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Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta Available, it’s time to get your hands dirty!!

Amit Tank — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:01:35 +0000

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta is available now. It incorporates a number of feature updates including: archiving and discovery enhancements, a faster Outlook Web App (OWA), upgraded mobility features, and several improvements in the management UI. In short it helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify [...]

Exchange Server 2010 Help File: June 2010

Amit Tank — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:44:14 +0000

An updated Exchange 2010 standalone help file is available. This file is essentially an offline copy of Exchange Server 2010 TechCenter that you can store in your computer for offline use. This helps you plan, deploy and manage your Exchange 2010 organization. Microsoft Download Center Link is here and direct downloadabe exe file link is [...]

I’m back in the arena!!

Amit Tank — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:23:49 +0000

All of you would have seen that I was away for quite a long time from my blog, site (muc-ug.org.in) and TechNet forums. I was busy in relocating from Bangalore, India to Pune, India and was preparing for the visa and out of country travel early in the first quarter of 2010 and moved to [...]

U-BTech: Exchange 2010 ROI Tool

Amit Tank — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:25:43 +0000

I just came across a handy tool to calculate Return Of Investment (ROI) on Exchange deployment. Tool is developed by U-B Tech and available at free of cost to use. Use U-BTech’s Exchange 2010 ROI tool to compare the costs of implementing Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 and try different cost variations including storage costs, [...]

Exchange 2010 Update Rollup: What should you know about it?

Amit Tank — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:22:43 +0000

“Exchange 2010 Update Rollup 1 has released yesterday and it can be downloaded from here. UR1 is one of the component to support Blackberry service on Exchange 2010 and a prerequisites for it. Thus you may have to install it soon so what should you know before planning to install it on your Exchange 2010 [...]

Announcing Microsoft Unified Communications – User Group, India!

Amit Tank — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:07:56 +0000

It is our great pleasure to announce the formation of Microsoft Unified Communications – User Group, India. “Microsoft Unified Communication User Group – India” is an independent group is focused on encouraging communication between IT Professionals motivated by self-interest in Microsoft Unified Communication products like… Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS) SharePoint Server [...]

Exchange says “hi” to ExFolders

Amit Tank — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:07:21 +0000

WebDAV protocol is no more in Exchange 2010. PFDAVAdmin, a great tool to troubleshoot Public Folder and Mailbox related issues, works on top of WebDAV thus it gets retired and now new tool called “ExFolders” born here. ExFolders is a replica of PFDavAdmin but some of the features are discontinued and some are introduced too. [...]

Exchange 2010 RTM Available for Evaluation!

Amit Tank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:27 +0000

Download from here: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Brief Description from Microsoft: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your customers by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 helps IT [...]

Exchange 2010 Help File

Amit Tank — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:59 +0000

Good news! Standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Help file, offline replica of Exchange 2010 TechCenter, is now available to download. This would really help when you are working in lab environment that doesn’t have internet connection to access online content. Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8071c31f-45be-48dc-bfca-e1fb51f544d2 Posted in Exchange, Exchange 14, Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 Certified!

Amit Tank — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:50:04 +0000

I was excited when “71-662: TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring” Beta exam was announced but soon excitement turned out into sad emotion by knowing that the beta exams are normally restricted into India, Pakistan and China regions. But on October 27, 2009 it is released to public and I decided to book the next [...]

Exchange MVP for 2nd Year!

Amit Tank — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:50:45 +0000

Yesterday I got an email from Microsoft for the second time. It’s a great honor to get Microsoft MVP award for Exchange Server again. I would also like to thank Microsoft and all readers of my blog and various articles published at different locations and providing feedback about them. It has been a great [...]

Exchange 2007 SP2: Self-Signed Certificate Validity Changed

Amit Tank — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:46:07 +0000

When we install Exchange 2007, by default it install a self-signed certificate with one year validity. This causes a problem for the Admins when a year completes, specially when they are not much familiar with Powershell Cmdlets because self-signed certificate can be renewed with EMS cmdlets only. However it is pretty simple to renew self-signed [...]

Exchange Server: What’s your learning strategy?

Amit Tank — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:26:03 +0000

This has been asked quite a lot of times by newbies that how to start learning Exchange Server. I would say MsExchange.org is the most tasty and crispy site for any Exchange hungry learner, Exchange Server TechNet Library is properly managed and untreated food made available at, by Microsoft restaurant to maintain the quality under [...]

