Showing posts with label exchange 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exchange 2007. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 October 2012

TechNet "How do I" videos Exchange 2010

I have included this link as Microsoft is in “Exchange Server 2013 Sales Mode” and all a lot of useful Exchange server 2010 links send you to, guess where, Exchange Server 2013.

Most of these “How do I” videos are less than 10 minutes long.

"How do I" video center Exchange 2010

For example here as some migration videos:

Coexisting Exchange 2010 with Exchange 2007
Duration: 9:04; WMV, MP4

Transitioning From Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Part 1
Duration: 5:16; WMV, MP4

Transitioning From Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Part 2
Duration: 8:28; WMV, MP4

Transitioning From Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Part 3
Duration: 4:56; WMV, MP4

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups

A nice useful three part article from The Exchange Team Blog.

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups- - Part 1

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups- - Part 2

Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups- - Part 3

SharePoint 2007 and Exchange 2007 Integration with Active Directory Rights Management Services

We have these wonderful collaboration systems in SharePoint and Exchange but how do you secure content to prevent inappropriate dissemination or theft?

You may want “eyes only” for someone to view and possibly comment but not be able to print or cut and paste contents. I want to do this in SharePoint Libraries and Exchange emails.

I have found this interesting webcast and some links explaining AD RMS.

TechNet Webcast- SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 Integration with Active Directory (Level 400)

Presenter: Cristian Mora

TechNet Magazine: Inside SharePoint Security and Compliance with AD RMS

 

Active Directory RMS Rights Management Services

AD RMS Overview

Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) Step-by-Step

Active Directory Rights Management Services Overview

AD RMS and Active Directory Objects

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Exchange 2007 Messaging Records Management

Exchange 2007 Messaging Records Management

Speedy Shutdown of Exchange 2007

Working in a development environment I tend to reboot my servers more frequently than normal. Shutting down services manually or with a script substantially speeds server shutdown.

Paste the following into a command file:

net stop msexchangeadtopology /y
net stop msftesql-exchange /y
net stop msexchangeis /y
net stop msexchangesa /y
net stop iisadmin /y

I find this greatly speeds the shutdown of a Small Business Server 2008 environment.

Cautionary note:

Watch when deleting drafts in blogger you may accidentally delete a useful post like this.

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007

Useful series of webcasts covering Exchange Server 2007.

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Exchange Server 2007 (Parts 01 to 24)

There are further series of webcast, the “In Depth” and “Deep Dive”:

TechNet Webcast:  Exchange Server 2007 in Depth (parts 01 to 08) (level 200 – 300)

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Deep Dive Series (level 300)

I include these series as a reminder to myself as I have attended Deep Dive events in the past and found them to be useful.

If I find time to review these series I will post a separate blog entry for them.

Transitioning from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010

Once you have installed an Exchange 2010 serve into an existing Exchange 2007 forest how do you remove the Exchange 2007 server?

This series of short webcast (less than 10 minutes each) deals with:

Migrating the client mailboxes.

Replicating then moving the public folders.

Moving the offline address book

Uninstalling the Exchange 2007 server

MS Webcast: Transitioning From Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 (parts 1 to 3)

Microsoft Exchange On-Demand Webcast Links

The Microsoft Events site is one I use to find useful in the past. The most important element for me is search past webcasts.

Exchange 5.5 Webcasts

Exchange 2003 Webcasts

Exchange 2007 Webcasts

Exchange 2010 Webcasts

Although I have included Exchange Server 5.5, mainly because I use to work with it, the webcast in this series tend to only cover migrating away from it.

Friday, 25 December 2009

Exchange 2007: Exchange Anti-Spam Myths

The Official Exchange Team blog presents us with the top 6 SMTP anti-spam myths

Further Information:

Exchange team blog: Exchange anti-spam myths revealed

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Exchange 2003: Remote Connectivity Analyzer

Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer

Need to test the connectivity of your exchange server guess you need the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer then.

Exchange-Remote-Connectivity-Analyzer

More Information:

Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyser

Exchange 2003: BlackBerry® Enterprise Server

bb_bold9700BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange, gives you push-based access to the following applications:

Microsoft Exchange email
Microsoft Exchange calendar, contacts and scheduling

Instant messaging applications such as Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007

Web-based, Java® ME and Web Services applications

Other enterprise applications and systems such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are also accessible.

Further Information:

BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0 Evaluation

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Webcasts

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Exchange 2003 Server Service Pack Level

How do you quickly determine the build level of your exchange server

I have included links to a couple of Microsoft Support Documents

For Exchange 2003 Open the  Exchange System Manager - Help - About Exchange System

Look for the Version Number

Example: Exchange 2003 no service packs

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 6.5.6944
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 6.5.7226
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 6.5.7638
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 post-SP2 6.5.7653.33
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 post-SP2 6.5.7654.4

Microsoft Support: How to determine the version number, the build number, and the service pack level of Exchange Server

Microsoft Support: Build numbers and release dates for Exchange Server

Microsoft Security: Check your version of Windows

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Exchange 2007 SP2 installing on SBS 2008

Exchange 2007 SP2 installation on Small Business Server 2008

Important: verified backup required before proceeding.

