Installing Exchange Server 2007
How to install a Typical Exchange Server 2007 server into an existing Exchange organization.
How to install a Typical Exchange Server 2007 server into an existing Exchange organization.
Install a new Windows server on 64-bit hardware for Exchange Server 2007. Both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 can be used for Exchange Server 2007 without making much difference to the rest of the transition, so you can choose to install any of the following operating system versions: Windows Server 2003 64-bit Standard/Enterprise […]
Before you begin the transition to Exchange Server 2007 you must first verify that your existing network environment is ready for Exchange Server 2007, deploy a Windows server to host Exchange Server 2007, and download the essentials software and tools for an Exchange Server 2007 transition.
Read my five part series covering the fundamentals of Exchange Server 2007 high availability. Learn how to configure and operate replication (LCR, SCR) and clustering modes (SCC, CCR) for Exchange Server 2007.
Read my five part series covering the fundamentals of Exchange Server 2007 backup and recovery. Learn how to backup each of the Exchange 2007 servers roles and then recover from common disaster scenarios.
Microsoft has launched a dedicated training portal for Exchange Server 2007 and 2010. You will find links to Technet document libraries, certification information, special offers, and eLearning catalogs for the Exchange Server product lines. Check it out here.
Read my three part series about Exchange Server 2007 resource mailboxes. Learn what they are, how to create Room and Equipment mailboxes, and how to extend the resource schema with custom resource properties to add more detail to your resource mailboxes.
Microsoft has announced that Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 will be released in Q3 of this year. The MS Exchange Team has listed some of the key new features in their blog post here. A welcome addition is the new volume snapshot backup plugin for Windows Server 2008. Currently Exchange Server 2007 cannot […]
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2007. The rollup includes a mix of feature improvements and bug fixes which you can read about here. The 32-bit and 64-bit update files are available for download here.
Over at AllSpammedUp.com I've written an article on protecting both yourself and others from backscatter spam. Backscatter spam is also known as NDR spam and is the result of address spoofing combined with spam addressed to invalid recipients. As an Exchange administrator you want to be sure you aren't contributing to the problem with your own email server. Read the article to find out how to avoid send NDR spam to others.
On Exchange Server 2007 you may encounter a quota violation error when attempting to move the storage group logs path for one of your storage groups. Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 01:35:36 SG Public Folders Failed Error: WMI exception occured on server ‘exchangeserver.domain.local’: Quota violation Quota violation Exchange Management Shell command […]
When an Outlook 2007 user has their mailbox migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 they may start seeing a certificate mismatch error appear when launching Outlook. This problem will occur if the following conditions are true: the internal DNS namespace does not match the external DNS namespace (eg domain.local for internal and domain.com.au for […]