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To complete the setup of the Active Sync Clients, here are the instructions for Windows Phone 8. The instructions for the other smartphone operating systems can be found here: Android 4: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=621 iOS, Android 2.X, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=302 But now only setting up Windows Phone 8, by the way, I used the Windows Phone SDK ... Read more
Here is another script from the Quick and Dirty category. The script reads all permissions for all folders within the mailboxes of the Exchange organization and saves them in a CSV file for further analysis. Maybe someone can use it or even bring it into a reasonable form. # All mailbox folders in your ... Read more
A colleague received the following error message today on an Exchange 2010 server when he tried to set up an Active Sync account (HTTP 401): Error 401 received from server, but no authentication methods are supported. The cause was the following: In the Exchange administration console, under "Server configuration" -> "Client access" -> "Exchange ActiveSync", the checkbox for "Standard authentication (password is not encrypted ... Read more
I have already described the installation on Server 2012, but Server 2008R2 is also supported. My test environment looks like this: SRVDC01 is a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. I install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2 on SRVEX01. In order to be able to install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2, the prerequisites must first be installed, ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is already available to MSDN subscribers for download. However, it is not yet possible to migrate from previous Exchange versions. Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 and an update rollup for Exchange 2007 SP3 (announced for the first quarter of 2013) are still missing. A direct migration from Exchange 2003 will not be possible. ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is available in MSDN and can be downloaded. Here is the link for the download (valid MSDN subscription required) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/#searchTerm=&ProductFamilyId=490&Languages=de&PageSize=10&PageIndex=0&FileId=0 Attention: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 is currently not yet supported. Migration and coexistence will only be supported with Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010. The Service Pack 3 for Exchange ... Read more
This small script sets permissions for all mailboxes within a database on a folder in the mailbox. For example, a user "boss" can be given read access to all "Calendar" folders for all users in a mailbox database. The permissions that can be set are listed below: # Written by Frank Zoechling # www.frankysweb.de clear-host write-host "Please ... Read more
The new Office 2013 has been available for download for a few days now, so I downloaded and installed it. Here are a few impressions of the new Outlook 2013 Even the installation is simple and the update from Office 2010 to Office 2013 took me about 5 minutes. The first start is done and ... Read more
A bug between iOS6 and Active Sync has been published on the Exchange Team Blog. It is recommended not to update to iOS6. The bug affects meetings in which iOS changes the owner of the meeting. The problem has already been reported to Apple, here is the complete article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/10/23/ios6-devices-erroneously-take-ownership-of-meetings.aspx When the problem will be fixed by Apple is ... Read more
Not new, but still a great thing for all those who deal with Exchange Server and HP hardware. HP has a tool for the hardware configuration of Exchange 2010 on HP servers for free download. The "HP Sizer for Exchange Server 2010" can be downloaded here: http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/us/en/sizers/microsoft-exchange-server-2010.html I think it's a great tool that is easy to ... Read more
