The next meeting for Midwest Messaging and Collaboration User Group (MMCUG) will be on March 21, 2014 at the Microsoft building in Downers Grove, IL. We will have food as well as prizes to go along with the great content from our speakers. I will be speaking about new developments in Exchange Server 2013. For…
eDiscovery and Database Content Indexing
In my spare time I answer questions in the Exchange Server TechNet forums. In these forums people tend to ask questions that seem benign and end up being a wild goose chase. An example of this would be eDiscovery issues that people experience in Exchange Server 2013. Having performed a few of these over the…
Starting and Stopping Exchange Services
As a former Exchange Admin and current Exchange Consultant, I have always looked for a way to make my life easier when managing Exchange Servers. This sometimes included working with services in Exchange, having to start them or stop them depending on what I Was trying to do. For instance, I’ve just rebooted an Exchange…
Outlook Connectivity Guided Walkthrough(s)
In order to help troubleshoot connectivity issues an end-user might experience, Microsoft has released two walk-throughs for Outlook connecting to either an On-Premise Exchange or Office 365 Tenant. On-Premises Outlook Connectivity Walkthrough
Exchange Server Deployment Assistant
Are you planning an upgrade to your messaging environment? Do you have Exchange 2003, 2007 or 2010? Do you need assistance getting to the next version of Exchange? Then look no further than the Exchange Server Deployment Assistant.
Chicago Office 365 User Group Meeting
On Thursday, February 6th, 2014 from 6 to 9 PM the Chicago Office 365 User Group will be meeting in the AON building in downtown Chicago. Please go to our MEETUP page for more information. Our presentations that night will be on Azure RMS and Exchange Online Protection (EOP). Join us for some great content…
Midwest Messaging and Collaboration User Group Meeting
The next meeting for Midwest Messaging and Collaboration User Group (MMCUG) will be on January 31, 2014 at the Microsoft building in Downers Grove, IL. We will have food as well as prizes to go along with the great content from our 3 speakers. Topics to be covered will be Lync 2013, PowerShell and Hardware…
The New MCP Page
As a Microsoft Certified Professional, I visit the MCP page to get copies of my transcript, download my certificates and even check out the neat Certification planner tool that is now provided by Microsoft. If you’ve just taken an exam recently and logged into the site, you’ll notice that a lot has changed since the…
Security Patch for Exchange Released
Security bulletin MS13-105 was released by Microsoft and it affects these products: Exchange Server 2007 SP3 Exchange Server 2010 RTM, SP1, SP2, and SP3 Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Exchange Server 2013 CU3 Exchange 2007 and 2010 get new Rollup Updates, while Exchange 2013 just gets a security patch.
End of an Era: Proxy and Exchange
Yesterday Microsoft announced the end of UAG. This brings to a close an era where Exchange was secured by ISA, then TMG and partially UAG. I’ve worked with many versions of Exchange and in a majority of cases, we would place ISA/TMG as a security proxy for their messaging environment. We would secure OWA, RPC…
