal with non delivery reports within Exchange Server 2003 as part of Small Business Server 2003.
Exchange 2007 Transport Rules: Date - Dec 14, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Compliance, Policies & Archiving; Using transport rules to apply policies to e-mail as it traverses through your Exchange 2007 organization.
Exchange 2003 SMTP Namespace Sharing: Date - Dec 12, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; How to share your Exchange Server 2003 SMTP Namespace with another Messaging System.
Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 4): Date - Dec 07, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Focusing on the client side of your messaging environment.
Removing The First Exchange 2003 Server (Part 2): Date - Dec 05, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Migration & Deployment; The remainder of the tasks you need to perform to ensure the first Exchange server can be decommissioned cleanly and successfully.
Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard Part 2 – Configuring Exchange: Date - Nov 30, 2006; Author - Chris Dalby; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Migration & Deployment; Steps necessary to migrate your Exchange organization from Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003) to Exchange 2003 Standard running on Windows Server 2003 Standard.
EXINFO tool: Date - Nov 28, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; How to use the ExInfo tool to collect and display Exchange Server 2000 and Exchange Server 2003 information.
Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 3): Date - Nov 23, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Techniques to help defend against spam, viruses and general e-mail attacks, or how Microsoft likes to call it, messaging hygiene.
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 3): Date - Nov 21, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to install Exchange Server 2007 on the nodes as well as verify CCR functionality.
Removing the First Exchange 2003 Server (Part 1): Date - Nov 16, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Migration & Deployment; What you need to watch out for when decommissioning the first Exchange 2003 server installed into an administrative group.
Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant: Date - Nov 14, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; How to use the Exchange Server Troubleshooting Assistant version 1.0.
Exchange 2003 Hacks: Date - Nov 09, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; This article takes a look at some of the lesser known Exchange 2003 hacks.
Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 2): Date - Nov 07, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This article covers the infrastructure aspects of security, namely what can be done to harden servers in particular and your network in general.
Sending 'As': Date - Nov 02, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; This article takes a look at methods for sending messages as another user, as well as distribution groups or public folders.
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 2): Date - Oct 31, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This article shows how to install the necessary Windows components, enable and configure the Majority Node Set (MNS) Quorum with File Share Witness and the Transport dumpster on the Hub Transport Server.
A User Comes and a User Goes: Date - Oct 26, 2006; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; This article shows how to deal with overlapping and replacing Exchange users.
Migrating from Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2003 Standard Part 1 – Preparing your network: Date - Oct 24, 2006; Author - Chris Dalby; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Migration & Deployment; This two part series walks through the steps necessary to migrate the Exchange organization from Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003) to Exchange 2003 Standard running on Windows Server 2003 Standard.
Recovering Deleted Items in Exchange Server 2003 (Part 1): Date - Oct 19, 2006; Author - Anderson Patricio; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This article explains how to recover deleted items at the mailbox store level and in Public Folders.
Publishing Exchange 2007 OWA with ISA Server 2006: Date - Oct 17, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; This article shows how to publish Outlook Web Access in Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 with the help of ISA Server 2006.
Windows 2003 Server Emergency Management Services: Date - Oct 12, 2006; Author - Lee Derbyshire; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Monitoring & Operations; This article discusses Windows 2003 Server Emergency Management Services.
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Spam Filtering: Date - Oct 10, 2006; Author - Markus Klein; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This article takes an in-depth look at the spam filtering features provided with Microsoft SBS 2003 and how to implement them.
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 1): Date - Oct 05, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This three part article series takes a step by step look at how to prepare for, create and configure an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication based mailbox server.
Outlook Anywhere 2007 with ISA Server 2006: Date - Oct 03, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; This article shows you how to publish Outlook 2007 RPC over HTTPS with Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 and ISA Server 2006.
Exchange Server 2007: Using Journaling Rules: Date - Sep 28, 2006; Author - Anderson Patricio; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Compliance, Policies & Archiving; This article discusses the journaling feature, which is found in the Exchange Server 2007 Hub Transport Server role at organizational level.
Hardening an Exchange Server 2003 Environment (Part 1): Date - Sep 26, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This series of 4 articles explains what can be done to make an Exchange Server 2003 environment more secure.
Exchange Server 2003 Mailflow (Part 2) - Troubleshooting: Date - Sep 21, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; This article shows you how to troubleshoot message flow within the Exchange Organization.
