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Many things can be simplified or scripted with Powershell. If you often need to create new folders or shares, you can use Powershell to create the folder, create the corresponding groups for access and also add the groups to the NTFS permissions. Here is a small example: # This script creates a folder in the specified path, creates ... Read more
Exchange 2010 has a client throttling policy activated by default, which protects the Exchange server from users putting too much strain on the Exchange server and causing a drop in performance. The throttling policies are not to be confused with the Exchange back pressure function. Back Pressure works on the hub transport role, whereas the throttling policies work on the ... Read more
Back Pressure is a monitoring function for system resources integrated into the hub transport role. For example, the utilization of the RAM and the available space on the hard disk are monitored. If a resource is heavily utilized, the back pressure function is automatically activated. This "artificially" slows down or completely rejects connections to the hub transport role. ... Read more
If you want to deactivate the SID filter on a German-speaking Windows 2008 or 2008 R2 server, use the following command: Netdom trust /domain: /quarantine:No /userD: /passwordD: Please note "/quarantine:No", on Windows 2003, as well as on English Windows Server 2008 (R2) this parameter is "/quarantine:No". Server 2008 also displays the information that ... Read more
The AntiSpam Agents of Exchange 2010 are already installed on an Edge Transport Server, on an internal Hub Transport Server this can be done using the Exchange Management Shell: To do this, a script must be executed which is located in the Exchange installation folder. The default path is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts This folder contains the script "install-AntispamAgents.ps1", which is executed via ... Read more
In a previous article, I described how to install the Spam Filter Agents on an internal Hub Transport Server. If you want to filter spam using a blacklist such as SpamHaus.org, you can configure this blacklist as an IP blacklist provider. The procedure is the same on an Edge Transport as it is on a Hub Transport server: Via the Exchange Management Console First in ... 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
It often happens that some programs can send status messages or reports by e-mail, but do not offer any kind of authentication. Often you can only specify an SMTP server, but unfortunately no account information. For such cases, you can create a new receive connector that also accepts and forwards mails without prior authentication. However, this option is ... Read more
Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 and Exchange Server 2007 SP3 has been released. An overview of the fixes can be found here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2011/03/08/458566.aspx and the download here: Exchange 2010 Exchange 2007 The installation of the rollup took about 20 minutes on my test system (Dual Core Xeon, 8 GB RAM, 2 x RAID1 15k rpm). ... Read more
The Office team has released a patch so that Personal Archives and Exchange Online Archives can now also be used in Outlook 2007. The update is part of the "Office 2007 cumulative update for February 2011". The whole package can be downloaded here: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2475891&kbln=en-us Details about Outlook 2007 and Exchange Archive can be found here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/12/20/457238.aspx
