In this article I will show you how, with the help of a little 3rd party tool, you can monitor your Exchange 2003 server as well as the Exchange services running on it. It’s also possible to stop, start and restart services as well as enable and disable them. In addition, you can see the version and build numbers of the Exchange Servers.
In this article, I will explain the differences between using dual and pass-through authentication in an Exchange 2003 front-end/back-end setup, where forms-based authentication isn’t enabled, and where the required Exchange services aren’t published through an ISA Server located on the perimeter network (aka DMZ, demilitarized zone or screened subnet).
In this article I’ll introduce you to the Offline Address Book Integrity (OABInteg) utility, which can be of great help when troubleshooting Offline Address Book (OAB) generation issues as well as OAB download issues.
In this article I will go through the most interesting fixes, improvements as well as new features included in Exchange 2003 SP2. I will also take a look at some of the features we can expect to come with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0, which in conjunction with Exchange 2003 SP2 enable a faster, richer, and more secure mobile Outlook experience for your mailbox-enabled Windows Mobile 5.0 users.
In this article I’ll explain how it’s possible to secure OWA 2003 with a free 3rd party SSL certificate. Yes that’s right, free, like in “permanently free”, not some kind of 30 day trial period.
In this article I’ll explain what SMTP Tar Pitting is all about, as well as show you how to implement this relatively new feature (at least for Windows-based servers) in your messaging environment.
What could be worse than facing a seriously corrupted mailbox store? Yes you guessed right – facing a completely dead Exchange Server. In this article I’ll shine some light on the steps necessary in order to restore an Exchange 2003 Member Server, that has experienced a major hardware failure causing a complete loss of data.
We have reached part 3 which is the final one in the Demystifying The Exchange Dial-tone Restore Method article series. In this article I’ll show you how to make sure the Mailbox Store we previously restored to the Recovery Storage Group is in a consistent state, as well as provide you with the necessary steps in order to swap the restored Mailbox Store with the dial-tone database. Finally I’ll show you how to merge the two databases.
In Part 1, I talked about what an Exchange dial-tone database is, also showing you how to create one. In this article (Part 2), I’ll delve a bit more into the Outlook 2003 Exchange Recovery Mode, as well as show you how to restore the crashed Mailbox Store to the Recovery Storage Group using NTBackup.
In this three part series I’ll try to explain what the Exchange dial-tone restore method (aka the Recover now, restore later method) is all about, as well as inform when and why it can be a good idea to use this method in conjunction with the Recovery Storage Group (RSG) feature, when faced with one or more corrupt Mailbox Stores.
