EMS – Script your Exchange Server 2007 Storage Groups and Mailbox Databases
A sample PowerShell script for automating creation of Exchange Server 2007 storage groups and mailbox databases.
March 4, 2008
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EMS – Check your Exchange Server 2007 services
Thanks to the Exchange Management Shell you can check the status of your Exchange Server 2007 services with a single command line. [PS] C:\>Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -match "Exchange"} Status DisplayName ------ ----------- Running Microsoft Exchange Active Directory... Running Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update Running Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync Running Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Stopped Microsoft Exchange […]
March 2, 2008
EMS – Exchange Server 2007 Product Keys
Exchange Server 2007 permits you to install the product and use it for 120 days in trial mode without entering a product key. If you intend to use your system in production you should enter your Exchange Server 2007 product key within that 120 day period (preferably before your system goes into production). You can […]
February 29, 2008
Event ID 454 and 17003 – A corrupt Sender Reputation database causes Exchange Server 2007 Transport service to stop
A corrupt Sender Reputation database may cause Exchange Server 2007 Transport service to stop.
February 28, 2008
Project Coconut: Part 1 – Getting the environment up to scratch
Project Coconut is underway and the first bit of action is getting the environment up to the pre-requisites for Exchange Server 2007. The existing environment is Active Directory in Windows 2000 Native Mode, with Windows 2000 Server domain controllers, and an Exchange 2000 Server organisation also running on Windows 2000 Server member servers. Part 1 - Getting the environment up to scratch
February 25, 2008
Project Coconut: An Exchange Server 2000 to 2007 Transition – Introduction
Did you say Project Coconut!?! Yes I did. The name came about basically like this: Paul: Hey Steve, I need a good codename for this Exchange project. What do you think? Steve: Project Coconut. Paul: …. okay then. Considering who I asked it could have been much worse. Project Coconut… what is it? Project Coconut […]
February 10, 2008
White Paper: Configuring Virtual Organizations and Address List Segregation in Exchange 2007
Microsoft has released their own white paper containing guidance on configuring Exchange 2007 for Address List separation. This is something that was pretty easy in Exchange 2003, but suddenly made a lot more complicated and less obvious in Exchange 2007. A bunch of home brew solutions came about some time after Exchange 2007 was released […]
February 8, 2008
Kaspersky scan engine updates for Forefront causing high volume of downloads
Our office discovered today that internet usage for the month has skyrocketed when compared to the later months of last year. Sometimes this can be attributed to some overzealous Youtube sessions, or a new product release that requires us to download large ISO files. In this particular case the firewall logs indicated that one of […]
February 6, 2008
Exchange Server 2007 SP1 disables Exchange Anti-spam updates
Here is the anti-spam configuration on an Exchange Server 2007 RTM server: [PS] C:\>Get-AntispamUpdates UpdateMode : Automatic LatestContentFilterVersion : 3.3.4604.600 SpamSignatureUpdatesEnabled : True LatestSpamSignatureVersion : 3.3.4604.600 IPReputationUpdatesEnabled : True LatestIPReputationVersion : 3.3.4604.001 MicrosoftUpdate : NotConfigured And here is the same Exchange Server 2007 server immediately after upgrading to Service Pack 1: [PS] C:\>Get-AntispamUpdates UpdateMode : […]
February 6, 2008
Restricting outbound email with Exchange Server 2007 Transport Rules
In prior versions of Exchange an organisation that wished to restrict who could send outbound internet emails could apply the restriction on an SMTP connector. In this example emails sent to the * address space are rejected by default unless sent by a group listed in the “Accept messages from:” list, for example a group […]
February 5, 2008
Checking currency of Exchange Server 2007 Anti-Spam signatures
Last week I wrote a post on what is missing from Exchange Server 2007 Anti-Spam. A short time afterwards Evan Dodds wrote back to me with an answer to the issue. One could write a simple script to check what updates are available on MU in certain categories, etc. Sample VB script code is available […]
December 10, 2007
What is missing from Exchange Server 2007 Anti-Spam
I’ve been searching all over the Microsoft website for a KB article, Technet article, or any other page that will list the current version of the various Exchange Server 2007 anti-spam signature releases. I realise that in any given day these can update dozens of times, but it is still a bit frustrating not having […]
December 4, 2007