When you want to delete the first and original Mailbox Database in an Exchange Server 2010 (SP1) environment, you will receive an error that you cannot delete the database because of the fact that there are still mailboxes present. When you look in the Exchange Management console you probably won’t see any mailboxes that use […]
READ MOREWhen migrating from Exchange 2003 often in the combination when a customer uses a third party utility to create user accounts you can get into trouble with trailing whitespaces in the Display name of the user. A user with a trailing whitespace in the display name cannot be managed by the Exchange Management Console (EMC) […]
READ MOREA quick tip found in a couple of forums. After installing Exchange 2010 into an Exchange 2003 environment, you need to manually add the new Exchange 2010 SP1 servers to the (legacy) “Exchange Domain Servers” group. You can find the group in the Users Organizational Unit. If you don’t add the servers to this group, […]
READ MOREJust bumped into some nice cool Exchange Server 2010 SP1 installation features :). When installing Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 integrated into the source, an option is added to the installation. From now you can automatically install the Windows Server roles and features that are a prerequisite for the installation of Exchange Server 2010 SP1. Just hit […]
READ MOREWhile implementing Exchange 2010 SP1 and Microsoft Outlook 2010 I came across a bug in Outlook. When someone gives delegated access to their calendar, the delegate can add and modify appointments but not delete the appointments. The user receives this error; “Could not complete the deletion. The items may have been already deleted or moved. […]
READ MOREThis week a customer had the following problem, some items in several mailboxes couldn’t be deleted in Outlook and Outlook Web App. When trying to delete the message in OWA, the following error was presented: “Some items cannot be deleted. They were either moved, already deleted, or access was denied”
READ MORESince Exchange 2010 it’s possible to assign a personal archive to a normal or shared mailbox. If you create a shared mailbox with a personal archive, and give a user Full Access Permissions, the personal archive of the shared mailbox and the shared mailbox become available in Outlook 2010 or Outlook Web App. This is […]
READ MOREThe function is there for ages, but I am always forget the following administrative feature. 😉 Sometimes when a employee is unavailable for a longer time, due an extended holiday or sickness, you often will get the request to give access to the mail of the employee. You can do this like mentioned in an earlier […]
READ MOREDuring a session I missed at TechEd 2010 in Berlin, the Microsoft Exchange Team announced that they for most circumstances don’t recommend Windows Network Load Balancing for the CAS role anymore. Instead of recommending their own solution, which is still recommended in the online documentation, Microsoft now recommends the use of Hardware Load Balancers. Steve […]
READ MOREIn Exchange 2010 a personal archive feature came available. The personal archive is an additional mailbox that’s enabled for a user, which you can store on a separate server (since SP1) with less expensive storage hardware. The Personal Archive must eliminate the need of pst files in your organization. With the release of Service Pack […]
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