Microsoft Office 365 Certification

On 2012-04-12, in Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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Office 365 is familiar Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools delivered through the cloud. Everyone can work together easily with anywhere access to email, web conferencing, documents, and calendars. It includes business-class security and is backed by Microsoft. Whether you are a small business or multinational enterprise, Office 365 offers plans designed to fit your organization’s unique needs.

MCTS for Office 365 – 70-323

Tasks that candidates would typically perform include:
  • Supporting hybrid environments
  • Provisioning
  • Managing users
  • Managing service features
  • Recovery
  • Troubleshooting user and enterprise connectivity issues
  • Managing licenses

MCITP for Office 365 – 70-321

Audience Profile

Candidates for this exam are consultants and IT professionals who plan and implement Office 365. This includes migrations to Office 365 (simple and hybrid deployments).

Required exam

Microsoft IT Professional certification Prerequisite MCTS certification Exam
MCTS: Administering Office 365 Exam 70-323 (available March 2012)
MCITP: Office 365 Administrator Exam 70-323 MCTS: Administering Office 365 (available March 2012) Exam 70-321 Pro: Deploying Office 365 (available March 2012)
Free eBook: Microsoft Office 365

Free eBook: Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime

We are very excited to announce that we are able to offer Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime (ISBN 9780735656949), by Katherine Murray, as a free eBook.

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iPhone meet Exchange 2010 – New book

On 2012-04-12, in Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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From blog : Tony Redmond’s Exchange Unwashed

If you’re an Exchange administrator who has to cope with the slings and arrows of outrageous Apple technology, aka the iPhones and iPads that have become essential business equipment over the last few years, you could do worse by placing an early order for iPhone with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 – Business Integration and Deployment.

The chapters are as follows:

1. Introduction to Exchange 2010 and iOS devices.
2. Implementation and Architecture Planning (for the deployment of Exchange 2010 and iOS)
3. Connecting iOS devices to Exchange 2010 (includes the basic networking configuration that’s required)
4. Connecting iOS devices to Exchange Online/Office 365 (includes setting up an Office 365 domain and testing connectivity to the new domain)
5. Creating and enforcing ActiveSync policies
6. Configuring certificate based authentication for Exchange 2010
7. Provisioning iOS client devices using the iPhone configuration utility
8. Sharing mailboxes and calendars
9. iOS client device management

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Message Tracking tips in Exchange 2007 / Exchange 2010 using CMD lets

On 2012-04-12, in Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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From Peter Peedu blog : Link

Since message tracking in Exchange 2007/2010 does not have the same intuitive interface as we have in Exchange 2003, performing message tracking can be tricky.

Most people do not need to use message tracking in their everyday work and therefore it’s hard to really get hands-on practice.

I have collected a few samples that might help you in your Message tracking adventure.

Get-Exchangeserver | where {$_.isHubTransportServer -eq $true -or $_.isMailboxServer -eq $true} | Get-Messagetrackinglog -sender user@domain.com -MessageSubject ”Subject of message” -Start ”8/27/2010 7:00 AM” -End ”8/27/2010 11:00 AM” | Select-Object Timestamp,Clienthostname,eventid,source,sender,@{Name=”Recipients”;Expression={$_.recipients}},Recipientcount,serverhostname,SourceContext | Export-Csv c:\temp\Messageinfo.csv

Then we could use Excel to work with the data we just exported.

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How to Search Message Tracking Logs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124926(EXCHG.80).aspx

Managing Message Tracking
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124375(EXCHG.80).aspx

Working with Command Output
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123533(EXCHG.80).aspx

 

More information:

Process Tracking Log tool for Exchange Server 2007
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/02/07/448082.aspx

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Upcoming conference

On 2012-04-12, in Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Mailserver, by Mattias Jönsson
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MEC

Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012 (MEC). The lost conference is back, taking place September 24-26 in Orlando, Florida.

At MEC 2012, you will:

  • Get exclusive Exchange 15 content directly from the engineering team
  • Get hands-on experience with Exchange 15
  • Enjoy unparalleled access to Exchange team members, Masters and MVPs
  • Preview amazing new products from select vendors
  • Build personal relationships throughout the Exchange community

Visit MECisback.com

 

The Experts Conference

TEC 2010 April 29 – May 2, 2012 at Marriott Marquis and Marina, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego

TEC 2012 will deliver expert-led, 400-level training on vital Microsoft technologies. In addition to its highly-acclaimed training on Microsoft Directory & Identity technologies,TEC 2012 offers TEC for Exchange, TEC for SharePoint and TEC for Virtualization & Workspace Management.And this year, we are pleased to bring back the popular PowerShell Deep Dive training conference.

