Today’s post is on some quick Powershell commands I’ve used in various Exchange 2010 environments. Let’s say you need to verify what IPs you are allowing to relay through your server. First, get a list all your connectors and pick one that you want to verify the settings for: get-receiveconnector
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Disabled Personal Archive – Reattaching
During a recent Exchange migration my client had some issues with users on their Exchange 2010 servers. In order to fix these issues properly, it was decided to move the users back to their original Exchange 2003 server and disable the Personal Archive that resided on Exchange 2010. In order to reuse these Personal Archives, we…
Exchange Disclaimer Based on OU
For Exchange 2010 there is no straightforward way to do this in the Transport rule as there is no option to filter by OU. However, there is a work around. Simply create a Dynamic Distribution Group for the OU in question and then use this group in your Hub Transport Rule. So how do we…
Moving mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2003
During a recent migration for a customer we needed to move some mailboxes back to their legacy Exchange 2003 servers for various reasons. In order to do so, we needed to run a series of PowerShell scripts as the EMC does not allow for these moves. Microsoft has provided a good article on what to…
MEC 2012 Registration is now open!
Just got the email that the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012 Registration is now open. Looks like registration for early birds is $1800. The MEC website has also changed:
MEC – Registration
Looks like registration for MEC might be open next week. From the latest MEC email: Anyone out there looking forward to the return of this conference?
How to Prevent Disclaimers on Internal Messages
When creating disclaimers for your corporate email, a good practice is to prevent disclaimers from being added to internal emails. To do this, simply add a condition to your disclaimers. Under Organizational Configuration, click on Hub Transport, go to the Transport rules tab, right click on your disclaimer and select Edit. Click Next, Next, and…
Short troubleshooting checklist for Personal Archives
So you’ve enabled personal archives for all your users, but nothing seems to be working. How do you troubleshoot this? Here is a short list of things to check to make sure you have personal archives enabled: • Did you enable the archive for the user? In the Exchange System Console – Properties of the…
MEC – The Emails
So, have you signed up for your MEC emails? If you haven’t, go here – http://www.mecisback.com/. The website itself seems to be a clue, maybe, as to where the conference will be: Which is here: I’ve received two since I signed up. These emails seem to be teasers of days gone by for MEC. Email #1…
HLBs, Exchange Migrations, and You
With the introduction of Exchange 2010 more environments are deploying HLBs (Hardware Load Balancers) to provide high availability. With the deployment of these device your users can expect a more stable and enjoyable experience with Outlook. However before you deploy your HLBs, testing of the features that will be behind these devices. What should you…
