Under The Hood: Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Log Analysis
One of best troubleshooting tools for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is mailbox logging. This logging allows us to see the incoming request sent by the device and the outgoing response from the Exchange...
View ArticleAnalyzing Exchange Transaction Log Generation Statistics
DownloadUpdate 11/5/2013: added a section on firewall rules to try.OverviewWhen designing a site resilient Exchange Server solution, one of the required planning tasks is to determine how many...
View ArticleEasily compare Office 365 features across different plans
Office 365 Service Descriptions provide comprehensive details about features and functionality available in different Office 365 subscription plans.Now there’s a quick way to compare features in...
View ArticlePart 4: IIS ARR as a Reverse Proxy and Load balancing solution for O365...
Based on the feedback I received it looks like our readers enjoyed the previous set of articles (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) that were published about IIS ARR and because of that, the pirates Arrr!!!...
View ArticleSupporting Windows Mail 8.1 in your organization
Windows 8.1 and Windows RT include a built-in email app named Windows Mail. Mail includes support for IMAP and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) accounts.This article includes some key technical details of...
View ArticleDo you have a sleepy NIC?
I continue to run into this issue over and over in the field so I wanted people to be aware of this possible problem. In a Database Availability Group (DAG), if your databases are randomly mounting or...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Microsoft Solutions Advisory Board
Microsoft Office Content Publishing is now producing guidance on cross-product solutions involving Exchange Server 2013, SharePoint 2013, Lync Server 2013, Office 365, and Windows Azure. Our goal is to...
View ArticleDirectory Based Edge Blocking for Exchange Online Protection
We have received consistent feedback from our customers that the ability to reject messages for invalid recipients at the service network perimeter is important. We are aggressively working to design a...
View ArticleRecovering Public Folder information in Exchange 2013, Part 2
In the last related blog post we discussed recovering public folders and its contents from dumpster when they are deleted and various recovery steps using the Outlook client and Exchange Management...
View ArticleExchange Server: The Road Ahead
We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the release of Exchange Server 2013. This is traditionally the time when people start asking questions like: When is Service Pack 1 coming? What’s the...
View ArticleOutlook Connectivity Guided Walkthrough (Exchange On-Premises)
Outlook prompting users for credentials? Outlook users disconnected from their mailboxes? These are a couple of common issues and they can be frustrating to the user. Enter the Outlook Connectivity...
View ArticleExchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 Coming in Early 2014
Today on the Office blog we announced that service pack 1 for the 2013 set of products including Office, SharePoint and Exchange will be released early next year. We know our Exchange customers have...
View ArticleReleased: Update Rollup 3 For Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3
The Exchange team is announcing today the availability of Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. Update Rollup 3 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 3
The Exchange team is announcing today the availability of our most recent quarterly servicing update to Exchange Server 2013. Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange Server 2013 and updated UM Language Packs...
View ArticleOffice 365 URL based filtering is just better and easier to sustain
One of the requirements for properly integrating with Microsoft Office 365 is to ensure that your clients and (in some instances such as hybrid Exchange) servers have access to all of the proper...
View ArticleReleased: Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator Update
Today we released v6.1 of the Exchange 2013 Server Role Requirements Calculator. You can view what changes have been made, or download the update directly.Ross Smith IVPrincipal Program Manager Office...
View ArticleUnder The Hood: Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Log Analysis – Part 2
The previous post for Exchange ActiveSync mailbox log analysis gave an overview of the various commands a device may send. Now we want to dig just a little bit deeper and provide a way to link items...
View ArticleReleased: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-105 for Exchange
Today the Exchange team released security bulletin MS13-105. Updates are being made available for the following versions of Exchange Server:Exchange Server 2007 SP3Exchange Server 2010 SP2Exchange...
View ArticleLitigation Hold and In-Place Hold in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online
In Exchange 2010 and Exchange Online, we introduced Litigation Hold to allow you to immutably preserve mailbox content to meet long term preservation and eDiscovery requirements. When a mailbox is...
View ArticleNew Remote Connectivity Analyzer Tests for Mail Flow
We’re happy to announce that we’ve added some tests to Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA), to help you test your mail flow configuration. These tests are intended for customers who use the...
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