  • TEC for Directory & Identity
  • TEC for Exchange
  • TEC for SharePoint
  • TEC for Virtualization
  • PowerShell Deep Dive

Visit http://www.theexpertsconference.com/us/2012/

and for Europe last year

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Changing OWA time out on an Exchange 2007 and 2010

On 2012-04-11, in Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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If you ever wondered how long it takes for your browser to close after opening OWA ( outlook web App) if there is no activity?  here are the measurements.

  • Public 15 minutes
  • Private 8 hours

 

For whatever reason you may have if you decide to change these default values here is the link how to get the work done. The simplest way to achieve desired goal is using PS. Let’s say we will increase the Public cookie time out settings from 15 minutes to 25 minutes.

 

set-ItemProperty ‘HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange OWA’ -name PrivateTimeout –value 25 -type dword

 

copy and paste above PS code into  EMS ( management Shell) , adjust the time as you wish , in this case we are going to set it to “25” minutes….

Cookies to control access

The first time that the user name and password are sent to the Client Access server to authenticate an Outlook Web App session, an encrypted cookie is created that’s used to track user activity. When the user closes the Internet browser or clicks Sign Out to sign out of their Outlook Web App session, the cookie is cleared. The user name and password are sent to the Client Access server only for the initial user sign-in. After the initial sign-in is complete, only the cookie is used for authentication between the client computer and the Client Access server.

 

Links:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123719.aspx

http://www.msexchangegeek.com/2009/10/22/changing-owa-time-out-on-an-exchange-2007-computer/

http://smtp25.blogspot.se/2010/08/set-owa-private-computer-cookie-time.html

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Exchange 2010 Boot camp from ExchangeServerPro.com – And it’s free!

On 2012-04-11, in Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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Like Microsoft’s own courses, the boot camp is focused on teaching you the core basics you need to set up and administer Exchange 2010 – it isn’t aimed at some of the more complex scenarios like multi-site DAG failover design, but then again the equivalent Microsoft courses don’t either, and they cost a lot of money to attend. But what this does cover is topics such as:

  • How to build your training lab
  • Setup of Windows and Active Directory
  • Installing Exchange Server 2010
  • Configuring Exchange roles including Mailbox, Client Access and Hub Transport
  • Management of recipients, including Mailboxes, Contacts and Distribution Groups
  • Backup and recovery of Exchange

The topics are split up into four modules, and each module is split up into a number of different videos that are easy to digest – for example the Recipient Management module is split up into 6 videos of around 10 minutes or under.

To sign up for Paul’s free training, visit exchangeserverpro.com/training. After a quick sign up process all the training is available on-demand.. Enjoy!

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Publishing IMAP, POP and-SMTP settings via Exchange 2010 OWA

On 2012-04-11, in Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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rom Steve Goodman: http://www.stevieg.org/2010/08/publishing-imap-pop-and-smtp-settings-via-exchange-2010-owa/

Other links: http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2010/10/publishing-pop-imap-smtp-settings-in.html

In Exchange 2010 there is actually somewhere to publish these settings – and once configured your documentation won’t need to be updated if the server details change. You’ll find these settings by logging into OWA, and choosing Options. The link ”Settings for POP, IMAP, and SMTP access…” should be shown on the default ”My Account” page:

By default, nothing will be listed if you click the link:

 

To configure these links, it’s a fairly straightforward process. Before you begin, you need to know what the settings should be and in the case of the SMTP settings, which receive connector on which Hub Transport this relates to.

First, you configure the Client Access servers for the POP and IMAP settings, using the Set-POPSettings and Set-IMAPSettings cmdlets with the -ExternalConnectionSettings parameter.

For each protocol you specify a colon-separated list of values for the ExternalConnectionSettings. For POP3 with TLS, this might be ”casserver.contoso.com:110:tls” or POP3 with SSL might be ”casserver.contoso.com:995:ssl”. IMAP with TLS might be ”casserver.contoso.com:143:tls” and IMAP with SSL might be ”casserver.contoso.com:993:ssl”.

Here’s a quick example of the commands against my test setup:

Set-POPSettings -ExternalConnectionSettings "mail.contoso.com:110:tls"
Set-IMAPSettings -ExternalConnectionSettings "mail.contoso.com:143:tls"

It’s important to remember, you need to run the command on all Client Access servers users will access.

Next, you need to allow the receive connector that you want ”published” to advertise it’s settings. You do this with the Set-ReceiveConnector cmdlet specifying the -AdvertiseClientSettings:$true parameter and value.

In my example, I want to advertise the port 587 ”client” receive connector on my Hub Transport server:

Set-ReceiveConnector -Identity "hubtransport\Client HUBTRANSPORT" -AdvertiseClientSettings:$true

Finally, run iisreset to restart IIS on each Client Access Server, the log back into OWA (well, ECP) and test the ”Settings for POP, IMAP, and SMTP access…”  link again. It should now show the settings specified:

For further reading check out Set-IMAPSettings, Set-POPSettings and Set-ReceiveConnector.

