If you are going to allow people outside of your organization to use Exchange to collaborate with each other you don’t really want to give them access to your default Public Folders, so in this article we will look at creating a new Public Folder tree, a new Public Folder Store, how to allow access to it via a web browser, and some of the configuration options you might want to apply.
In this article I will give you an overview of Exchange 2003 Mailbox Management. We will cover the following topics: Mailbox creation, Recipient Policies, Mailbox Management, and Mailbox Recovery.
In this article I will give you a Step by Step solution how to rename a Windows 2003 domain with Exchange 2003 installed. This article will not explain every step how to do a domain rename. This is documented in the “Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Domain Rename“. You will find the link at the end of this article. The Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Rename Tool provides a supported methodology to rename one or more domains in an Active Directory forest. The DNS name and the NetBIOS name of a domain can be changed using the domain rename procedure. Note that implementing domain rename is a complex undertaking that requires thorough planning and a good understanding of the domain rename procedure.
If someone already tried the Exchange Server 2003 Beta 2 he should have found out that at least one feature was missing in comparison to the final release. With the Beta 2 you were able to reconnect a mailbox that was mounted via the recovery storage group feature with a user from your Active Directory. So it was quite easy to configure and no Exmerge utility was needed at that time. With its final release things changed and you have had to use Exmerge to recover the mailbox. Now with Service Pack 1 this feature is back.
Okay so you have enabled Forms-based Authentication (FBA) and your users can now logon to Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003 either by typing domain\username or username@domain.com. But ever since you enabled FBA your users have found it annoying they can’t type username anymore, the other day even the CEO told you his opinion about it, and he definitely wasn’t satisfied so you better come up with a solution.
Filtering in Exchange 2003 can be a powerful tool in the right hands. It can help you to protect your mail server, especially in a single server or branch scenario when no mail relay is provided and ease the load off your regular anti virus and anti spam packages if it is used right.