Welcome to Henrik Walther's Section

Henrik Walther is a Microsoft Exchange MVP, MCA: Messaging (Exchange Ranger) Apprentice, MCITP: Exchange 2007, MCTS: Windows 2008, and MCSE: M+S that works as a Technology Architect for Interprise Consulting A/S, a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Denmark. His primary role at Interprise Consulting A/S is to plan, design and implement messaging solutions based on Exchange Server for large Enterprise IT organizations. Henrik has been in the IT industry for more than 14 years (primarily working with MS technology), but has over the years become a Microsoft Exchange Messaging Specialist.

In addition to his job as Technology Architect at Interprise Consulting A/S, Henrik is part of the Technical writer team at Biblioso Corporation, that amongst other things develops most of the Exchange technical white papers for Microsoft IT Showcase.

Moreover he owns and runs the danish site - Exchange-faq.dk, and is the primary content creator here on MSExchange.org. Henrik is the author behind the How To Cheat at Configuring Exchange Server 2007 and CYA Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access books both published by Syngress Publishing (now part of Elsevier Press). Henrik was also a reviewer for a several other messaging books.

Henrik is lucky to share his life with his fantastic wife Michella (an absolutely non-computer geek!) and his lovely little son Benjamin.

Article/newsletter/blog questions
If/when you have a question related to one of my articles or my monthly newsletter, I would appreciate if you could post them on the MSExchange.org message board. If you're in a hurry you can send me an email telling me that you've posted your question and a link to where you posted it, I'll then take a look at it as soon as possible.

Corrections, errors or missing information in my articles/newsletters/blog
Should you find any errors or even incorrect information in my articles, I would appreciate your feedback, just shoot me an email at henrik@msexchange.org.

Author, Co-author, Technical Editor and Reviewer information
Are you on the lookout for an author, co-author, technical editor or even reviewer for a planned or upcoming Exchange book, don't hesistate to contact me by shooting an email to henrik@msexchange.org.

Latest News

March 2007
My new book has just been released. You can read a sample chapter here on MSExchange.org.

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March 05 2006
Alright finally I have decided to start a blog here on MSExchange.org. There are several reasons behind this decision, some of you might be aware I’ve been blogging since 2002 (over at my Danish Exchange site - Exchange-faq.dk), back when blogging still was a very new concept. But since Denmark isn’t among the biggest countries in the world, I thought I would try to reach an even larger crowd by starting a blog in English here on MSExchange.org too.

The main purpose of this blog is to get even closer to all you readers of my articles, as well as all you Exchange admins who hang around and post interesting questions / issues on the message boards.

January 01 2006
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May 23 2004
My new book (Securing Exchange Server 2003 and Outlook Web Access) which covers the security minded aspects of Exchange 2003 and Outlook Web Access has finally been published. If you haven't already noticed chapter 5 from the book (Securing the Outlook Web Access Server) has been published here on MSExchange.org. You can read more about the book by following this link.

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Henrik Walther's Latest Contributions

