Evan Dodds - Microsoft Exchange Server Blog
Exchange, Exchange administration stuff, and other assorted ramblings
Continuing with SysMgmt blog posts
If you're not watching the EHLO (MS Exchange Team) blog, you're missing some great Exchange 2007...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 11/05/2006
Centro is looking for beta testers
Kevin over at the SBS/Centro blog is looking for beta testers for this new product (which will...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/24/2006
Bringing users and mailboxes together
Now, I can't take credit for coming up with this solution, but thanks to Matt and Jon and Bruce for...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/17/2006
Exchange SWAG contest
Nino points out over on the EHLO blog that the "help others out with Exchange 2007 technical issues"...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/17/2006
I want to find all users on a particular storage group... part 2
Careful readers of my blog might have noticed that in my last post I alluded to some more detail on...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/22/2006
I want to find all users on a particular storage group...
Continuing with my trend of turning questions I’ve been asked into blog posts, here’s another good...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/22/2006
Email Address Policy and OPATH filters
The other day, someone asked me a question. (get used to that sort of intro; I’m mining a lot of...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/14/2006
Exchange 2007 SysMgmt bloggers want your input
We’re rounding out the 2nd or 3rd week of posting SysMgmt topics periodically to the...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/13/2006
Byte Quantified Size and some Powershell tricks
The other day, someone asked me how they could convert the output of an Exchange 2007 property that...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/07/2006
Exchange Wiki
It’s been blogged a couple of places, but now that I’ve spent a little time out there...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/30/2006
Permissions required for mailbox moves
Ross just posted a detailed view of the permissions required to do both cross-site and intra-site...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/29/2006
Sysmgmt posts - off and running!
As we closed out the first week of posting our flood of “Exchange 2007 Administrative/System...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/29/2006
Evan is back - Blog update and future plans
In case you’re wondering what I’ve been up to during this exceptionally long period of...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/21/2006
KB.921181 and "File Share Witness"
KB out yesterday (KB.921181) covers the introduction and details about the new “File Share...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/06/2006
KB.867624 replaced
Looking for KB.867624? It’s been replaced and retired (and removed)... I had previously...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 04/02/2006
Exchange 12 and 64-bit
Great post over on EHLO blog about some of the reasons behind the "64-bit only" decision for...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 12/29/2005
E2k3 Common Criteria certification
Updated November 15th – Exchange 2003 has received common criteria certification level (EAL 4 +...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 11/18/2005
Virtual Server Host Clustering Step-by-Step
A Step-by-step guide for using MSCS clusters to host Virtual Server guests was just released:...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 11/10/2005
IMFv1 getting in the way of your SP2 upgrade?
I’ve seen a couple of questions about this since SP2 released, so I’ll give a shot at it. If you try...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
Upgrading to E2k3 SP2 cluster
There are a couple of important things I wanted to point out about the upgrade to E2k3 Sp2 on a...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
Updated Support Policy for E2k3 on hardware virtualization software
Changes to the support policy for Virtual Server: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/320220. Please...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
Exchange Insider articles starting to trickle out
There are a number of the “Exchange Insider” articles starting to trickle out onto the TechCenter...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
Best Practices for VSS w/ Exchange 2003 wp
Best Practices for Using Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) with Exchange Server 2003 white paper is...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
Running a bit behind...
Running a bit behind here on my blog postings, but (especially now that SP2 has released), I’m going...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
"Access Denied" creating an Exchange 2003 System Attendant resource
KB.906906 talks about another problem you may run into while creating a system attendant resource...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/30/2005
Exploit for MSDTC bug in MS05-051
Techweb reports that there’s an exploit out for the MSDTC security fix in MS05–051. So, if you’re...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/13/2005
Exchange Standby Clusters are now supported
Great news! The long-awaited ability to use “standby” Exchange clusters is finally completed testing...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 10/07/2005
Clustered Exchange setup tidbit
This question came up yesterday on a list I read, so I figured it might be of interest out here. Do...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/07/2005
Evicted your Exchange cluster node?
Jim McBee recounts a recent experience with this, and how forgetting to do a “setup /reinstall” on...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/05/2005
Large Exchange 2003 clusters and disabling the MTA
Big revision recently to KB.810489. This is the KB that talks about the MTA function and how it can...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 09/05/2005
The MTA and Exchange 2003 clusters with > 4 nodes
This is a bit of a specific topic, as it only affects people who are trying to use the MTA in their...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/15/2005
Exchange clustering and firewalls
Rod posts today about the strange (and sometimes frustrating) behavior where outbound SMTP...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/11/2005
Cluster hotfix for Exchange 2000
KB article came out the other day on this sort of obscure scenario, but interesting to know about in...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 08/05/2005
Clustered Exchange Nodes as AD domain controllers
I blogged about KB.898364 briefly when it was created, but over this past weekend there was a flurry...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/25/2005
Breaking News on the Daylight Saving Time issue!
Breaking News at 9:55am PDT! Hehe, not really that important, I suppose. But can you tell it...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/22/2005
Change to Daylight Saving time in the US?
Wow, so this is interesting: https://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-daylight20.html. Evidently...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/21/2005
Storage group best practice for Exchange 2003
Here’s an interesting KB that cements a great best practice for storage group configuration in...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/04/2005
Can't run Exdeploy after installing W2k3 SP1?
Here’s an interesting problem: After you apply Windows 2003 SP1, the new security settings prevent...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/04/2005
MSDTC and Exchange clusters - redux
Still catching up on my queue of blog posts, I think that all of the documentation around MSDTC and...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/04/2005
Windows 2003 SP1 - cluster features
Better late than never, here is a partial list of the cool new things in Windows 2003 SP1 clustering...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 07/04/2005
Multi-site Data Replication for Exchange Server 2003
A newly released “flash” with a collection of information about Multi-site Data Replication and...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 06/03/2005
MSDTC and Exchange Clusters - documentation updated
The Exchange 2003 Deployment Guide has just been updated (at this link) to reflect the best practice...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 06/03/2005
Separated cluster KBs - 810986 and 898634
Recently the oft-referenced KB.810986 that talks about the support policy for clustering was...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 05/24/2005
Exoledb folders
Jason Nelson goes into a bunch of more and better detail on the specific Exoledb-related folders in...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 05/23/2005
IT's Showtime: Exchange Cluster Best Practices
Scott Schnoll, longtime MVP and now a Technical Writer with Microsoft, gave an “Exchange...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 05/23/2005
Clustering Q+A from Russ
Russ Kaufmann has posted a useful set of common Exchange clustering questions/answers over at his...
Author: evand_microsoft.com Date: 05/04/2005