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TechDays 2010: Managing Exchange 2010

TechDays 2010: Moving to Exchange 2010

TechDays 2010: Exchange 2010 Client Side: What’s new talking about Client Access? (Web Services, ECP)

TechDays 2010: Exchange High Availability

• http://msexchangeteam.com/
• http://exchangepedia.com/blog/
• http://redmondmag.com/
• http://www.windowsitpro.com/

High availability

• http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/

Here is a "solution" or should I say workaround at Apple support
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2928?viewlocale=en_US

Symptoms

If you send messages with attachments via a Mail account that uses a Microsoft Exchange server, recipients of the message may see the text of the message as garbled, or split into several attachments.

Solution

As a workaround: In Mail, choose Attachments > Always Insert Attachments at End of Message from the Edit menu.

Additional Information

Tips

• If you are sending only images as attachments, send the message as Rich Text--add some rich text formatting, such as bold or italicized text, or a bulleted list.
• Alternatively, make sure to insert your attachments at the end of your message, after the body of the message.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221156(EXCHG.80).aspx

http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2009/09/mailbox-access-auditing-in-exchange.html

Note, once you install SP2, you cannot uninstall it without uninstalling Exchange 2007 from the server.

Microsoft recommends upgrading Exchange 2007 servers in the following order:

1. Client Access Servers (CAS)
2. Unified Message (UM) servers
3. Hub Transport servers
4. Edge Transport servers
5. Mailbox servers

More details and important deployment considerations in Exchange 2007 SP2 Release Notes.

Links:

What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221150(EXCHG.80).aspx

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 Prerequisites
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/08/28/452209.aspx

CCR upgrade:
http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2009/08/upgrading-exchange-2007-ccr-to-sp2.html

You can use the Exchange shell to assign SendAs right (e.g. on a Distribution Group) to a user:

Add-AdPermission "Group Name" -user "User Name" -AccessRights
extendedright -ExtendedRights "send as"

Verify all the transaction logs to see if they have any corruptions or not

E:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin>eseutil /ml E:\Logs\SG1-Logs\e00

"Knowing ESEutil /ML is great, you can use it against one log or all of the logs as I have done it. When ESEutility was stopped on the Log file which is locked, obviously data is either was written to this particular log or was getting committed to database, I did realized now I know which log files have been committed to a database, just in case backup won't happen logs won't get flushed and I get a call in the night, I cannot mount any of the stores due to no space on t he LUN,"

ESEutil /ML E:\Logs\SG1-Logs\e00

Will tell me which logs I can get rid off

http://knicksmith.blogspot.com/2007/03/exchange-2007-and-shared-mailboxes.html
http://net4geeks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=1

Granting Access to a Shared Mailbox in Exchange 2007

Exchange 2007
70-236, MCTS: TS:Exchange Server 2007, Configuring
70-237, MCITP, Pro: Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
70-238, MCITP, Pro: Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

How to lower or make log level in IIS higher.

Links:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/579/advanced-logging-for-iis-70---custom-logging/
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1051006.html
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754631%28WS.10%29.aspx

Log analyser for IIS/apache
For times when you need more info.

Links:
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Using-Logparser-Utility-Analyze-ExchangeIIS-Logs.html
http://www.iis.net/downloads/Administration

Note:
Quota messages are managed by using the Exchange Management Shell. You cannot manage quota messages by using the Exchange Management Console. For information about how to use the Exchange Management Shell, see Using the Exchange Management Shell.

Note:
When you are working with quota messages, you must specify the language locale for the message (for example "EN" for English). For a list of the supported language locales that are available for use with quota messages, see Supported Locales for Use with System Messages.

To perform the following procedures, the account you use must be delegated the following:

• Exchange Organization Administrators role

You can use the New-SystemMessage cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell to create custom quota messages in the language locale that you specify on computers that have the Hub Transport server role installed. The following QuotaMessageType parameter values specify the types of quota messages that you can create with the New-SystemMessage cmdlet. For more information about quota messages, see Understanding Quota Messages.

QuotaMessageType Parameter Values for Mailboxes

The following describes the QuotaMessageType parameter values for mailboxes:

• The WarningMailboxUnlimitedSize parameter value specifies the quota message that is sent in e-mail to the owners of a mailbox of unlimited size when the Issue warning storage quota is exceeded.
• The WarningMailbox parameter value specifies the quota message that is sent in e-mail to the owners of a mailbox of limited size (that is, one that has Prohibit send or Prohibit send and receive storage quotas) when the Issue warning storage quota is exceeded.
• The ProhibitSendMailbox parameter value specifies the quota message that is sent in e-mail to mailbox owners when the Prohibit send storage quota is exceeded.
• The ProhibitSendReceiveMailBox parameter value specifies the quota message that is sent in e-mail to mailbox owners when the Prohibit send and receive storage quota is exceeded.

New message

New-SystemMessage -QuotaMessageType WarningMailbox -Language EN -Text "This is a custom quota message."

View a custom quota message

Get-SystemMessage -Identity EN\WarningMailbox | Format-List

Modify a custom quota message

Set-SystemMessage -Identity EN\WarningMailbox -Text "This is a modified custom quota message."

