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02/03/2012

More about Windows 8 CP and ActiveSync

Since yesterday’s blog post “Yes, there is ActiveSync in Windows 8!”, I have fiddled some more with the Windows 8 Mail app. So, which other ActiveSync settings do work within Windows 8? There are quite a few, and some aren’t supported by all devices. So, which are important and could I use as a baseline? Well, Microsoft already made a...

ActiveSync/Exchange 2010/Management/Windows 8/10 Comments: 0

01/03/2012

Yes, there is ActiveSync in Windows 8!

*** updated: Also read the followup blog post: More about Windows 8 CP and ActiveSync I think it was already present in the Developer Preview, but it is definitely present in the Consumer Preview. Chris Brownie has blogged about it and has some screenshots. Go ahead and read his blog! As can be seen in his screenshots, ActiveSync policies are...

ActiveSync/Exchange 2010/Preview/Beta/Windows 8/10 Comments: 0

29/02/2012

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Install Screenshots

I’ve installed some screenshots of the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview. It was installed on VirtualBox with an 32 bit ISO. I forgot to make a screenshot were you configure the install disk, but that’s basically the same as Windows 7. Download your ISO’s here. Also Windows Server 8 Beta also became available here. And now for some screenshots! Fishy!...

Windows 8/10/Windows Deployment Comments: 0

28/02/2012

Transporter Suite issues while migrating from generic IMAP to Exchange 2007

Yesterday we encountered an issue during the last sync from an generic IMAP server to an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 server on Windows Server 2008 R2 (there were reasons not to migrate to Exchange 2010 that are beyond the scope of this post ). We used the Microsoft Transporter Suite. Although the initial big bulk sync was performed without a...

Exchange 2007/Migration/Transition/Question of the day Comments: 0

24/02/2012

Migrating to Office 365 Part 2: Exchange Cutover migration tips

So in Migrating to Office 365 Part 1: Business Case I’ve discussed reasons for migrating, budget and the selected solution. Now I’m going to discuss the technical migration of on-premises Exchange 2010 SP1 mailboxes to Office 365 Exchange Online. Cutover migration As I have chosen the P subscription, my options are somewhat limited as you can see in this matrix....

Exchange 2010/Migration/Transition/Office 365 Comments: 0

09/02/2012

Send As permission on Office 365 not with Add-ADPermission

With an On-Premises Exchange 2010 environment an administrator hands out Send-As permission with the Add-ADPermission cmdlet. But I found out that this doesn’t work in Office 365. In this case a P plan (no Dirsync, Federation or such), you can see the result in the screenshot: Funny thing is that if you try Add-MailboxPermission to add Send-As permission, the error...

Exchange 2010/Management/Office 365/Question of the day Comments: 2

07/02/2012

Do not move RBAC Role Groups out of the Exchange Security Group OU

Exchange 2010 has a massively improved admin permission model. It’s called Role Based Access Control and with it you can use predefined roles or make very customized roles if needed. I won’t go into details how it works, for the purpose of this issue you only need to know that the RBAC roles are assigned via RBAC Role Groups. These...

Exchange 2010/Management/Question of the day Comment: 1

09/01/2012

Granting Mailbox Full Access via Groups and keeping the Automapping feature in Exchange 2010

Since Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 a new feature was added for Outlook 2007 and 2010 users, namely Automapping. When a mailbox user has Full Access on another mailbox, it will be automatically mapped in Outlook. No need for the user to go trough menus to find the additional mailbox screen. It’s a small addition but I know that users...

Exchange 2010/Management/Question of the day Comments: 0

02/01/2012

How to confirm a mail has been received in Exchange 2010

Recently I was asked to check whether members of a distribution group were receiving mail sent to the group. In this case the group was a member of another distribution group. First thing is to check if all nested groups are mail-enabled distribution groups. If this is not the case, Exchange will deliver to all recipients except those of this...

Exchange 2010/Management/Question of the day Comments: 0

15/12/2011

Lync 2010 on Android! Screenshots!

I’ve installed Lync 2010 for Android on my HTC Desire, which is upgraded to Android 2.3 via this update. Configured to use my Office 365 P1 subscription and made some screenshots! Configuration is easy, just enter the correct credentials and voila! You will have to prepare on the Lync 2010 Server end, but this is already done for Office 365....

Lync/Office 365 Comments: 0

05/12/2011

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 is here! Listing some helpful resources.

Download it here: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Download the standalone help file: Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help Note: I get asked this a lot: The SP2 executable can be used to update Exchange 2010 RTM and SP1 (i.e. it includes previous updates). It can also be used for the full installation of an Exchange 2010 SP2...

Exchange 2010 Comments: 0

24/11/2011

Handing out only Send-as permissions with Exchange 2010 RBAC

On a project I am currently working on, the management of mail recipients was handed over from the build/migrate team, to the administrators after the mail was migrated from the old mail system to Exchange 2010 We had to restrict the administrators temporarily from other settings, like server and organization settings, even some small restriction on the normal Mail recipient...

Exchange 2010/Management/Question of the day Comments: 2

05/11/2011

Can’t change OWA password at first logon via Threat Management Gateway?

During the first stages of delivering services of our newly built infrastructure to end-users, we came across an annoying issue. Exchange was the first to be accessed, but specifically through Outlook Web App (OWA). As the users where migrated from eDIR and GroupWise, they would get credentials from us. As a security measure we wanted to make a password change...

Active Directory/Exchange 2010/Management/OWA/Question of the day Comments: 0

02/11/2011

Unable to change database path on Exchange 2010 in a DAG?

If you find yourself unable to change the database path of an Exchange 2010 database, check whether it is part of a DAG. See the screenshot for the missing option: If so, you cannot move it. The solution is to remove all copies except the active. Now you can move the DB and Transaction log paths. Do note that you...

Exchange 2010/High Availability/Management/Question of the day Comments: 0

06/10/2011

Migrating to Office 365 Part 1: Business Case

This series of an yet unknown number of blog posts will depict my journey from on-premise services to cloud services. I will describe my situation, the choices I had to make and the issues I’ve encountered. It will be a learning experience I wouldn’t want you to miss out on. History I have had a personal Windows Domain for educational purposes for...

Exchange 2010/Office 365/Personal Comment: 1