Calendaring Is Not Working For Specific Users After Upgrade To Exchange 2007
Recently I had an Exchange migration from 2003 to 2007 and had an issue with a few users who were unable to receive calendar invites and users were unable to…
Configuring Autodiscover
Autodiscover is a very nice service to have, especially internally, but it can be a pain if it’s not configured correctly.  When purchasing an SSL certificate, if it’s not purchased…
External Autodiscover
There is a new feature in Outlook 2007 to autodiscover all mail settings based on your email address.  To set this up for your domain, all that is required is…
Creating PST Files With Exchange 2007
A couple quick commands to export/import mailboxes using the PST format in Exchange 2007.  These must be run from the Exchange Tools Console on a 32-bit machine. Export-Mailbox –Identity <mailboxUser>…
VMware Data Store Block Size
I have recently come across an interesting discovery, which can be attributed to my lack of a large amount of expertise or experience in VMware ESX and ESXi.  By default,…
Hibernation In Server 2008
Recently, while I was trying to clear off space on the system drive of a client’s server, I found that the file hiberfil.sys (hibernation File) existed there, and was the…
Update Address List and Email Address Policy
After upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007, your address lists and email address policies will continue to work, but you will not be able to edit them.  In order…
Exchange 2007 Back Pressure
Recently we performed some maintenance on our Exchange server at the office, we had to reinstall the Client Access Role in an attempt to regain OWA functionality.  After the maintenance…
Non-Destructively Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk
Although I have not tested this yet, Microsoft has posted a way to convert from Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk in Windows XP/Server 2003.  It appears to be somewhat risky,…
Set Up Mailbox Manager In Exchange 2007
In Exchange 2003 there was a feature called Mailbox Manager, which allowed an administrator to control many things about the messages that existed in users’ mailboxes.  One of the main…