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If you are an admin using Outlook 2003 then this might be worth a quick read.. As we all know Exchange 2003 is still one of the more common email platforms out there (although 2007 and 2010 are becoming more popular) and usually this is linked to Outlook 2003 on the users desk. As with all products patches and service ...
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Installing Exchange Server 2010 in Typical Configuration
Brief
This article will discuss the decisions to be taken when installing Exchange Server 2010 in a single server environment and will show in detail the steps taken to do so. I will install only the Mailbox, Hub Transport and Client Access roles, as I will provide a later article detailing the installation of the ...
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As an Exchange Admin you have probably come accross the newer versions of Outlook that have the 'cached mode' feature. This is a relatively new feature that shipped with Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. Becasue of this new feature the Exchange Offline Address book OAB has become more critical than ever. OAB updates are pushed down to running clients every ...
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A look at how Exchange 2007 SP1 allows the import and export of data from/to PST files
Brief
In this article I will investigate the new functionality provided in Exchange 2007 SP1 to allow the import and export of PST files. I will take a look at the various options of the Import-Mailbox and Export-Mailbox commands and will also lay out the ...
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Introduction and overview
This article will explain how to perform the more common Exchange DR procedures including the use of Recovery Storage Groups (RSG). Generally I will be working with the available Microsoft tools, however, where things can be improved by doing so I will mention relevant third party tools. So let’s dive straight in with a quick look at the fu...
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After installing Exchange 2003, the next step is to patch it to the latest version. The biggest patch is SP2. Download this from the MS Downloads site and install as follows.Double click E3SP2ENG.EXE Choose a location to Extract the files and click OK The files will begin extracting Once complete click OKNext locate the extracted files and run \E3SP2ENG\setup\i386\update.exeOn the ...
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This article is an offshoot from an article I wrote about backup and restore situations faced by Exchange administrators. Due to lack of space, in the main article, I decided to add certain additional pieces of information about slightly different backup and restore scenarios to the site here and link to them from the original document. To read the main ...
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This article is an offshoot from an article I wrote about backup and restore situations faced by Exchange administrators. Due to lack of space, in the main article, I decided to add certain additional pieces of information about slightly different backup and restore scenarios to the site here and link to them from the original document. To read the main ...
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By Neil Hobson, Principal Consultant, Silversands Ltdneil.hobson@silversands.co.uk
Introduction
I guess most people would state that the main new features of Exchange 2003 SP2 are the improvements to mobility services, although the increase in database storage size up to 75GB has certainly grabbed most people’s attention. There are many other things to know regarding the database improvements within Exchange 2003 SP2 so I ...
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First install two servers running Windows 2003 (R2 if you have it)
Next patch fully using Windows update
Create a domain controller (any therefore a domain)
Join the second machine to the domain
On the second machine which will become your Exchange server install the prereqs for Exchange
Open Add/Remove Programs control panel
Click Add/Remove Windows Components
Select Application Server and click Details
Click ASP.NET
Double Click Internet Information ...
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Introduction
This article gives an overview of leveraging VMware ESX server as a solution for High Availability of Microsoft Exchange 2003.
VMware provides IT operations with cost savings in server provisioning and server hosting. One area that has always proved difficult for smaller and budget contrained IT departments is highly available clustering, mainly due to the requirement for duplicate hardware that would ...
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Overview
Standby Continuous Replication (SCR) is a new feature in Exchange 2007 SP1. It has been designed to provide a solution to complete site failure. It does this by utilising the existing Exchange replication engine used by Cluster Continuous (CCR) and Local Continuous replication (LCR) to replicate data to a target which is in a different site.
The key thing about SCR is...
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EMCs Whitepaper - Business Continuity for Exchange 2010
Meeting slides from Anthony Tyler's DPM Presentation