Just released this week is a new version of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator. The newest version of the calculator is 6.1. Here is the list of the fixes put into this version: • Fixed operator mistake in calcNumActiveDBsSF formula • Fixed missed validation scenario where the calculator could recommend a copy count…
Surface 2 (32 GB) Review
Last week I attended the Microsoft MVP Global Summit in Seattle, Washington. As part of the conference Microsoft allowed MVPs to purchase the Surface 2 device for a discount. For the past two years my family and I have used an iPad for home and game use. So I decided to take a spin on…
New Office 365 BETA Exams are out
Currently the only certification for Office 365 is the MCITP: Office 365 Admin which requires you to take exams 70-323 and 70-321. If you are registering for a test on the Prometric site, you might have noticed some new BETA exams on the list of Microsoft Exams.
New-MailboxSearch
Previously I wrote an article on how to remove items larger than 25 MB from a mailbox or archive in preparation for a move to Office 365. However, one of the downsides was creating a report for the items that needed to be exported. Search-Mailbox was not capable of producing a report of how many…
Exchange 2013 CU3 and Exchange 2010 SP3 RU3 Released
After a bit of delay, Microsoft released two updates for their Exchange Server products today. Exchange 2010 SP3 has a new Rollup Update – RU3 and Exchange 2013 has a new Cumulative Update – CU3. There are numerous fixes included in these. Exchange 2013 CU3 has these fixes [kb2892464] 2865161 “Errors: Failed exporting item id:…
Distribution Groups – Cleanup with PowerShell
I recently had a client who wanted me to find an automated method for finding and hiding/disabling distribution groups that are essentially defunct. The project was part of a larger goal to cleanup AD and Exchange and keep it as automated as possible. Criteria for the goal: Any group that had not received email in…
Office 365 Large Item Dilemma
Office 365 has a well documented limit when it comes to the size of emails allowed to be imported. Microsoft has a KB Article on this very limit which is 35 MB. What if you want to move something larger to the cloud? You can’t. It’s that simple. My issue began with a client that…
MEC 2014 registration is OPEN!
For those of you who missed last year’s MEC, MEC 2014 is now open for registration. The event will take place from March 31- April 2, 2014. Visit the IAMMEC site to register now.
Exchange 2013 Best Practices Analyzer (BETA)
For those of you old school Exchange Admins, you’ll remember that the Best Practices Analyzer has been around for a long time. It’s been around so long that most admins today can’t remember a time when it wasn’t readily available. Until now. As has been stated in many blogs (mine included), Microsoft removed the tool…
Tame Those Pesky Exchange URLs
Now most people don’t build a new Exchange server everyday, every week or even every month. However, as an IT consultant I am constantly build, trashing and rebuilding labs with Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013. Every time I build a new server I need to set the URLs to the environment that I am building….
