I noticed on Mark Deakin's blog, there is a demo account available for hosted Exchange 2007. The account runs for 5 days and incorporates the Unified Messaging elements. It took me 20 seconds to sign-up and get up and running.
There is an FAQ for the demo account here. Sign-up for the demo account here.
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The various steps needed to reset OWA folder and Internet Information Services (IIS) security permissions.
I have been trying out a Blackberry for the last few days. One of my customers, Virocom, gave me a free account for a couple of weeks to try it out. In-fact, they are a customer and a Partner too. I support their network. They sell communications: any internet connection, BlackBerry accounts, mobile communications, PBX and phone lines etc.Sounds nice, but in fact they gave me two handsets! So I have wasted another couple of days on BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), integratng with my Exchange Server and generally playing. So expect an announcement of Support Services for BES very soon!I gotta say, this was like entering a new World for me. Almost on a par with trying-out Linux. However, what this has reinforced to me is that you do not need to be constantly monitoring email. Email is not and should not be seen like IM. If you need an instant reply, get them on IM or on the phone.A year ago or so, I started answering emails in batches, instead of instantly. I had notced that I started breaking off from money earning work to reply to non-urgent emails. It's called time management. All said, I still have to check every email as soon as it arrives.Note to Mobile Operator – I'd like a new Windows Mobile 5 device with direct push to check out. I keep getting given Mobile 5 devices without the Messaging and Security Feature Pack. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving the free phone thing, but it's like being given a Ferrari for the weekend that's limited at 60mph.
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A look at how to use admodify.net to administer and recover Exchange 2003.
I just noticed a free download of Exchange 2007. This is not a windup. It comes from the head of Unified Communications UK. Check out his blog post here:
http://blogs.technet.com/markdea/archive/2007/01/12/want-to-get-your-hands-on-exchange-server-2007-now.aspx
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Steps necessary to migrate your Exchange organization from Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003) to Exchange 2003 Standard running on Windows Server 2003 Standard.
I had a customer enquire about configuring Exchange to pull down email addresses from a SQL Server database. It's never been something I've seen. So putting this one out to the community. Any ideas?
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For the last day, I have been downloading email to outlook using a pop3 connection – Don't ask! Long story.
Anyway, the Junk email folder works amazingly well with POP3. All the horrible spam emails for viagra and, errr, extensions, have gone straight in there. I've gotta say, I didn't get the same results with the exchange or RPC over HTTP connection. Seems like POP3 is the new black.
I noticed today on the exchange team blog How to add the Exchange Team Blog as a search provider in Internet Explorer 7. This is a great feature for quickly searching different channels.
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I have created a public chat for Exchange Server on the new Skype 3 Beta. If you need help or assistance with Microsoft Exchange Server, join the public chat and ask for help. Think of this as the community version of Concierge and your first stop for KB articles and advice on essential Exchange tasks. I'm hoping we get a few other experts online soon and make a great channel for Exchange administrators and users to hang out and provide a service to the Exchange community.
I'll be monitoring this Public Chat, so you'll get me most of the time (GMT).Click here to join in the conversation on Exchage Server.
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I had a nervous moment last night and this morning. I was setting up a POP 3 connector to connect from an SBS server to our main Exchange Server and download mail to a mailbox on the SBS server. I configured the POP3 connector and retrieved all the email messages. I watched as the email disappeared from one inbox. But it was never received on the SBS mailbox.
I looked in all the usual places for the missing email and couldn't see any. So as a last ditch attempt, I decided to connect to the main Exchange Server mailbox using Outlook with a normal exchange connection. I made the DupsterAlwaysOn registry hack, as described in a previous post. This allows you to Recover deleted items from any folder in outlook, including the inbox. As the POP3 connector deletes the email in the process of the download, this meant that all the messages were available to be restored. What a result!
Follow these steps to setup the DupsterAlwaysOn value in the registery. Please note, this is done on the PC where outlook is installed, no settings are required on the Exchange Server.
1. Open up the Registry editor:
2. Click Start, run. Enter Regedt32 and click OK.
3. Navigate to the following entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options
4. Right click the Options folder, click New and then select DWORD Value. Enter the following details:
Value name: DumpsterAlwaysOnData type: DWORDValue data: 1
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