Monthly Archive for July, 2010

Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients

ActiveSync

Ever needed at full comparison sheet of ActiveSync clients. Get a nice detailed full listing here at wikipedia:

More info. about Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol in general:

How to Enable AutoAccept on Multiple Exchange 2010 Room or Equipment mailboxes

Here is a quick tip on using the Exchange Management Shell to enable Auto Accept on all of your Room or Equipment mailboxes with a single command in Exchange Server 2010.

This is useful when you have just created a bunch of new Room or Equipment mailboxes for a new environment and want to save time configuring the meeting processing settings.

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Mailboxes not showing up in Disconnected Mailboxes

Ever experience a disconnected mailbox, that doesn’t show up in Disconnected Mailbox, after the mailbox has be disabled or removed ?

If you disable a mailbox within the Exchange Management Console or EMS and you for some reason want to reconnect it again, soon after. But are unable to find the disconnected mailbox within Disconnected Mailbox.

There is a reason for it, it will show up in Disconnected Mailbox after the nightly maintenance. But it is possible to force this, like it was in Exchange 2003.

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OCS 2007 R2 updates Released

Microsoft has released the latest Cumulative update 6 for OCS 2007 R2.

OCS 2007 R2 Server:

OCS 2007 R2 Client:

Group Chat:

  • Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Server – KB 2032881Download
  • Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Client – KB 2032922Download
  • Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat Admin Tool – KB 2032949Download

Exchange 2010 UM Troubleshooting Tool Released

Microsoft has released a new troubleshooting tool for Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging.

The Exchange 2010 UM Troubleshooting Tool is an Exchange Management Shell cmdlet that you can use to diagnose configuration errors specific to call answering scenarios and to test whether voice mail is functioning correctly in both on-premises and cross-premises UM deployments. You can use this cmdlet in deployments with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Microsoft Communications Server “14″ or in UM deployments with IP gateways or IP PBXs.
This cmdlet emulates calls and runs a series of diagnostic tests that help on-premises administrators to identify misconfigurations in telephony equipment, Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging settings, and connectivity issues between on-premises and cross-premises deployment of Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging.
When you run the cmdlet, it states the reason and possible solutions for issues that have been detected. It also outputs general audio quality metrics for diagnosing audio quality issues related to network connectivity such as jitter and average packet loss.

Read more and download it here.

Publish Exchange 2010 with Forefront UAG and TMG Whitepaper

Great new whitepaper from Greg Taylor on publishing Exchange 2010 with Forefront UAG and TMG.

Read more and download it here.

Awarded MVP for 2010

Great news, today I received a very pleasant email from Microsoft, that told me that I’ve been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for 2010 in Internet Information Services (IIS), to follow the award which I received in 2008 and 2009.

I was getting a bit nervous since I didn’t get an email or hear anything on July 1st. For some reason the mail was delayed and redelivered again by my MVP lead on July 5th.

I am very happy and once again extremely humble to be associated with a great group of very clever people around the globe.

Thanks to Microsoft for the award, I really appreciate working with Microsoft and getting access to the information and resources that the MVP award opens up for.

Congrats to all the other newly and renewed MVPs!