(Just a footnote- thanks to Jag at Microsoft for providing this information)

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Unsupported encoded characters in the subject line is not delivered

On 2012-04-05, in Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2536702

An email message that contains unsupported encoded characters in the subject line is not delivered in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

This issue occurs because Exchange Server 2010 does not process an email message if the subject line contains unsupported encoded characters. Additionally, an exception occurs when Exchange Server 2010 tries to generate a NDR message.

 

Public folder database for administrative group ‘Exchange Administrative Group’ has been deleted

On 2011-11-10, in Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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This topic is intended to address a specific issue called out by the Exchange Server Analyzer Tool.

Problem:
Site folder server deleted
The site-wide public folder database for administrative group ‘Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)’ has been deleted. Current public folder store: ‘CN=Public Folder\0ADEL:7b0fc218-05b2-4eae-9660-bbdd01f7e395,CN=Deleted Objects,CN=Configuration,DC=uw,DC=lu,DC=se’.

Solution:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996485(EXCHG.80).aspx

The siteFolderServer attribute represents the Distinguished Name (DN) of the Public Folder store that is responsible for hosting the site folders (normally the first server in the site or administrative group).

By default, the Site Folder Server is the first server that is installed in the administrative group. The public folder store on this server is the default location of the free/busy folders and offline address book folders for the administrative group. If you remove or decommission this server without replicating these folders to another server and designating that server as the offline address book server, Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 users will see problems with the offline address book and with free/busy data.

Aa996485.Caution(en-us,EXCHG.80).gif Caution:
If you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects when you use Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit, the LDP (ldp.exe) tool, or another Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) version 3 client, you may cause serious problems. These problems may require that you reinstall Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Exchange Server 2003, or both. Modify Active Directory object attributes at your own risk.

To correct this error

  1. Open an Active Directory editor, such as ADSI Edit.
  2. Locate the public folder information store that you want to designate as the Site Folder Server. For Exchange Server 2000 through Exchange Server 2007, expand the following nodes in the Configuration container:
    CN=Configuration,DC=<DomainName>,DC=com, CN=Services, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=<OrganizationName>, CN=Administrative Groups, CN=<AdministrativeGroupName> CN=Servers, CN=<ServerName>, CN=InformationStore, CN=<StorageGroupName>
    For Exchange Server 2010, expand the following nodes in the Configuration container:
    CN=Configuration,DC=<DomainName>,DC=com, CN=Services, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=<OrganizationName>, CN=Administrative Groups, CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT), CN=Databases
  3. In the right pane, right-click CN=<PublicFolderStoreName>, and then click Properties.
  4. In the Attributes field, scroll down and select the distinguishedName attribute.
  5. Click Edit, and then copy the entire attribute to the Clipboard.
  6. Expand the Configuration container, and then expand CN=Configuration,CN=<DomainName>,CN=com, CN=Services, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=<OrganizationName>, CN=Administrative Groups
  7. Right-click the administrative group you want to modify, and then click Properties.
  8. In the Attributes field, scroll down and select the siteFolderServer attribute.
  9. Click Edit, and then paste the value for the distinguishedName attribute into the Value field.
  10. Double-check the contents of the Value field to ensure the paste was performed correctly, and then click OK to save the change.
  11. Click OK to close the Administrative Group properties.
  12. Exit the Active Directory editor and restart the Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store service on all Exchange Server computers in the site for the change to take effect.

For more information about re-creating system folders and resetting the Site
Folder Server, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

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Outlook (2007) – how to show e-mail instead of name in TO, CC and FROM fields? (Exchange Server)

On 2011-11-10, in Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, by Mattias Jönsson
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Clarify: You want to show mail address instead of display name in the “To”, “From” and “CC” fields

Explanation: When messages arrive to exchange, server will resolve the mail address to those users who exist in the directory, there isn’t a way to change the behavior which is expected by design

Workaround (For Exchange 2003):

Notes: Not recommend [See KB 828770], it also causes all messages through modified SMTP Virtual Server to show mail address instead of display name

  1. Start Registry Editor [Set on server which your mailbox stays]
  2. Locate or create the following key in the registry
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/MsExchangeTransport
    /Parameters/<2>
    Notes: You might need to create the ”Parameters” key and the <2> key as well, <2> is the SMTP virtual server number
  3. Add the following registry value: Name: ResolveP2 Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0
  4. Also enable ”allow anonymous senders” on the SMTP Virtual Server
    a.  ESM->AG->Server->ServerName->Protocols->SMTP->SMTPVirtualServerName’s Properties
    b. “Access” tab->”Authentication” button->check “allow anonymous senders”

Notes: For Exchange Server 2007, name resolution is forced for MAPI clients, no way to disable

Here’s a 3rd-party tool which can achieve the function you want: WhichAddress

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