Deploying an Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR Cluster on a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster – Part 3: Installing Exchange 2007 SP1 and Verifying CMS Functionality: Date - May 08, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; The final part of the series revolving around how to deploy an Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR based cluster on Windows Server 2008.
Deploying an Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR Cluster on a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster – Part 2: Forming and Validating the Failover Cluster: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; We will create the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster and insure that it is configured properly using the new cluster configuration validation wizard included with Windows Server 2008.
Load Balancing Exchange 2007 SP1 Hub Transport Servers using Windows Network Load Balancing Technology (Part 2): Date - Apr 03, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Planning & Architecture; How you can load balance Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Hub Transport Servers using Windows Network Load Balancing technology.
Load Balancing Exchange 2007 SP1 Hub Transport Servers using Windows Network Load Balancing Technology (Part 1): Date - Mar 20, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Planning & Architecture; How you can load-balance Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Hub Transport Servers using Windows Network Load Balancing technology.
Recovering an Exchange 2007 Clustered Mailbox Server (CMS) using the RecoverCMS Switch Part 2: Date - Mar 03, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; We will install the Passive Mailbox Server role on additional nodes in the Windows cluster, update the storage group copies, resume replication, test cluster fail-over and finally explain how you clean up the obsolete computer account objects and A-records in Active Directory and DNS respectively.
Deploying an Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR Cluster on a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster – Part 1: Prerequisites & Configuring the failover cluster nodes: Date - Feb 21, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to deploy an Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR based clustered mailbox server on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster.
Recovering an Exchange 2007 Clustered Mailbox Server (CMS) using the RecoverCMS Switch (Part 1): Date - Feb 12, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This two part article series will show you how to recover an Exchange Server 2007 CCR or SCC cluster using the RecoverCMS switch.
Recovering Exchange 2007 using the RecoverServer Switch: Date - Feb 06, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this video tutorial you will see how a failed Exchange 2007 Server can be recovered using the new RecoverServer switch, which replaces the old DisasterRecovery switch we know from Exchange 2000 and 2003.
Creating Custom Exchange 2007 Management Consoles: Date - Jan 29, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; How you can create custom management consoles in Exchange Server 2007.
Exporting Mailbox Data to a PST File in Exchange 2007 SP1: Date - Jan 16, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; This video explains how you can export Mailbox data to a PST file using the enhanced Export-Mailbox cmdlet in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1.
Uncovering the New Export List feature in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1: Date - Jan 10, 2008; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we’ll uncover the new Export List feature included in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1.
Exchange 2007 SP1 Mailbox Management Features - Part 3: Mailbox-enabling Users in bulk using the Exchange Management Console: Date - Dec 18, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; How to mailbox-enable users in bulk from within the Exchange Management Console (EMC) with the improved New Mailbox wizard in Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1.
Upgrading to Exchange 2007 SP1: Date - Dec 12, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Migration & Deployment; How to upgrade an Exchange 2007 multi-role server, holding the Client Access, Hub transport and Mailbox Server roles, to Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 using the Exchange 2007 Setup Wizard.
Exchange 2007 SP1 Mailbox Management Features - Part 2: Managing Mailbox Permissions using the Exchange Management Console: Date - Nov 29, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we’ll take a look at the new “Send As” and “Full Access” permission features included in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1.
Securing an Exchange 2007 Client Access Server using a 3rd party SAN Certificate: Date - Nov 08, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; How you properly secure an Exchange 2007 Client Access Server (CAS) using a 3rd party subject alternative name (SAN) certificate.
Exchange 2007 SP1 Mailbox Management Features - Part 1: Importing and Exporting Mailbox data to and from PST files: Date - Oct 25, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; Step by step instructions on how to import and export mailbox data to and from PST files using the enhanced Import-Mailbox and Export-Mailbox cmdlets in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1.
Managing E-Mail Address Policies in Exchange Server 2007: Date - Oct 11, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; How E-Mail address policies are managed in an Exchange Server 2007 organization.
Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: Managing a CCR Cluster using the Exchange Management Console: Date - Sep 25, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to manage a CCR cluster using the Exchange Management Console in Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1.
Load Balancing Exchange 2007 Client Access Servers using Windows Network Load-Balancing Technology – Part 3: Creating Certificates and Testing Client Services: Date - Sep 11, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to create a new SAN certificate and how to test whether client services work properly.
Uncovering the Exchange ActiveSync Enhancements in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1: Date - Aug 30, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) Enhancements in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1.
Load Balancing Exchange 2007 Client Access Servers using Windows Network Load-Balancing Technology – Part 2: Configuring the Windows NLB Cluster: Date - Aug 16, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to set up and configure the Windows Network Load Balancing cluster.
Load Balancing Exchange 2007 Client Access Servers using Windows Network Load-Balancing Technology – Part 1: Overview of Windows NLB Clusters: Date - Aug 02, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to load-balance Exchange 2007 Client Access Servers (CAS) using Windows Network Load Balancing (WNLB) technology.
Managing Exchange 2007 using PowerGUI (Part 2): Date - Jul 19, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; Advanced management features in PowerGUI.
Managing Exchange 2007 using PowerGUI (Part 1): Date - Jul 03, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; How to manage Exchange Server 2007 objects in bulk using a freeware tool called PowerGUI.
Mobile Messaging with Exchange Server 2007 – Part 2: Managing Mobile Devices: Date - May 17, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; The improvements revolving around managing mobile device users in Exchange Server 2007.
Mobile Messaging with Exchange Server 2007 – Part 1: New Device Features and Improvements: Date - May 01, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; The mobile device improvements in Exchange Server 2007.
Managing Public Folders with Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta: Date - Apr 19, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Management & Administration; The new Exchange Server 2007 Public Folder console introduced in Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Beta.
Backing Up Exchange Databases via the Passive Node in an Exchange Server 2007 CCR Cluster: Date - Apr 03, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Compliance, Policies & Archiving; How to perform the backup of Exchange databases via the passive node in a CCR cluster.
Working with Recovery Storage Groups in Exchange 2007: Date - Mar 15, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to work with Recovery Storage Groups.
Configuring Exchange Server 2007 Preview - Chapter 9: Disaster Recovery with Exchange Server 2007: Date - Mar 06, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; Special preview chapter from Henrik Walther’s new book 'Configuring Exchange Server 2007', exclusively available on MSExchange.org!
Recovering an Exchange 2007 Server using the RecoverServer switch: Date - Feb 22, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to restore an Exchange 2007 Server in a few simple steps using the new RecoverServer switch.
Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Part 3): Date - Feb 08, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Migration & Deployment; How to replicate Public Folders, move Mailboxes as well as decommission the Exchange 2003 Server.
Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2): Date - Jan 30, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Migration & Deployment; Preparing the server for Exchange 2007 and the actual Exchange 2007 installation.
Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1): Date - Jan 16, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Migration & Deployment; How a transition from Exchange Server 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007 is performed.
Exchange 2007 Store Related Changes and Improvements: Date - Jan 02, 2007; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / Planning & Architecture; Insight into the store related changes and improvements introduced in Exchange Server 2007.
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 3): Date - Nov 21, 2006; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; How to install Exchange Server 2007 on the nodes as well as verify CCR functionality.
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 2): Date - Oct 31, 2006; 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.
Installing, Configuring and Testing an Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Based Mailbox Server (Part 1): Date - Oct 05, 2006; 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.
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; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This part three shows you how to install Exchange Server 2007 and verify the cluster functionality.
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; Section - Exchange 2007 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this part two we’ll create and configure the Windows Server 2003 Cluster.
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; 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.
