Category Archives: Exchange

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll once again be participating in one or both of the two upcoming TechNet chats on Exchange. One’s on December 5th, 2007 at 10AM Pacific, the other is on December 12th, 2007 at 5PM Pacific. … Continue reading →

I’m on my way out the door to fly to Chicago to present the last session of a Unified Communications show, but I want to give you a couple of quick tidbits: I’d like to welcome former Exchange MVP and … Continue reading →

If you’re the early-adopter type, then you’ve already got Exchange 2007 in your organization, and you may even have System Center Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM) , the successor to MOM 2005. What you haven’t had, until now, is the <a … Continue reading →

A couple weeks back, the talented (and fellow Exchange MVP) Jim McBee blogged about his new free ebook on Exchange storage sizing. I’ve just had the opportunity to peruse it — in fact, I’ve been reading through it most of … Continue reading →

Check it out: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124558.aspx is now updated with documentation for Exchange 2007 SP1. I’ve been living and breathing in the SP1 world for the past couple of months, between some cool projects I’ve been working on here plus doing the … Continue reading →

Wow. It’s been over two months since I last blogged. All I can say is that I’ve been really busy lately — but I’ve got a great backlog of material I’ve been waiting to get written up and blogged. So, … Continue reading →

I recently discovered that I’ve been unintentionally dispensing incorrect advice about a new Exchange 2007 Edge Transport feature. My shame at getting it wrong is only moderated by knowing I’m in good company. Fellow Exchange MVP Jim McBee recently posted … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in my previous post, I just returned from Denver where I was a speaker at the Microsoft Unified Communications: Featuring Exchange Server 2007 roadshow. While I’m not big on travel, I definitely enjoyed Denver; I like the … Continue reading →

Low-frequency updates continue to be the word of the month, much to my chagrin; I’ve got an aggressive travel schedule (well, aggressive for me at any rate) this month, combined with leather-clad, spike-studded deadlines on projects. After doing Exchange Connections … Continue reading →

Once again, I’ve updated my DST rollup post to include the hot-off-the-presses Exchange Time Zone Update Tool: Guidance from Microsoft IT whitepaper. It’s now available from Microsoft Downloads as a PDF. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

Hello, everyone! Just a quick interruption to let you know I’ve updated my previous post on DST blues to include Windows Mobile resources. Okay, back to the chocolate and flowers. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

Dealing with the Daylight Savings Time issue can be pretty confusing, especially since the tools and updates you need have been being made available over a period of time. Start with the Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center. It … Continue reading →

To some extent, a writer is a writer is a writer, regardless of what kind of work they produce. There are certain realities that every writer must grapple with (if you don’t write, you don’t make money; if you aren’t … Continue reading →

Now that Exchange 2007 is formally launched, the documentation train keeps on rolling. Fresh off the presses, Microsoft gives us the following goodies: Changes in the Administration and Permissions Model The Fundamentals of Mobile Access to Exchange 2007 Transitioning to … Continue reading →

Last Friday (Feb 02 2007) Microsoft help a scheduled webcast that talked about the impending DST changes and how they affect appointments and calendars in Outlook and Exchange. Unfortunately, the demand for this webcast far exceeded the capacity and it … Continue reading →

The first four Word-format Exchange 2007 guides are now available from Microsoft Downloads. Don’t bother looking at the Exchange 2007 site for them yet; they’re not linked there (but I’m sure the website will be updated within the next few … Continue reading →

The busy folks at HP are wasting no time in getting their Exchange 2007 consulting groove on. They’ve got a ton of guidance on using Exchange 2007 on HP hardware (servers and storage). It makes for interesting reading, seeing the … Continue reading →

As promised earlier, here’s a quick look at the ISA rules to put in place to properly segregate deploy Exchange 2007 Edge Transport servers in the perimeter network. These rules depend on some fundamental assumptions: The only hsots that should … Continue reading →

Thanks to this nifty article on Exchange 2003 hacks by Exchange MVP Rodney Buike, I learned about the Contig tool. This tool, freely available from Microsoft as part of the SysInternals offerings, offers the ability to perform file-level defragmentation. This … Continue reading →

I’d managed to overlook this during the beta cycle, but yesterday I ran across the following statement in the release Exchange 2007 docs: “An Edge Transport server that is in the perimeter network typically has two network adapters: A network … Continue reading →

iPod. Mac mini. MacBook Pro. OS X. These are Apple products that I have acquired in the last several years and that cause me much love, because for the most part, they just work. So what do I think about … Continue reading →

There’s one nice feature in Exchange 2007 that I suspect will get overlooked far more than it deserves, and that’s the built in support for the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Security Configuration Wizard. Out of the box, the SCW provided … Continue reading →

It’s already that time of year, when presenters start putting together PowerPoint slide decks. This year, the spring session of Windows/Exchange Connections is April 1-4 and we’ll be back in Orlando, FL (although not, sadly, at the Disney Swan and … Continue reading →

Read this press release on Friday: SAN JOSE, Calif., January 4, 2007 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) – Cisco today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held company, IronPort Systems, Inc. of San Bruno, Calif. IronPort is a leading … Continue reading →

Although Redmond (and the 3Sharp offices) lost power last Thursday night, we had power again by Saturday and were able to get back up and running Saturday afternoon, with only one minor glitch that was straightened out this morning. To … Continue reading →

Okay, now this is a great idea: create a series of hands-on labs for people to use to get familiar with your product offerings, with a special focus on upcoming versions and new, cool functionality. Like, oh, say, Exchange 2007. … Continue reading →

There’s a lot of flap and confusion over the changes to Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 licensing. Although I am not a Microsoft Licensing specialist, let me attempt to condense together all of the information floating around various sources and … Continue reading →

Back in November, I posted about a free greylist transport sink that works with Exchange 2003, Exchange 2000, and the IIS SMTP service. I’ve been using it steadily at home and have continued to be impressed by it, especially when … Continue reading →

This post is directly prompted by an email I received from Paul letting me know about a utility he’d learned about from other Exchange MVPs. So thanks to Paul, Jim, and Jeff! When Microsoft first announced that Exchange 2007 would … Continue reading →

Exchange MVP Jim McBee gives some tips on tuning the Exchange 2003 IMF. Doug points out some tools for mounting .ISO images (and includes ones that work under Vista). Finally, the Exchange team blog is giving the standard Exchange 2007 … Continue reading →

Both Exchange Server 2007 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server have been released to manufacturing. This is excellent news; I’m very much looking forward to getting my hands on the release bits. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

Back at Exchange Connections, I started hearing rumblings that there was going to be a new recommended configuration for the Exchange 2007 Edge Transport role: place it on the same server as ISA 2006. At first this seems counter-intuitive; I’m … Continue reading →

Not only did I get to start the day with the first time slot, I got to end it with the last one. This session, though, took place in one of the largest individual rooms being used for the various … Continue reading →

It’s a particular type of cruel and unusual punishment to be given the first morning slot on the last day of the conference, especially when the big party was the previous evening. Even though I have a clean conscience, I … Continue reading →

I’m now safely back in the speaker’s lounge (where I have a reliable network connection). I survived the presentation of All About Sender ID, and I mean that literally; I kept trying to trip on things (like the stairs up … Continue reading →