You can probably guess by the red lettering that the installation of Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2007 is going to be problematic.

Checking Exchange Version

Running either of the two following command in the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) will produce the ominous AdminDisplayVersion : Version 8.1 (***)

  1. Get-ExchangeServer ServerName | FT Name, AdminDisplayVersion
  2. Get-ExchangeServer | Format-List

If WSUS had installed SP2 AdminDisplayVersion : Version 8.2 (***)

Install SP2 or Not

The Official SBS Blog explains the problem and mentions a tool they are working on to deploy the service pack. I would agree with the official SBS blog team that for most people waiting for the SP installation tool is the best option.

Gotcha: All future Exchange 2007 Rollup Updates will require SP2 installed and is required for transition to Exchange 2010.

The Microsoft Support solution requires a registry change and stopping and starting of services to cure a list of possible side effects.

Monday, 14 December 2009

Exchange 2007 Add\remove anti-spam filters on Hub Transport

If you are installing Exchange 2007 on Windows 2003/2008 you will have to install the anti-spam filters on the Hub or Edge server manually. This does not apply to Windows Small Business Server 2008 as the filters are install automatically.

Running anti-spam filter install script

  1. EMS
  2. C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts
  3. Install-AntispamAgents.ps1
  4. Restart-Service MSExchangeTransport
  5. Start EMC Organization Configuration, Hub Transport there should now be an Anti-spam tab.

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Important:

If you are installing a new edge server remember to remove the Anti-Spam filters from the hub

Running anti-spam filter uninstall script

  1. EMS
  2. C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts
  3. Uninstall-AntispamAgents.ps1
  4. Restart-Service MSExchangeTransport

Exchange 2007 Security Configuration Wizard

Security Configuration Wizard (SCW)
Security tool that reduces the attack surface of an Exchange server by disabling unnecessary services, ports, features, and programs. Configures auditing and the Windows Firewall, and secures network interfaces.

scwcmd register /kbname:Ex2007KB /kbfile:"%programfiles%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\scripts\Exchange2007.xml"

SCW for Exchange Server 2007 – Part I
SCW for Exchange Server 2007 – Part II
SCW for Exchange Server 2007 – Part III
Register Exchange Server Role SCW Extensions

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Exchange SSL Security Certificates

Companies using Microsoft Exchange Server can obtain a Unified Communications Certificate required to enable secure client access from the Internet.

Unified Communications Certificate Partners for Exchange Server and for Communications Server

Microsoft certificate partners Comodo, DigiCert and Entrust.

Exchange 2007 Manage Send as Permission

Important:  If Wendy Smith needs to send as Bob Brown the permission is set on Bob Brown’s mailbox.

Possible Gotcha: Notice that in the shell command Bob Brown uses the display name and Wendy.Smith uses the logon name

Add send as permission using EMC

Open EMC Under Recipient Configuration and then Mailbox right click on the required mailbox and select Manage Send as Permission

Click Add then select user then OK, Manage and Finish.

You will notice the Security Principal NT AUTHORITY\SELF this is so the user can send from their own mailbox.

Exchange Management Shell command for SBS 2008:
Add-ADPermission -Identity 'CN=Bob Brown,OU=SBSUsers,OU=Users,OU=MyBusiness,DC=sec,DC=local' -User 'SEC\Wendy.Smith’-ExtendedRights 'Send-as'

 

Remove send as permission using EMC

Caution: If you are deleting users do not delete the Security Principal NT AUTHORITY\SELF.

Open EMC Under Recipient Configuration and then Mailbox right click on the required mailbox and select Manage Send as Permission

Click The red Cross to delete a user then Manage and Finish.

Exchange Management Shell command for SBS 2008:
Remove-ADPermission -Identity 'CN=Bob Brown,OU=SBSUsers,OU=Users,OU=MyBusiness,DC=sec,DC=local' -User 'SEC\Wendy.Smith' -InheritanceType 'All' -ExtendedRights 'send-as' -ChildObjectTypes $null -InheritedObjectType $null -Properties $null

Exchange 2007 Recipient Management

Mailbox Limits

Using the exchange management console (EMC) global mailbox limits are set at a Server Configuration level and can be overridden for individual mailboxes in Recipient Configuration.

Global limits are set on the individual Mailbox Database (it would be possible to have one mailbox database for normal users and another for heavy users such as managers and group mailboxes)

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Right click on the mailbox database and select limits, the default setting is 2GB with a warning issued roughly 5% below and prohibit send 10% above.

Reduce these figures to the bare minimum, in my experience very few people require a mailbox more than 100mb. Large mailboxes just encourage bad housekeeping and increase the complexity and cost of backup.

High mailbox limits also impact Journaling & Continuous Replication

 

Automatically Clear Deleted Items