Drilldown of the new OWA Direct File Access Feature in Exchange Server 2007: Part 2 (Client-side): Date - Aug 10, 2006; 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.
Drilldown of the new OWA Direct File Access Feature in Exchange Server 2007: Part 1 (Server-side): Date - Aug 01, 2006; 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.
A First Look at the New Exchange 2007 System Management Console: Date - Jul 06, 2006; 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.
Uncovering the New Outlook 2007 AutoDiscover Service: Date - Jun 20, 2006; 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.
Demystifying the Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature: Date - Jun 13, 2006; 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.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 4 – Accessing the Corporate GAL from your Mobile Device Using GAL Lookup: Date - May 18, 2006; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article we’ll take a closer look at the GAL lookup feature.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 3 – Installing, Administering, and Using the Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool: Date - May 02, 2006; 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.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 2 - Uncovering the Device Security Policies: Date - Apr 20, 2006; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article we’ll uncover the new device security policies available in Exchange 2003 SP2.
Explaining the order in which the Exchange 2003 (SP2) Connection Filters are applied: Date - Apr 11, 2006; 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.
Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 1 - A look at the Microsoft DirectPush technology: Date - Mar 30, 2006; 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.
Fixing a Damaged or Incorrectly Configured OWA 2003 Installation: Date - Mar 16, 2006; 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 12: The Monad-based Exchange Management Shell: Date - Mar 09, 2006; 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.
Explaining the new MAPI Access feature included in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2: Date - Feb 16, 2006; 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.
A look at the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer (EPA) Tool: Date - Feb 09, 2006; 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.
In-depth look at the Public Folder Improvements in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2: Date - Jan 12, 2006; 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).
Intelligent Message Filter version 2 (IMF v2): Date - Jan 05, 2006; 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.
Explaining the Database size limit changes in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2: Date - Dec 13, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In my previous article we had a closer look at the new Sender ID feature included in Exchange 2003 SP2, in this article I’ll show you how to configure and take advantage of the new database size limit increase in Exchange 2003 SP2.
The Importance of Auditing your Exchange 2003 Server(s): Date - Nov 29, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; As most of you already know, messaging is one of the most mission-critical services in our organizations nowadays. In this article I’ll explain why auditing the Exchange 2003 Server(s) in your messaging environment is crucial.
Configuring and enabling Sender ID filtering in Exchange 2003 SP2: Date - Nov 01, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Now that the wait is over and Exchange 2003 SP2 has been released, I think it’s a good time to take a closer look at some of the new features in the service pack. In this article I’ll explain the purpose and benefits of enabling Sender ID filtering in Exchange 2003 SP2, as well as show you how to configure this feature.
A Look at the Exchange Monitor 2003 Tool: Date - Sep 29, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article I will show you how, with the help of a little 3rd party tool, you can monitor your Exchange 2003 server as well as the Exchange services running on it. It’s also possible to stop, start and restart services as well as enable and disable them. In addition, you can see the version and build numbers of the Exchange Servers.
Dual or Pass-Through Authentication in an Exchange 2003 Front-End/Back-End Setup: Date - Sep 20, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In this article, I will explain the differences between using dual and pass-through authentication in an Exchange 2003 front-end/back-end setup, where forms-based authentication isn’t enabled, and where the required Exchange services aren’t published through an ISA Server located on the perimeter network (aka DMZ, demilitarized zone or screened subnet).
Offline Address Book Integrity (OABInteg) Utility Explained: Date - Sep 13, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article I’ll introduce you to the Offline Address Book Integrity (OABInteg) utility, which can be of great help when troubleshooting Offline Address Book (OAB) generation issues as well as OAB download issues.
Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 BETA (build 7623.0) Exposed: Date - Sep 01, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Planning & Architecture; In this article I will go through the most interesting fixes, improvements as well as new features included in Exchange 2003 SP2. I will also take a look at some of the features we can expect to come with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0, which in conjunction with Exchange 2003 SP2 enable a faster, richer, and more secure mobile Outlook experience for your mailbox-enabled Windows Mobile 5.0 users.
