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Using PowerShell to Get Mailbox Database Size and Available New Mailbox Space
As your Exchange Server mailbox databases grow you’re eventually going to be interested in finding out two things – how large the database file is, and how much available new mailbox space is in the...
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PowerShell Function to Connect to the Office 365 Compliance Center
The Office 365 Compliance Center is the management interface for the compliance-related features of Office 365 such as eDiscovery and Mobile Device Management. To manage the Compliance Center with...
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I’m Speaking at IT/Dev Connections 2015 in Las Vegas this September
Later this year I’ll be travelling across the Pacific to speak at the IT/Dev Connections conference, running from September 14th to 17th at the incredible Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Last...
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Testing Connectivity and DNS Changes with a Hosts File
Many Exchange Server migration scenarios involve making DNS changes that can impact a very large number of customers at once if they go badly. Similarly, we often need to isolate network elements such...
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PowerShell Script to Report RBAC Role Group Membership
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) enables us to control the level of administrative control granted to IT staff and users in an Exchange organization. Exchange Server 2010 and later versions ship with a...
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PowerShell Script to Generate Antivirus Exclusions List for Exchange Server 2013
Antivirus software that is not correctly configured is a fairly common cause of many performance and stability issues with Exchange. It’s a good idea to run antivirus software on your Exchange 2013...
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Exchange Server 2016 Preview Has Been Released to the Public
Microsoft has announced the public release of Exchange Server 2016 Preview, available for download now. This version of Exchange is special because it was born in the cloud. From the depths of the...
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Controlling Microsoft Send App Access with Exchange Web Services
Microsoft has released a new application for Office 365 customers that is designed to be used for short, instant-message style communications via email. The app is named Send and is available in the US...
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Office 365: Delivery Has Failed to These Recipients or Groups
When an external sender attempts to send an email message to an Office 365 group they may receive a non-delivery report (NDR). The NDR states: Your message couldn’t be delivered because the group...
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PST Upload using AzCopy.exe Could Not Finish the Operation Within Specified...
While exploring the Office 365 Import Service in my test lab I encountered repeated timeout errors trying to upload PST files to Azure using AzCopy.exe. [2015/07/26 23:26:36.206+10:00]...
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Installing Exchange Server 2016 Pre-Requisites on Windows Server 2012 R2
Exchange Server 2016 can be installed on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. For both versions of Windows Server either the Standard or Datacenter edition can be used to run Exchange Server...
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Installing Exchange Server 2016
After you’ve prepared a Windows Server with the Exchange Server 2016 pre-requisites you can proceed with the installation of Exchange Server itself. In this tutorial we’ll cover: Preparing Active...
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Introduction to Office 365 Mobile Device Management
Customers using Office 365 can use built-in mobile device management capabilities that are included in the service to securely manage their employees mobile devices, including employee-owned mobile...
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Office 365 Mobile Device Management – Activation and Initial Configuration
Before you can use the Office 365 Mobile Device Management features you will first need to activate it in your Office 365 tenant. Log in to the Office 365 admin center with your tenant administrator...
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PowerShell Script to Test Federated Domain Proof TXT Record for Hybrid...
While running the Hybrid Configuration Wizard for an Exchange/Office 365 hybrid deployment one of the steps involves adding TXT records to your DNS zones to prove ownership of the domains being...
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Office 365 Mobile Device Management – Managing Device Policies
Managing device policies for Office 365 Mobile Device Management is performed in the Unified Compliance Console. If you’re already logged in to the Office 365 admin portal you can navigate to the...
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Office 365 Mobile Device Management Enrolment on Apple iOS Devices
In this article we’ll look at the user experience for enrolling an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad for Office 365 Mobile Device Management. Enrolment can be triggered by an administrator adding...
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Renewing an SSL Certificate for Exchange Server 2013
At some point in time after you’ve installed an SSL certificate for Exchange Server 2013 you’ll need to renew that certificate. Hopefully you aren’t scrambling to complete this task because your...
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PowerShell Script to Configure Exchange Server Client Access URLs
ConfigureExchangeURLs.ps1 is a PowerShell script to make it quick and easy to configure the Client Access namespaces on your Exchange servers. The script is designed to apply the same namespace to all...
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Office 365 Mobile Device Management Enrolment for Android Devices
In this article we’ll look at the user experience for enrolling an Android device for Office 365 Mobile Device Management. Enrolment can be triggered by an administrator adding the user to a group that...
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