Remove a custom quota message

Remove-SystemMessage -Identity EN\WarningMailbox

Links:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232089%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx
http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/powershell/managing-exchange-2007-mailbox-quotas-with-windows-powershell/
http://www.redline-software.com/eng/support/articles/msexchange/2007/customising-delivery-status-notification-messages.php

In some instances the Thunderbird mail client may send a .doc file (Word attachment) with the incorrect mime-encoding of 'application/applefile'.
See also: Thunderbird normally sends attachments inline (as part of the message body), not as real attachments.

Perform the following steps to resolve the problem:

1. Close Thunderbird.
2. Navigate to the following directory based upon your OS:
   • Windows 2000/XP: %userprofile%\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles
   • Windows Vista: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles
   • Mac OS X: \Library\Thunderbird\Profile
3. Open the directory named with a random set of characters like "yo6luyl8.default". There may be multiple directories if you have multiple Thunderbird profiles.
4. Delete the file named 'mimeTypes.rdf'.

- SMTP GlitchRetrySeconds configuration

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996601.aspx
• http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/16/exchange-2003-sp2-and-greylisting.aspx
• http://www.tekniken.nu/drift_och_underhall/varning_greylisting_kan_orsaka_problem_i_exchange_2003
• http://smarthost.blogspot.com/2007/08/greylisting-and-exchange.html

Company with greylistingapplication

• http://www.vamsoft.com/default.asp
• http://www.proxmea.com/?q=node/19

http://www.exchangeninjas.com/PSSCategories

Simple-talk, Message Tracking in Exchange 2007 : http://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/message-tracking-in-exchange-2007/

En bunta artiklar samlade på simple-talk - http://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/

Simple-talk, Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Clustering: http://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/exchange-2007-mailbox-server-clustering/

Move a clustered mailbox server i CCR environment
Technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998282.aspx
PS: Move-ClusteredMailboxServer -Identity:<CMSName> -TargetMachine:<PassiveNodeName> -MoveComment:<Comment>

How to handle file attachment access in OWA

http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/generic/0,,sid43_gci1307864,00.html

"One of the most important decisions regarding Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange Server 2007 is how to handle file attachments. Users may access OWA from public computers. If you allow them to open file attachments, information contained in those files potentially could be left behind in the computer's pagefile, or in the browser cache. You may want to reconsider giving users the ability to open file attachments to avoid exposure to email viruses.You don't have to block users entirely from opening file attachments with OWA; often there are legitimate reasons to do so. OWA offers five different settings to allowing or prevent users from opening attachments:"

Hur man ändrar Rich-text formatet för hela sin organisationen i Exchange 2007
http://forums.msexchange.org/m_1800457416/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#1800464955

Kb-artiklar från Microsoft
kb138053 : How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
kb278061: Bifogade Winmail.dat-filer ingår i mottagna e-postmeddelanden i Outlook

http://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/managing-exchange-2007-mailbox-quotas-with-windows-powershell/

Warning:An item has failed property validation and will be ignored.
IdentifierName: Subject of message in inbox
Error details:Required property is empty.
Property:TargetServer..

Anledningen till detta är att konto som vi kör migreringen ifrån inte har behörighet att lägga migreringsmailen i användarens mailbox.

För att fixa detta måste man sätta upp rättigheter i AD för migreringskonto. Dessa rättigheter "impersonalisation permissions" ska gälla på CAS (Client Access Servers)-rollen och man behöver även vara medlem i "Exchange Administrator".

För att få till impersonalisation rättigheterna kan man köra följande kommando i powershell:

Get-ClientAccessServer | select name,distinguishedname | fl

Vilket ger en DN för den CAS-roll som ska ta hand om migreringen. Denna sträng klistras sedan in i nästa kommando:

Add-ADPermission -Identity "<DN-värdet ovan>" -User <migrerings kontot> -ExtendedRights ms-Exch-EPI-Impersonation

Guider

http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/migration-deployment/migrating-pop/imap-exchange-server-2007-microsoft-transport-suite-part1.html

http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/migration-deployment/migrating-pop/imap-exchange-server-2007-microsoft-transport-suite-part2.html

Transporter Suite

Ladda ner: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&displaylang=en

Detta gör man i följande fil:

<Exchange 2007 installation dir>/ClientAccess/exchweb/ews/web.config

Lägg till denna texten:

<system.webServer>
    <security>
        <requestFiltering>
            <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1000000000"/>
        </requestFiltering>
    </security>
</system.webServer>

direkt efter:

<configuration>

och denna texten:

<httpRuntime executionTimeout="300" maxRequestLength="1000000" />

direkt efter:

<system.web>

Läs mer om problemet på följande sidor eller via medföljande pdf.

MSDN konfiguration av httpRuntime värdet
Web: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e1f13641(VS.71).aspx
PDF:

Allmänt om problemet
Web: http://www.exchange2007.com/2008/10/cant-migrate-accounts-using-transporter.html
PDF:

Web: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925083/
Web: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=944981