Installing a Two Node Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) in a Virtual Server Test Environment – Part 3: Installing Exchange Server 2007 and verifying Cluster Functionality: Date - Sep 19, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This part three shows you how to install Exchange Server 2007 and verify the cluster functionality.
Remotely Administering Exchange 2003: Date - Sep 14, 2006; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we will discuss accessing the Exchange Management Console anywhere, anytime.
Exchange Server 2003 Mailflow (Part 1): Date - Sep 12, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In this article I will show you how e-mail messages flow through Exchange Server 2003 for Intra-site and Inter-site Messaging.
Installing a Two Node Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) in a Virtual Server Test Environment – Part 2: Creating and Configuring the Windows 2003 Cluster: Date - Sep 07, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this part two we’ll create and configure the Windows Server 2003 Cluster.
How Recovery Storage Groups Work: Date - Sep 05, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; Recovery Storage Groups (RSG) are one of the most administrator friendly features of Exchange Server 2003 SP1. You may have used them already, and you may have had the same questions I’ve been asked. This article aims to answer those questions.
Public Folder Basics (Part 2): Date - Aug 31, 2006; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In the previous article I went over the most basic uses of public folders. However, as mentioned, public folders can be used for all kinds of purposes and have many features which are easy to overlook. In this article I will try to cover more of these features.
Implementing RPC over HTTPS in a single Exchange Server 2003 environment: Date - Aug 29, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Migration & Deployment; In this article I will show you how to deploy RPC over HTTPS to connect your Exchange Server with your Outlook Client over HTTPS. This article specifically deals with a single Exchange / Domain Controller environment for small organizations.
Installing a Two Node Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) in a Virtual Server Test Environment - Part 1: Preparing the virtual environment: Date - Aug 24, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this three part article series I'll show you how to prepare for, install and configure an Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (or in short SCC) in a virtual server 2005 R2 test environment.
Creating a Virtual Exchange Server for Exchange 2003 Clustering: Date - Aug 22, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this article I will show you the detailed steps that are necessary to create an Exchange Virtual Server for Exchange Server Clustering with Windows Server 2003.
Securing Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Servers: Date - Aug 17, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; The Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Server is most vulnerable due to its location on the edge of the network. This article shows you a simple way to secure your Edge Transport server(s).
A Closer Look At Directory Service Access (DSAccess) - Part 2: Date - Aug 15, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Here in part 2 of this article series we’ll take a look at how you can see the results of the tests that DSAccess performs, hard coding servers, cache information and a brief look at some performance counter information.
Drilldown of the new OWA Direct File Access Feature in Exchange Server 2007: Part 2 (Client-side): Date - Aug 10, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article I’ll show you how the new OWA direct file access feature works, seen from an end-user perspective.
Public Folder Basics (Part 1): Date - Aug 08, 2006; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; This article should server as a tutorial for beginners or occasional Exchange administrators, for setting up the folders and their permissions and points out the benefits of doing so.
Installing Exchange 2007 (Part 2): Date - Aug 03, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Migration & Deployment; Installing Exchange has been a pretty straightforward task; however there have been some changes in the install process for Exchange 2007. Part two of this article will cover the GUI and CLI installation options.
Drilldown of the new OWA Direct File Access Feature in Exchange Server 2007: Part 1 (Server-side): Date - Aug 01, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this two part article series I’ll take you through the new OWA direct file access feature in Exchange Server 2007.
How to use Transport Rules in Exchange Server 2007: Date - Jul 27, 2006; Author - Anderson Patricio; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Compliance, Policies & Archiving; We would like to welcome Microsoft MVP Anderson Patricio to our team of authors as he presents his first article to MSExchange.org readers. Exchange Server 2007 now allows for creation of transport rules at the organization level. This article will discuss how to create and use transport rules.
Installing Exchange 2007 (Part 1): Date - Jul 25, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Migration & Deployment; Installing Exchange has been a pretty straightforward task; however there have been some changes in the install process for Exchange 2007. Part one of this series will cover the prerequisites required and preparation of Active Directory.
A Closer Look At Directory Service Access (DSAccess) - Part 1: Date - Jul 20, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this two-part article I will take a closer look at what DSAccess is and what it does.
Introduction to Exchange 2007 Server Roles: Date - Jul 18, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Planning & Architecture; Exchange 2007 introduces a new concept to Exchange organizations, the concept of server roles. Similar to how a Windows server can host one or more roles, this type of configuration has been implemented in Exchange Server 2007.
Backing Up Exchange with Data Protection Manager: Date - Jul 13, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2006 can be used to help you protect your Exchange Server data. In this article I’ll show you how.
