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Having had to install rollups on a bunch of Exchange 2010 servers recently, I took the info from the original post Installing Exchange 2010 rollups on DAG servers and combined it all into a PowerShell script. I also updated the original article to include
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One of the prerequisites for installing Exchange 2010 Hub Transport and/or Mailbox roles is the installation of the Microsoft Filter Pack . This registers IFilters so that Office 2007 attachements can be indexed. Once Exchange 2010 is installed, the filters
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A while ago, fellow Exchange MVP Anderson Patricio released a script to help automate some of the tasks required before installing Exchange 2010 on Server 2008 R2. While it's fairly straightforward to do it manually, automating the tasks can help
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The robust capabilities of PowerShell and the Exchange Management Shell allow us to streamline and automate many system tasks. By using scheduled tasks, we can now run tasks on a recurring schedule, thus reducing our manual workload, as well as providing
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In an earlier post, Removing "Internet Newsgroups" in Exchange Server 2007 , I showed you how to use Exchange Management Shell to hide the Internet Newsgroups public folder. If you're a consultant like me, you might find a need to hide the
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In legacy versions of Exchange, we saw the Internet Newsgroup public folder. This was intended to be used for a local NNTP source, where an org could have a local copy of some select newsgroups for their users to view. The feature never really went anywhere,
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Anyone who's had a new mailbox on Exchange 2007 and logged in via OWA will remember seeing a screen that asks for the language and time zone, as seen below. Once they pick those, they are then taken to their mailbox. If all of the users in an org
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Large organizations generally have a large number of distribution lists. Managing membership of those DLs can often be a time consuming tasks. In earlier versions of Exchange, you could select a manager for the DL, and optionally grant that user the right
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Here is a list of all KB articles released in the past week that apply to Exchange Server 2007 and/or Forefront Security for Exchange Server. Exchange Server 2007 200011 Xcon: SCLRejectEnabled Setting reset when new Hub is installed 960147 Error message
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Some of the PowerShell scripts I use and/or write send email to either users or myself. In order for that to work, a Hub Transport server has to allow the SMTP traffic from the script. So, we need a receive connector that will allow the email to be sent
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I've had several client ask me lately how to set retention periods on mailboxes, and, equally important, how to make sure that all newly created mailboxes have the policy applied. Some organizations will have more than one admin who creates mailbox
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Here is a list of all KB articles released in the past week that apply to Exchange Server 2007 and/or Forefront Security for Exchange Server. Exchange Server 2007 969690 Unresolved sender for delivery status notifications after applying update rollup
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Microsoft has released the following update rollup for Exchange Server 2007: • Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 ( 960384 ) If you're running Exchange Server 2007 SP1, you need to apply Update Rollup 7 for Exchange 2007 SP1 to address
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Here is a list of all KB articles released in the past week that apply to Exchange Server 2007 and/or Forefront Security for Exchange Server. Exchange Server 2007 949968 Unified Messaging does not handle the diversion header correctly in Exchange Server
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I've updated the Set-AllVDirs.ps1 script that streamlines the process of setting the virtual directory paths for various web services including Offline Address Book, AutoDiscover, Unified Messaging, and Exchange Web Services. If you're using a
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