SSL Enabling OWA 2003 Using a Free 3rd Party Certificate: Date - Sep 01, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; In this article I’ll explain how it’s possible to secure OWA 2003 with a free 3rd party SSL certificate. Yes that’s right, free, like in “permanently free”, not some kind of 30 day trial period.
Windows-based SMTP Tar Pitting Explained: Date - Aug 04, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; In this article I’ll explain what SMTP Tar Pitting is all about, as well as show you how to implement this relatively new feature (at least for Windows-based servers) in your messaging environment.
Recovering a Failed Exchange 2003 Member Server Using the Disaster Recovery Switch: Date - Jul 26, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; What could be worse than facing a seriously corrupted mailbox store? Yes you guessed right – facing a completely dead Exchange Server. In this article I’ll shine some light on the steps necessary in order to restore an Exchange 2003 Member Server, that has experienced a major hardware failure causing a complete loss of data.
Demystifying The Exchange Dial-tone Restore Method (Part 3): Date - Jun 28, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; We have reached part 3 which is the final one in the Demystifying The Exchange Dial-tone Restore Method article series. In this article I’ll show you how to make sure the Mailbox Store we previously restored to the Recovery Storage Group is in a consistent state, as well as provide you with the necessary steps in order to swap the restored Mailbox Store with the dial-tone database. Finally I’ll show you how to merge the two databases.
Demystifying The Exchange Dial-tone Restore Method (Part 2): Date - Jun 07, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In Part 1, I talked about what an Exchange dial-tone database is, also showing you how to create one. In this article (Part 2), I’ll delve a bit more into the Outlook 2003 Exchange Recovery Mode, as well as show you how to restore the crashed Mailbox Store to the Recovery Storage Group using NTBackup.
Demystifying The Exchange Dial-tone Restore Method (Part 1): Date - May 24, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; In this three part series I’ll try to explain what the Exchange dial-tone restore method (aka the Recover now, restore later method) is all about, as well as inform when and why it can be a good idea to use this method in conjunction with the Recovery Storage Group (RSG) feature, when faced with one or more corrupt Mailbox Stores.
Using the Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor (ExMon) tool: Date - May 05, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article I will give you an introduction to Microsoft’s latest Exchange 2003 Server Web Release tool – Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor (ExMon) which was announced on You Had Me at EHLO (aka Exchange team blog) the 7 April 2005. ExMon makes it possible for Exchange Administrators to view, evaluate and gather real-time data about the users in an Exchange environment.
Customizing Mailbox Limit Warnings with the Quota Message Service for Exchange: Date - Apr 12, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article I will give you an insight into how you, with the use of the Quota Message Service for Exchange, can customize mailbox quota messages (aka mailbox limit warnings.)
Dealing with Outlook Internet Headers: Date - Mar 15, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I’ll give you a brief introduction to Outlook Internet Headers. Being an Exchange Admin it’s essential you know what an Internet Header is and just as important know how to read it, especially in troubleshooting situations and when dealing with spoofed e-mail messages.
Command Line-based Exchange Management using ExchMbx: Date - Mar 03, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; If you're a relatively experienced Exchange Admin with several years in the field, at one time or another you've probably missed the capability of managing Exchange related tasks via the command line console (CLI), but fear not those days are over now that we have ExchMBX.
E-mail Filtering for Exchange: SurfControl E-Mail Filter for Exchange 2000/2003 Review: Date - Mar 01, 2005; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Product Reviews; The purpose of this article is to give you a somewhat superficial review of SurfControl’s E-mail Filter for Exchange 2000/2003. Some of you might ask why it’s superficial; well there’s a simple answer for that, the product is way too comprehensive for an in-depth review, I therefore suggest you download your own trial version and give the product a go in your test lab, as that’s the only way to get a real insight into the product’s capabilities.
Using ADModify to Change Exchange Specific AD User Attributes in Bulk: Date - Feb 08, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Tools; In this article I will give you an insight into how you, with the use of ADModify, can modify Exchange attributes on Active Directory (AD) users in bulk. If you’re an Exchange administrator in a relatively large organization you will quickly learn you can’t afford to be without ADModify.
Outlook Web Access 2003 Forms-based Authentication and the default domain dilemma - Part 2: Date - Jan 11, 2005; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In my first article I showed you how you could edit the Logon.asp page in order to login simply by using username instead of username@domain.com (UPN) and domain\username. I’ve got some excellent feedback from different Exchange admins already using similar methods and my idea with this article was to provide you with a few of the improved code snippets I’ve received.
