Geek Out With Perry: High Availability for the Exchange Service
Have you missed Geeking out with Perry Clarke? Well he's back with another blog post and Geek Out with Perry episode where we chat about availability for Exchange Online in the Office 365 service....
View ArticleComing Soon: PST Capture Tool
As we like to say here on EHLO, we’re always listening for feedback on what we're doing well and what we could be doing better for you. As more and more of you evaluate and deploy the email archiving,...
View ArticleReleased: Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since...
View ArticleAccepted Domains, Safe Senders List and You
You may have noticed a change in the behavior of the Safe Senders list within Outlook starting in Exchange 2010. Users can no longer add accepted domains to Outlook’s Safe Senders list. Figure 1:...
View ArticleExchange 2010: Support for UPN credentials in OWA change password feature
Last year when we released Exchange 2010 SP1, we posted about the change expired password feature in Outlook Web App and how you can enable it by creating the ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled registry...
View ArticleExchange 2010 SP1 RU4 Removed from Download Center
We have discovered an issue impacting some customers who have installed Exchange 2010 SP1 RU4 into their Exchange environment and as a result have removed SP1 RU4 from Download Center. We recommend...
View ArticleOrphaned Offline Address Book Recovery Process in Exchange 2010
In Exchange 2010, the generating server for your Offline Address Books (OAB) can change, under certain conditions, without any admin intervention. The process described here happens only on Exchange...
View ArticleTest Office 365 Single Sign-On Using Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
We are excited to announce that the Remote Connectivity Analyzer tool has been updated! In addition to the standard set of connectivity tests, we’ve added an Office 365 tab and a Single Sign-On test....
View ArticleNavigating Exchange Content Like A Pro Using Short URLs
Have you been wondering what the aka.ms URLs we've been posting on Twitter and elsewhere are all about? They come from a Microsoft URL-shortening service. Not only does it allow us to shorten URLs to...
View ArticleExchange Ideas: Mailbox resiliency
Every day we talk to customers, partners, consultants, analysts, administrators and a lot of great people like you. You have shared with us your ideas, opinions, favorite features, memories and...
View ArticleWe want your feedback on Exchange Certificate Management!
UPDATE 8/2/2011: The survey is now closed; thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us! As we have done few times already, we wanted to reach out to you again to help us think about...
View ArticleAnnouncing the re-release of Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released an updated version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. This updated release is being made available after a complete...
View ArticleAn Update on Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Rollup Update 4
The Exchange Sustained Engineering team recently made the decision to recall the June 22, 2011 release of Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4. This was not an action we took lightly and we understand how...
View ArticleExchange Server and SP1 for Microsoft Office Filter Pack 2010
Starting with Exchange 2007, installation of the current version of Office Filter Packs is a prerequisite. For Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 RTM, the pre-req was 2007 Office System Converter:...
View ArticlePrevent archiving of items in a default folder in Exchange 2010
In Exchange 2010, you can use Retention Policies to manage message retention. Retention Policies consist of delete tags, i.e. retention tags with either Delete and Allow Recovery or Permanently Delete...
View ArticleRetention Hold and Litigation Hold in Exchange 2010
In Exchange 2010, you can place a mailbox on retention hold or legal hold. Both holds serve a different purpose. It's important to understand the functionality provided by both. Retention Hold: As the...
View ArticleBuild your own book of TechNet topics about Exchange
Take a look at the latest thing you can do on TechNet. With this cool new Beta feature, you can pick and choose up to 100 topics from anywhere in the Microsoft TechNet library (but really, why go...
View ArticleDevelopment cadence in a cloud world
After a busy summer of Microsoft events meeting with partners, customers and our internal sales organization, I thought I would share some of the discussions I had with these groups around our cloud...
View ArticleReleased: Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2010 SP1
Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 to the Download Center. This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since...
View ArticleExchange Server Deployment Assistant now includes a “Cloud Only” scenario
For many companies, the robust messaging and calendaring features offered by Office 365 for enterprises presents an opportunity to transition all messaging functionality from the on-premises...
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