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For the second part of my article on Compliance Management, I will cover Retention Policies, Retention Tags, and Journaling. Retention Policies Retention policies are made up of a set of one or more Retention Tags. These tags are applied to messages that allow Exchange to process the message appropriately for archiving. The use of customized…

In Part 3 of this series we’ll review the Compliance Management tab on the Exchange Admin Console. Seems Microsoft bunched quite a few features under this one heading: In-Place Discovery & Hold Auditing Data Loss Prevention Retention Policies Retention Tags Journaling

Just like Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013 has a set of pre-written scripts to help administrators manage their Exchange environment.  These scripts range from the automatic rebalancing of databases in a DAG cluster to installing AntiSpam agents on the CAS or Mailbox roles.   These scripts are stored in the Scripts directory of the Exchange…

While working in my lab I ran into an issue where if I tried to use option 98 to force a reboot of a Windows Server 2012 box I would get and error about other users logged in. This would stop the reboot and I would have to reboot manually. I’ve now modified the script…

As an administrator for Exchange, knowing what service pack or roll-up update has been released is important if you want to keep Exchange version current. A quick way to find out what has been released by Microsoft in terms of updates, is listed here. This page currently contains the service pack and rollup list for…

Just like in Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 has Database Availability Groups. Creating them now relies on two methods – PowerShell and the Exchange Administration Center. This article will cover the process for creating a DAG in the EAC since the 2007/2010 style GUI is no longer available. First we need to log into the EAC:

After doing some testing with this script and Windows 2012 RTM, I noticed that certain features were not installing properly. I’ve had to take eah step (CAS and Mailbox) and break it out into two separate steps. The updated script is here. Don’t forget to rename it to the .ps1 extension. Please feel free to…

As a part of a normal install for Exchange I like to remove any of the default databases that are created during the mailbox role install. This process is no different than in Exchange Server 2013 Preview. So let’s go through the process in Exchange 2013. After you’ve installed the Exchange 2013 mailbox role a…