Mailbox Access Auditing
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221156(EXCHG.80).aspx
http://www.howexchangeworks.com/2009/09/mailbox-access-auditing-in-exchange.html
Exchange 2007 SP2 upgrade
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
SP2 adds support for Windows Powershell v2, and allows coexistence with Exchange Server 2010. SP2 also adds support for VSS backups of Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008.
Exchange 2007 SP2 updates the Active Directory schema. Details of schema changes, including new attributes and classes, and modifications to existing ones can be found in Active Directory Schema Changes (SP2).
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:
- Client Access Servers (CAS)
- Unified Message (UM) servers
- Hub Transport servers
- Edge Transport servers
- 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
SendAs right using Exchange shell
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
Link: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-assign-sendas-right-using.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"
Checking Exchange 2007 transaction logfiles
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
Link: smtp25.blogspot.com
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
Exchange 2007 and Shared Mailboxes
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
Great links:
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
Exchange Exams, Microsoft Certified
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
Exchange 2010
70-662, MCTS, Technoloy Specialist, TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring
70-663, MCITP, IT Professional, Pro: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
No upgrade available
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 change log level in IIS 7
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
Describing "Advanced Logging" for IIS 7
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
Customising Mailbox Quota Messages
Posted by Mattias Jönsson
A quota message is an e-mail message that is automatically sent by Microsoft Exchange to the owners of a mailbox or a public folder when a size limit (called a storage quota) for the mailbox or public folder is exceeded. You can use the New-SystemMessage, Get-SystemMessage, Set-SystemMessage, and Remove-SystemMessage cmdlets in the Exchange Management Shell to view existing quota messages or to create, view, modify, or remove customized ones.
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| 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. |
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| 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 MailboxesThe 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