Securing E-Mails with S/MIME and Smartcards in Exchange 2003: Date - Jul 11, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; In this article I will give you a high level overview of the necessary steps to secure E-Mails with Outlook 2003 and Smartcards.
A First Look at the New Exchange 2007 System Management Console: Date - Jul 06, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we’ll spend some time looking at the new improvements made to the Exchange System Manager, now known as the Exchange Management Console (EMC) in Exchange 2007.
Configuring Incoming and Outgoing Email for Windows Small Business Server 2003: Date - Jul 04, 2006; Author - Markus Klein; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we will discuss how to configure SBS 2003 to properly recieve and send mail using the wizard.
Creating Exchange Users with Excel (Part 2): Date - Jun 29, 2006; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I will show you how to overcome certain problems and how to synchronize an Excel sheet with Active Directory.
Exchange Server 2003 and the Device Emulator 1.0 with MSFP: Date - Jun 27, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article I will show you how to simulate a Smartphone or another mobile device with MSFP (Microsoft Security Feature Pack) with the help of the Device Emulator 1.0 with MSFP to test and simulate the new Direct Push and Security features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
Finding Duplicate SMTP Addresses: Date - Jun 23, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the methods available for finding which object within Active Directory currently owns a duplicate SMTP address.
Uncovering the New Outlook 2007 AutoDiscover Service: Date - Jun 20, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; A really interesting new feature in Exchange Server 2007 is the new AutoDiscover Service or more specifically Exchange Web Service, which among other things makes it much simpler and easier to configure the Outlook profiles in your Exchange 2007 organization.
Exchange Internals – How the Exchange Core Components work together: Date - Jun 15, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In this article I will show you the Basic core services in Exchange Server 2003 and how they work together.
Demystifying the Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature: Date - Jun 13, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this article I’ll talk about what the Local Continuous Replication (formerly known as Local Continuous Backup) feature is all about, as well as show you how this feature is configured in Exchange Server 2007.
Using the Logparser Utility to Analyze Exchange/IIS Logs: Date - Jun 08, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article I will show you how to use the Microsoft Logparser Utility to analyze Microsoft Exchange Server/IIS log files.
Troubleshooting RPC over HTTPS (Part 2): Date - Jun 06, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we will look into problems that occur with SSL certificates, RPC proxy and Exchange server configurations.
MOM 2005 SLA Scorecard for Exchange: Date - Jun 01, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Monitoring & Operations; In this article, I will look at what this scorecard is and what it offers you.
Transaction Logs, The Lifeblood of Exchange: Date - May 30, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Transaction logs are a fundamental component of Exchange server and crucial to the proper operation of an Exchange server. This article hopes to leave you with a better understanding of what they are and how to manage them.
Storage Design – Have You Considered iSCSI?: Date - May 25, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In this article I will test the HP NAS device I used in a previous article, this time with an iSCSI configuration.
Troubleshooting RPC over HTTPS (Part 1): Date - May 23, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Part 1 of this article will shine a light on some common issues with client configuration and firewall settings when using RCP over HTTPS.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 4 – Accessing the Corporate GAL from your Mobile Device Using GAL Lookup: Date - May 18, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article we’ll take a closer look at the GAL lookup feature.
Configuring ISA Server 2004 as an Exchange Frontend Server in the DMZ (Part 2): Date - May 16, 2006; Author - Markus Klein; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; In this second article I will delve a little deeper into the configuration tasks that need to be done when configuring ISA Server 2004 as a Reverse Proxy Server in your DMZ which is protected by two other Firewalls.
Load Balancing Exchange Front-End Servers: Date - May 11, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; Many organizations cluster their Exchange back-end servers in an effort to provide high availability. This article will cover two methods you can use to load balance your front-end servers in an effort to maximize performance and availability.
Explaining the Exchange 2007 Toolbox: Date - May 09, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Tools; In this article I will give you some information about the Exchange Server 2007 Toolbox.
JetStress Is Your Friend: Date - May 04, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; This article is a quick step-by-step guide for performing a Disk Performance Test with the GUI version of the tool JetStress 2004.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 3 – Installing, Administering, and Using the Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool: Date - May 02, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article we’ll go through how to install and configure the Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool, as well as how to use the tool to initiate remote wipes, check transaction log entries, etc.