OWA 2003 Caveats when Deploying Windows XP SP2 in Your Organization: Date - Dec 21, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article I will show you some of the caveats you run into when deploying Windows XP SP2 in an organization where your users rely on the Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003 client, and because many of the security enhancements included in Windows XP SP2 have been made to Internet Explorer (IE) there are plenty.
Using OWA 2003 as the Default Mail Client in Your Organization: Date - Nov 30, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; Because Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003 has become so feature-rich (in premium mode) and provides a user interface that closely matches Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (also known as the Outlook MAPI client), provides far better performance and security than was the case with earlier versions, it’s getting more and more popular to use OWA 2003 as the default client among users within the organization (especially when speaking retail stores, schools and factory floors etc.)
Neat OWA 2003 End-User Tips & Tricks: Date - Nov 04, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I will provide you with a few useful OWA 2003 end-user tips & tricks. First I will show you some of my favourite OWA 2003 keyboard shortcuts, and then I will move on and explain how you can improve the awkward OWA 2003 Attachment feature simply by installing the S/MIME ActiveX component. I will also show you how you can have multiple mailboxes opened through OWA using one username. Last but certainly not least I will give you an insider tip on how it’s possible to recover shift-deleted (aka “hard deleted”) mailbox items through OWA 2003.
Enabling Freedocs access through Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article I will explain what Freedocs are all about as well as explain how you can benefit from enabling access to FreeDocs through OWA 2003. In Exchange 2000 (and prior versions) access to FreeDocs via OWA was enabled by default, but as many other things this was changed in Exchange 2003 (as part of Microsoft’s secure by default initiative.)
Outlook Web Access 2003 Forms-based Authentication and the default domain dilemma: Date - Aug 10, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; 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.
Using Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter: Date - Jun 16, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Finally Microsoft has released the new Exchange Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) - a SmartScreen-based Exchange 2003 add-on specifically developed to help Exchange Admins reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) also known as spam received by their users.
Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access: Chapter 5 on MSExchange.org!: Date - Jun 10, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; Get a glimpse into Henrik Walther's recently published book - Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access! This essential book serves as a comprehensive checklist to all of the security-related configuration consoles in Exchange. Best of all, it's written in a "get to the point" style that clearly explains exactly what you need to know about installing, managing, and troubleshooting. This chapter focuses strictly on OWA security OWA authentication, enabling SSL on OWA, restricting user access, allowing password changes through OWA, and redirecting HTTP to HTTPS.
Queue Viewer Improvements in Exchange 2003: Date - Apr 28, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; Being an Exchange Administrator involves several different maintenance tasks, one of them is to regularly check if mail messages flows properly through your X.400 and SMTP Virtual Server queues, which is where the Queue Viewer contained in the Exchange System Manager comes into the picture. In this article I will introduce you to the Queue Viewer improvements found in Exchange 2003, as well as give a brief description of the different queue types available.
Moving Mailboxes with the Exchange 2003 Move Mailbox Wizard: Date - Apr 15, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I will spend some time covering the much improved Move Mailbox Wizard found in Exchange Server 2003. The new Move Mailbox Wizard has been improved in several areas, its now possible to move up to 4 mailboxes at the same time (called Multithreading), you can decide how corrupted items are handled, mailbox moves can now be scheduled and there are different options for reporting etc.
SSL Enabling OWA 2003 using your own Certificate Authority: Date - Mar 17, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Why spend money on a 3rd party SSL certificate, when you can create your own for free? In this article I will show you step by step how you create your own SSL Certificate, which among other things is needed in order to properly secure Outlook Web Access on your Exchange 2003 Server.
Doing an in-place upgrade from Exchange Server 2000 to 2003: Date - Jan 29, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Migration & Deployment; We would like to welcome Microsoft MVP Henrik Walther to our team of authors as he presents his first article to MSExchange.org readers. As companies seems to start their Exchange 2003 deployments way faster, than was the case with Exchange 2000, I thought it was about time to provide you with information on how you handle an in-place upgrade from Exchange 2000 to 2003.