Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
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
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
Microsoft has published a document which describes the Exchange schema extensions to the Active Directory. The Word document (packaged in an MSI file) can be downloaded here. The document also shows that Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 makes changes to the schema. The document contains the schema changes for Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and 2010. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5401
In this post I described that there is a problem with Internet Explorer 9 and the Exchange Management Console. The following error message appears when trying to close the console: A hotfix is now available for this problem, which can be requested here. This patch is not yet being distributed via Windows Update. ... Read more
A migration always involves a lot of work for the administrators. It becomes difficult when, in addition to Exchange, the entire overall structure has to be set up again. I was asked how Exchange 2007 can best be migrated to Exchange 2010 if Exchange 2010 is already running in a new overall structure. The situation: It ... Read more
Update Rollup 5 has been released for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3. It fixes a number of problems, which can be read here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2602324 The update rollup can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=cdcb86a9-3339-4dc4-88aa-a0ac2b83ad09&displaylang=de
Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 was released today. A list of fixed issues can be viewed here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2509911 Rollup 4 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=356f0ab3-1e2e-43e5-9af5-b1b22a4664bc&displaylang=de
In some cases, Exchange is not to blame if something does not work. Problems also occur on the client. Finding these is not always easy, as there are often many different programs installed on the client. Plug-ins or other software can affect communication with Exchange, but often there is nothing to be found in the event logs. ... Read more
In connection with exchange back pressure, you can read that the number of version buckets also has an influence on back pressure. But honestly, who knows what version buckets are? Here is a short explanation: To understand what version buckets are, you have to look at the way Exchange works. An incoming message is not ... Read more
Normally, the user or their client determines the language settings of a mailbox hosted on an Exchange server. Example: A new mailbox is created on the Exchange Server, initially the "Language" attribute of the mailbox is empty. When a client logs in for the first time, this attribute is now filled in. For example, one of the users logs on to the ... Read more
