Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
The new version 0.8 of the Exchange Reporter has just been released. Many thanks to Gerd, Jürgen and Marcel for pointing out some bugs. The changes can be found in the ChangeLog. Go to the page here Unfortunately, there is still the problem that the sorting of the weekdays in the bar charts for the mail statistics is mixed up. I am working ... Read more
In my spare time I have dedicated myself to a new project, the "Exchange Reporter". This is a Powershell script that creates a weekly report and sends it by e-mail. The report contains the following data: -number of sent mails per weekday (with graphical overview) -number of received mails per weekday (with graphical overview) -received/sent mails per weekday ... 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
Given the occasion, I would like to express my displeasure about "mail messies". Why do some users make it so difficult for the administrators and think their mailbox is a big garbage dump? 10% of users often occupy 90% of the database. I simply cannot understand why so many companies are so vehemently opposed to hygiene guidelines. Newsletters from the ... Read more
I have already described my first contact with Windows 8 in this article. Of course, I am particularly excited about the new features of the Active Directory. So I set about installing my first Windows 8 Server domain controller. According to Microsoft, the new version of Active Directory will bring some very interesting new features. For ... Read more
What is the mailbox database cache? The database cache stores a subset of the mailbox database in the main memory of the mailbox server. This has the advantage that frequently used data does not have to be read again and again from the relatively slow hard disks of the servers, but instead comes from the fast working memory. Furthermore, this reduces the I/O processes on the hard disks. Memory requirements for ... Read more
As of today, Windows Server 8 is available for download as a preview for MSDN subscribers. I have downloaded the new Microsoft operating system and installed it in a VM. The installation is extremely fast. The operating system is installed in less than 10 minutes. Here are a few screenshots: In the preview, you can not only switch between server ... Read more
The T-Online mail servers are currently on several SPAM blacklists, which is why mails from T-Online servers are currently often declared as SPAM or rejected directly. So if you are a T-Online customer and possibly use the mail servers as an Exchange Smarthost, you should switch to another provider if possible. The whole article can be found on Heise.de: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/T-Online-Mailserver-von-Blacklistings-betroffen-1341226.html
So that the future forum integrates better into the theme, I have adapted the theme again.
I stumbled across this article today: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Urteil-Arbeitgeber-darf-auf-dienstliche-E-Mails-eines-Arbeitnehmers-zugreifen-1287540.html I think you should take note of the ruling, because administrators in particular may be forced to operate in legal gray areas. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerparagraf I don't want to spark any political or legal discussions. Nevertheless, I am interested in the legal situation on topics that affect me directly or indirectly.
