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Here is a small script that assigns permissions to folders and subfolders in a mailbox for users. Unfortunately, it is not yet possible to inherit permissions within a mailbox. Therefore here is a small workaround: $mailbox = read-host "mailbox" $folder = read-host "mailbox folder" $user = read-host ... Read more
Address book policies can be used to present customized address books to users. This can be useful if you want to include several companies in an Exchange organization, but do not want users from company A to be able to see all users from company B. Address book policies and customized address books can also make sense for multiple locations. So let's assume we have ... Read more
With Service Pack 1, the Edge Transport Role is also available for Exchange 2013. If you wanted to use the Edge Transport Role before Service Pack 1, you had to install Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007 as Edge. In this article I describe the installation of the Exchange 2013 Edge Transport Role on a Windows Server 2012 R2. ... Read more
When installing Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013, a nasty error can occur under certain circumstances. This is caused by expired certificates that are used by Exchange services. A reader pointed out the problem to me and I was able to reproduce it in a test environment. Here are the details: When checking the prerequisites, the ... Read more
This article is once again about some basic knowledge. It's about the message flow, the connectors and the queues. Some things are identical to Exchange 2010, but a few things have changed. More on this in a moment. Message flow (mailflow) In Exchange 2007/2010 there were 3 roles that were required to operate Exchange: HubTransport, ClientAccess ... Read more
Karsten Palmvig has created a script for analyzing the transaction logs. The script is very helpful for sizing the Exchange organization. You can find the complete article in the Exchange Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/03/07/now-available-getlogfileusage-ps1-script.aspx So if you are about to migrate to Exchange 2013, you should take a look at the script.
Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013 includes a new protocol for communication between Outlook and Exchange: MAPIoverHTTP. So far, MAPIoverHTTP is only supported by Outlook 2013 with SP1 and Exchange 2013 SP1. Therefore How does MAPIoverHTTP work? With Service Pack 1 for Office 2013 and MAPIoverHTTP enabled, Exchange now recognizes 2 protocols to ... Read more
Sometimes there is a requirement not to migrate an Exchange server in the traditional way. A PST migration, i.e. exporting the mailboxes from the source system and then importing the data into the target mailboxes, is then often chosen. This method is often chosen for cross-forest migrations, especially when the number of mailboxes is manageable. Read more
Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2013 has just been released. The Service Pack 1 now brings the long-awaited support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and the Edge Transport role is also available again. The biggest news, however, is probably a new protocol for Outlook: MAPIoverHTTP. Service Pack 1 requires an AD schema update. ... Read more
With its Web Application Firewall, Barracuda also offers a way to publish Exchange securely on the Internet. I have tried out the latest version and tested it with Exchange 2013. Barracuda offers a demo version for download. Here is the initial setup: After the VMware appliance has been started, you can log in with the user "admin" and the password "admin". Read more