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 Shell Help

Amit Tank — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:21:11 +0000

Another goodies for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2, Shell Help file. The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Management Shell Help file helps you use cmdlets in the Exchange Management Shell to perform day-to-day administration of Exchange 2007. You can view help in the Exchange Management Shell by using the Get-Help cmdlet. This Help file applies [...]

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 Help File

Amit Tank — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:29:24 +0000

Download standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Help file, an offline copy of Exchange Server TechNet in CHM format. The Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2007 SP2 features, tasks, and administration procedure. Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=85c5ef71-6a1f-4eb0-9ff3-3feee6057e96 Posted [...]

Transport rules with "When XYZ contain specific words" condition changes after UR9 or SP2

Amit Tank — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:14:03 +0000

Prior to Exchange 2007 SP1 UR9 transport rule actions like “When* XYZ* Contains Specific Words” used to search the strings and matches even if it is a substring contained by any of the words. For Example: If you define “change” as the specific word, any words that contains “change” as a substring, such as “Exchange” [...]

In coexistence with MessagingTalk.org!

Amit Tank — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:28:29 +0000

As you know that I post tips and tricks related to Exchange server on this blog, now I also started contributing full content articles at MessagingTalk.org. Mr. Shaji Firoz, Exchange Server MVP and owner of MessagingTalk.org, invited me to contribute technical articles for Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 on his site and I am glad [...]

Exchange 2010: RC Available Now!

Amit Tank — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:03:59 +0000

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 RC helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater business mobility. And when you download the latest software, you’re automatically registered to access valuable product resources assembled in one convenient [...]

Exchange 2007: OWA Themes Selection

Amit Tank — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:44:15 +0000

End-user can choose the OWA appearance from 4 different themes available by default in Exchange 2007 SP1. Users need to go to, Options –> General Settings –> Appearance –> Select Anyone… Seattle Sky (Default OWA Theme) Carbon Black Xbox® Zune™ Q: What to do if this option is not visible in OWA? A: This options [...]

Exchange 2007: Database Statistics in Powershell

Amit Tank — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:35:30 +0000

Many times we need to find number of mailboxes in each database and the size of the database (EDB file) of all servers in an Exchange 2007 environment. With PowerShell, it is fairly simple to grab in a single line. 1. How do we find number of mailboxes in each database? On Screen: Get-MailboxDatabase | [...]

Shared Mailbox added in outlook profile but, where will Sent Item be saved?

Amit Tank — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:53:00 +0000

There is a common query across everywhere, when we add a shared mailbox in outlook profile and sending a mail from that account (using Send-As or Send On Behalf of) by specifying it in From field, mail item will be saved into ‘Sent Item’ of primary mailbox instead of ‘Sent Item’ folder of shared mailbox [...]

How to: Setup Read Only Mailbox in Exchange 2003/2007

Amit Tank — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:22:43 +0000

This is frequently asked question, “How to setup Read-only Mailbox?” or “How to give Read-Only permission to access mailbox?” in Exchange 2003/2007. Procedure is tricky but moderately possible. We have two places where we can give minimum permission to access any mailbox. Refer below article at MS Exchange Team blog for more details. Minimum permissions [...]

Exchange 2010: ‘Send As’ and ‘Send on Behalf Of’ in OWA

Amit Tank — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:03 +0000

As we know Exchange 2010 is coming with many wonderful new and improved features. Let me demonstrate one of the long awaited feature, “Send-As” or “Send on Behalf Of” in OWA..!!! Before going forward, let me show you how to enable BCC and From fields in options. Go to Options –> Settings –> Mail –> [...]

Exchange 2007 SCW and Windows 2008 SP2?

Amit Tank — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:27:26 +0000

Sometime back an issue posted on TechNet forum but now looks many people are looking about same so though of documenting it. However Microsoft is aware about this and we will get the resolution soon. Issues is, when you install Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 Service Pack 2 and try to register SCW to secure [...]

How To: Open Shared Calendar in OWA

Amit Tank — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:09:03 +0000

Sometime back I posted an article about how to “Give Calendar Read Permission on all Mailboxes” in your environment and anyone can open anybody’s calendar in Outlook easily if it is shared but how can anyone open in OWA? Let’s discuss the caveats in detail… Let’s take an example, Sheldon Labrooy shared his calendar with [...]