What Counts as an Inactive Mailbox in an Exchange Server Environment?
What counts as an inactive mailbox in an Exchange Server organization, and what are the attributes you can use to find them?
July 7, 2016
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Podcast Episode 22: Surviving Exchange Updates with Andrew Higginbotham
In this episode of the Exchange Server Pro Podcast, Andrew Higginbotham discusses the servicing model for Exchange, and how to survive cumulative updates.
June 29, 2016
Using Activation Policies to Prevent Database Copies Mounting in Other Sites
How to use activation policies for Exchange Server database availability groups to control where database copies can automatically mount.
June 16, 2016
Tracking Read Status of Email Messages in Exchange Server
How to use delivery reports in Exchange Server to check the read status of email messages.
June 9, 2016
Exchange Best Practices: Administrator Access to User Mailboxes
As a best practice, it is recommend that you don't configure blanket, persistent access for IT administrators to end user Exchange mailboxes.
June 1, 2016
Exchange Best Practices: Secure POP and IMAP Access
For POP and IMAP access to Exchange Server mailboxes the best practice is to require secure logins.
May 24, 2016
Exchange Best Practices: Server Local Administrator Passwords
The servers running Exchange Server in your environment should have unique, complex local administrator passwords that are unknown.
May 18, 2016
Exchange Best Practices: Configuration of Database Hosting Journal Mailbox
When you configure journaling in an Exchange organization you should also review the configuration of any databases that will be hosting journal mailboxes.
May 17, 2016
Podcast Episode 18: Public Folders with Nathan O'Bryan
In this episode of the Exchange Server Pro Podcast I'm joined by Nathan O'Bryan to discuss Exchange Public Folders.
May 11, 2016
Exchange Server Database Corruption and Dirty Shutdown Scenarios
Understand the issues that cause Exchange Server databases to fail to mount due to corruption and dirty shutdown states.
May 2, 2016
Exchange Best Practices: Least Privilege Administrative Rights
When it comes to Exchange Server the the principle of least privilege applies, and is considered a best practice.
April 28, 2016
Podcast Episode 17: Troubleblasting with Andrew Higginbotham
In this episode of the Exchange Server Pro Podcast, Andrew Higginbotham and I discuss the new Exchange Server Troubleshooting Companion eBook.
April 27, 2016