Microsoft 365 insights from the field

A blog by Peter Schmidt about Security, Identity, Email Protection, Compliance, AI & Copilot, and Tenant-to-Tenant migrations

Exchange 2010 Outlook Anywhere not working and getting HTTP 500 response error

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Here is some notes from a recent issue error that I encountered this week with an Exchange 2010 server configured for Outlook Anywhere. For some reason Outlook Anywhere stopped working and the Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTP) clients were no longer able to connect. After checking all the basics in Exchange, like: Confirming the OA settings Certificates (not expired and common name) Firewall rules Autodiscover etc. I ran the tests from www.TestExchangeConnectivity.com and it showed …

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IIS Express 7.5 and WebMatrix Released

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Microsoft has released IIS Express 7.5 and WebMatrix and made them available as free download. WebMatrix is a complete Web development stack for pragmatic developers. WebMatrix is the IDE which elegantly integrates a Web server (IIS Express), database (SQL Compact) and programming frameworks (ASP.NET and PHP) into a single, integrated experience. IIS Express is a simple and lightweight version of IIS that is optimized for developers. It is free, supports the powerful features of IIS, …

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Lync Server 2010 TechNet documentation

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Always handy with a direct link to the TechNet documentation Here is the link to the Lync Server 2010 TechNet documentation. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398616.aspx If you prefer your information in chm format, you can also get this from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9720c3f1-ddd4-426b-b98a-f1205561ce00&displaylang=en Another good place to follow is the DrRez: Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub blog.

Want to know the more about the MCM Exchange Training

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A video has been posted on the Microsoft Master Blog showing off the level of details, that you would go through when attending the Microsoft Certified Master Training on Exchange. Have you ever wondered what we actually do in the classroom during Microsoft Certified Master rotations?  Well, here is a 30 minute summary of the Exchange 2010 header firewall from  Brian Reid, one of our regular MCM instructors. The video is made by Brian Reid, …

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Exchange ActiveSync and Windows Phone 7

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An article has been published on the TechNet wiki by Henrik Walther about “Exchange ActiveSync Considerations When Using Windows Phone 7 Clients”. There was a previously article “Exchange ActiveSync comparison table”, which listed all the EAS features of the different phones. This new article goes through EAS features and Windows Phone 7, since it is important to note that Windows Phone 7 devices only support a subset of the Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) policies available with …

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