Implementing Captcha Validation with OWA 2003 and Forms-Based Authentication: Date - Apr 27, 2006; Author - Lee Derbyshire; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; In this article, I will give an example of how Captcha could be added to Outlook Web Access 2003 by modifying the FBA logon.asp file.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 2 - Uncovering the Device Security Policies: Date - Apr 20, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article we’ll uncover the new device security policies available in Exchange 2003 SP2.
Troubleshooting the Exchange Recipient Update Service (RUS): Date - Apr 13, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; The Exchange Recipient Update Service is an important component for a properly functioning Exchange organization. Typically it runs in the background without issue but when problems occur, mail flow suffers and it is important to get it fixed!
Explaining the order in which the Exchange 2003 (SP2) Connection Filters are applied: Date - Apr 11, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This article will explain in which order the different connection filters included in Exchange 2003 (SP2) are applied during an SMTP session.
Understanding Exchange Access Control and Administrative Delegation: Date - Apr 06, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Microsoft Exchange interacts with Windows at many different levels and uses different levels of administrative permissions to control access. The goal of this article is to help you understand the different levels of administrative rights and how to delegate these rights to your administrative staff.
System Center Capacity Planner 2006 Overview (Part 2): Date - Apr 04, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In part 1 of this 2 part article, we looked at what System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) 2006 is, its installation requirements and how to start a new design using the Model Wizard. We’ll conclude our look at SCCP here in part 2, where we’ll cover the Model Editor, the Hardware Editor and the running of a simulation.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 1 - A look at the Microsoft DirectPush technology: Date - Mar 30, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; One of the most interesting features available in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 is without doubt the new DirectPush technology (aka AUTD v2), which improves the mobile messaging experience for your end-users by providing close to real over the air (OTA) push technology. In this article, which is the first in a 5 part article series on mobile messaging using Exchange 2003 with SP2 applied and mobile devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) installed, we’ll take a closer look at the new DirectPush technology.
System Center Capacity Planner 2006 Overview (Part 1): Date - Mar 28, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In December 2005, Microsoft shipped System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP) 2006. In this two-part article, I want to give you an introduction to what SCCP 2006 is and how it can help the Exchange professional. Here in part 1, I’ll cover an overview of SCCP, its installation requirements and how to start a new design using the Model Wizard.
Exchange on NAS: Proved and Approved: Date - Mar 21, 2006; Author - Rui Silva; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; With the release of Windows Storage Server Feature Pack, putting the Exchange databases on a NAS device started to be a supported configuration, provided that the storage devices are Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified (i.e. with the “Designed for Windows” logo). I did some tests using an HP NAS device that proved to be a valid option for some particular configurations. This article is a short description of my experience.
Fixing a Damaged or Incorrectly Configured OWA 2003 Installation: Date - Mar 16, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this article I’ll explain how you can you fix a damaged OWA 2003 installation in a few minutes.
Exchange 2003 and Windows Storage Server: Date - Mar 14, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; All data shares one thing in common, and that is the requirement for dependable storage. With small to medium size businesses growing storage requirements, Windows Storage Server 2003 is becoming an affordable option to store data, and with Windows Storage Server 2003 Feature Pack 1 it can now support hosting Exchange transaction logs and database files.
Exchange 12: The Monad-based Exchange Management Shell: Date - Mar 09, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I’ll explain what the new Exchange Management Shell included in Exchange 12 is all about, as well as provide you with plenty of examples, that show you why this new shell (which is based on Monad) is among the hottest improvements in Exchange 12.
Configuring ISA Server 2004 as an Exchange Frontend Server in the DMZ (Part 1): Date - Mar 07, 2006; Author - Markus Klein; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Ever since ISA Server 2004 has been available, there have been quite different opinions on which is the best design strategy for publishing Exchange Server 2003 services securely on the web. Within this drill down we will delve a little bit deeper into the configuration details on how to make your Exchange Server 2003 publishing as secure as possible using ISA Server 2004 taking into consideration the ideas of the Exchange product team.
Sending Email without a Client: Date - Mar 02, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; Sending e-mail is typically done from an e-mail client such as Microsoft Outlook. There may be times when you wish you could send an e-mail message without the need of a client application and thankfully there are a number of ways to accomplish this task.
Understanding and using the External Associated Account in Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2003: Date - Feb 28, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I will give you some information about the External associated Account in Windows Server 2003 and how to use it.
