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I am often asked why it is not possible to query the number of received or sent messages, I have even come across a Powershell script that counts the messages in a cumbersome way. But there is an easier way: Count sent messages on day X: (Get-MessageTrackingLog -Start "03.10.2012 00:00:00" -End "03.10.2012 23:59:00" -EventId SEND).count Received messages on ... Read more
The Exchange team has released the "Log Parser Studio" tool. The Log Parser Studio provides a graphical user interface for Log Parser 2.2. This makes it possible to easily analyze the log files of Exchange and IIS. Very useful and helpful for troubleshooting and solving performance problems. Log Parser Studio is available here: ... Read more
Update RollUp 1 has been released for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2. The RollUp can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=4077dd70-5670-4fc7-a61c-002ed3f4414a&displaylang=de A list of fixed bugs can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2645995 There are a few important fixes, so read through them J
A script for detecting Active Sync problems has been published on the Exchange Team Blog. Troubleshooting Active Sync problems is a tedious task. This script can help, have a look at it: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/01/31/a-script-to-troubleshoot-issues-with-exchange-activesync.aspx
By default, Exchange 2010 only allows 2 simultaneous imports of PST files. This value can be adjusted to increase the import speed. However, care must be taken here so that the server is not brought to its knees. The CMDLet "New-MailboxImportRequest" uses the "Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication" service to carry out import processes. The same service is also used for moving ... Read more
The PST Capture tool has been published on the Exchange Team Blog. The tool can detect PST files in the organization and import them into Exchange Server 2010. I haven't tested it yet, but it sounds very helpful according to the documentation and the blog entry. If you want to have a look at it: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=28767 Documentation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh781036.aspx
Auto Mapping was introduced with Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2010. Auto Mapping automatically connects a mailbox if the user has full access to this mailbox. The user did not have to do anything else, but could no longer hide the mailbox. To switch off Auto Mapping for a mailbox, there is now a parameter on ... Read more
There are several ways to organize address lists with Exchange 2010. Which one is the right choice for your Exchange organization must be decided depending on the structure. Here I present 3 ways in which address lists can be created and managed. Example 1 (address lists by location) In the Exchange Management Console, new address lists are created within the existing address lists. Read more
Some users receive this error message when sending emails via Outlook 2010: Your message has not reached some or all recipients. Subject: TEST Sent on: 12.01.2012 19:17 The following recipient(s) cannot be reached: 'frank@frankysweb.de' on 12.01.2012 19:17 None of your email accounts can send messages to this recipient. The problem occurs when users access a mailto: ... Read more
The time after a user is automatically logged out of the Outlook Web App (OWA) session can be adjusted via the registry. Since there are two different security levels (public computer or private computer), there are also 2 registry keys that can be adjusted Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\MSExchange OWA] "PrivateTimeout"=dword:000001e0 "PublicTimeout"=dword:0000000f If the two upper values ... Read more
