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Tracking Read Status of Email Messages in Exchange Server
Shiva asks whether there is a way to determine if the recipients of an email have read the email message or not. Message tracking searches already gives us the ability to determine whether an email...
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Server Component States During Cumulative Update Installation
If you’ve performed maintenance on a database availability group member before, then you’re likely already familiar with the procedures for putting DAG members in and out of maintenance mode. If this...
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June 2016 Security Updates for Exchange Server (MS16-079)
The June 2016 security bulletin includes updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Exchange Server that are rated Important. The first update is an information disclosure bug affecting Exchange...
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Podcast Episode 21: Information Rights Management with Brian Reid
My guest for this episode is Brian Reid. Brian is the director of NBConsult, a Microsoft messaging and cloud services partner based in the UK and South Africa. He is also an Exchange Server MVP,...
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Using Activation Policies to Prevent Database Copies Mounting in Other Sites
A lot of organizations that deploy multi-site database availability groups do so with the intention of using one site for normal production operations, and one for disaster recovery. This design...
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New DAG Activation Preference Behavior in Exchange 2016 CU2 is Good News for...
In Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2), Microsoft is changing the behavior of database availability groups. Starting with CU2 (which will be releasing soon), the Primary Active Manager in...
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June 2016 Updates for Exchange Server 2016/2013
Microsoft has released the latest cumulative updates for Exchange Server 2016 and 2013 this month, with the release of: Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 2 (download) Exchange Server 2013...
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Expired Certificates Cause Exchange Cumulative Updates to Fail
From the Department of I Wish The Prerequisite Analysis Checked for This, comes the unfortunate issue that customers with expired SSL certificates will run into when they try to install an Exchange...
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Recovering a Failed Exchange 2016 Database Availability Group Member
If you’re running an Exchange 2016 database availability group, and one of the DAG members fails, you can recover the DAG member to restore the high availability of your Exchange mailbox databases....
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Podcast Episode 22: Surviving Exchange Updates with Andrew Higginbotham
My guest for this episode is Andrew Higginbotham. Andrew is a Microsoft Certified Master in Exchange 2010 and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Master in Exchange 2013. He is also an Exchange Server MVP....
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What Counts as an Inactive Mailbox in an Exchange Server Environment?
I get a lot of questions sent to me, and see many more on forums, from Exchange admins who are looking for a way to produce a report of “inactive mailboxes”. The reason for seeking such a report, often...
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How to Restore the Forgotten Attachment Warning in Outlook on the Web
Outlook on the Web (what used to be called OWA) has a useful feature that checks an email you’re about to send, and if it contains words that indicate that there should be a file attached to the...
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Podcast Episode 23: Automation and Administration Challenges with Steve Goodman
My guest for this episode is Steve Goodman. Steve is the Head of Messaging & Unified Communications at Content and Code, a leading Microsoft Gold Partner in the UK. He’s also a Microsoft MVP, and...
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing & Deploying Exchange 2016 (70-345) Mailbox...
Earlier this year Microsoft Learning released exam 70-345 for Exchange 2016. Unlike previous versions of Exchange which had multiple certification exams, Exchange 2016 will only have the single exam...
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MailTips Group Metrics and Large Audience Warnings in Outlook
In an Exchange Server environment, MailTips are the messages that are displayed to users while they are composing an email message in Outlook or Outlook on the Web. The idea behind MailTips is that...
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There’s No Need to Create Connectors for Internal Exchange Server Mail Flow
I hear from quite a lot of people that break their internal Exchange mail flow by configuring receive connectors and send connectors. This issue comes up fairly regularly, so I figured it’s time to...
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Systems for Organizing Mailboxes in Exchange Databases
Exchange administrators like neatness. And one of the ways that we strive for neatness is by developing a system for organizing mailboxes among the available databases. Popular mailbox organizing...
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Announcing Practical 365, a New Office 365 Blog for IT Pros
Since the launch of Office 365 in 2011, the service has grown at a tremendous rate. Although the exact number of Office 365 customers is not publicly shared, and can only be estimated (as Tony Redmond...
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I’m Speaking at IT/Dev Connections 2016 in Las Vegas
For the third straight year I will be time travelling across the Pacific ocean to speak at IT/Dev Connections 2016, being held at the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas from October 10th to 13th. IT/Dev...
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Configuring a Hierarchical Address Book in Exchange Server
In an Exchange Server organization the address book that users see in Outlook is basically just a flat, alphabetical list of names. There’s no easy way to look at the address book and work out the...
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