Exchange System Manager and Domain Controller Selection: Date - Feb 21, 2006; Author - Neil Hobson; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Exchange System Manager itself can be considered a client of many other different services, for it has to obtain different types of information from different sources. For example, Exchange System Manager uses the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) to display information about mailbox resources as well as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to display information about the queues within the Queue Viewer. As you might expect, it also has to contact Active Directory to retrieve information about the configuration of Exchange. In this article, I want to cover how you can determine which domain controller Exchange System Manager is communicating with to retrieve this information.
Explaining the new MAPI Access feature included in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2: Date - Feb 16, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we’ll have a look at the new MAPI access feature included in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2. This feature makes it possible to enable or disable MAPI (Outlook) access on a per user-basis.
Creating Exchange Users with Excel (Part 1): Date - Feb 14, 2006; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In previous articles we discussed tools that create users and their mailboxes in Active Directory. LDIFDE has been mentioned and also VBScripts. However, the most powerful and flexible tool in my opinion is Excel. Excel can read information from various formats and can serve as a handy intermediary. You can manipulate the information in Excel as you find necessary before exporting it to Active Directory. A lot of data originates from Excel which is a common place for large tables. You can also combine data from a few sources into Excel.
A look at the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (EPA) Tool: Date - Feb 09, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article we’ll take a look at the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool (EPA) which was released as a web release tool a couple of weeks ago.
Provisioning Outlook Web Access 2003: Date - Feb 07, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange 2003 is now even more customizable than ever before. Provisioning OWA will allow you to remove certain features for security and performance reasons, or if you are providing hosted Exchange mailboxes, resell certain features as value added features.
How to change the POP3 / IMAP4 and SMTP banner in Exchange 2003: Date - Feb 02, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I will show you how to change the banner for the POP3/IMAP4 and SMTP service in Exchange 2003. Changing the banner for these Exchange services enhances the security if an attacker and illegitimate users don't know, on the first try, which server is communicating with them. Please keep in mind that this is only one of several methods of securing the Exchange environment.
Creating and Using Moderated Public Folders in MS Exchange Server: Date - Jan 31, 2006; Author - Lee Derbyshire; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Public Folders are one of the most useful features of Exchange Server. However, it’s possible that there are situations in which a folder’s visibility makes it desirable to have some extra layer of control, one final check, if you like, before something actually appears in full public view. This is where Moderated Folders come in. In this article, I will describe how you create and use a moderated folder in Exchange Server.
Why 64-Bit Is Good For E12: Date - Jan 26, 2006; Author - Rodney Buike; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Planning & Architecture; Recently Microsoft announced that the next generation of Exchange server, codename E12, would ship in a 64-bit version only. This article will explain what 64-bit is, the benefits of moving E12 to the x64 architecture and what to look for when purchasing new hardware so that it will support E12 when it RTMs.
Understanding the LegacyExchangeDN: Date - Jan 24, 2006; Author - Marc Grote; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In this article I will discuss the LegacyExchangeDN and how to use the free LegacyExchangeDN tool from the Microsoft website.
Booking Resources with Exchange Server 2003 and Outlook System 2003: Date - Jan 17, 2006; Author - Markus Klein; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; After a successful implementation of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the next step would be implementing lots of improvements within the working processes of the company and its organizational infrastructure. Many companies are willing to plan their company resources using Exchange and Outlook to make it easier for each employee to find out if a resource is already booked or still available.
In-depth look at the Public Folder Improvements in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2: Date - Jan 12, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we’ll take an in-depth look at the new Public Folder improvements included in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Rights Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 3): Date - Jan 10, 2006; Author - Santhosh Sivarajan; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; It is time to talk about custom templates since we have discussed built-in Do Not Forward templates in Part 2 of this document. In this part of the article, I will explain the procedure of creating and using custom templates. I will use the following scenario to better explain the use of a custom template.
Intelligent Message Filter version 2 (IMF v2): Date - Jan 05, 2006; Author - Henrik Walther; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; In this article we’ll have a closer look at the new Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) which comes with Exchange 2003 SP2. Since IMF is included in Exchange 2003 SP2 it’s no longer an add-on as was the case with IMF version 1, but has now become an integrated part of the Exchange Server 2003 product.
Rights Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 2): Date - Jan 03, 2006; Author - Santhosh Sivarajan; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of my RMS document. Thanks to all who sent emails. As I explained in the previous part of the RMS document, my focus was to explain the RMS functionality from an Outlook 2003 client. I received a lot of questions regarding RMS and Exchange integration. RMS is not integrated with Exchange so you don’t need to have Exchange to use RMS. You can use RMS with any RMS aware application but RMS does require Active Directory.