Exchange 2010 – Retention Policy Tag not available immediately after definition in EMC

> From my buddy Brian Day on this post: After adding personal tags you may need to wait until the managed folder assistant processes the mailbox again before they'll show up. You can force it by runningStart-ManagedFolderAssistant <MailboxIdentity>.As he tested on his Lab, and so did I, we used a retention policy with one folder … Continue reading Exchange 2010 – Retention Policy Tag not available immediately after definition in EMC →

How-to use Powershell to change the Network location type (to Private or Public)

Here is how to change the Network type of a specific network (or networks) to Private or Public, to help you better master Firewall policies.This is especially useful if you have a bunch of Windows 2008 servers on a DMZ as it’s more and more the case, which are not controlled by GPOs then.Credits goes … Continue reading How-to use Powershell to change the Network location type (to Private or Public) →

/Hosted mode or not /Hosted mode, that is the question … since Exchange 2010 SP2, recomended not !

“If you haven’t yet deployed Exchange 2010, our recommendation is to avoid /hosting mode and go directly to Exchange 2010 SP2 using the on-premises configuration. This will allow you to offer the features customers are looking for, and avoid a cross forest migration down the road.”Source : Future of /Hosting Modehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/10/13/future-of-hosting-mode.aspx

Bulk populate an AD using a CSV file and New-ADUser, including Passwords

Problem : New-ADUser is not working as expected to populate a password coming from a CSV file (the account stays disabled) here is the example and the reason: Prerequisites: Import the Active Directory module on your powershell session using Import-Module ActiveDirectory Here is my BulkAddADUsers.csv file sample : GivenNAme,Surname,Name,SamAccountNAme,Description,Department,EmployeeID,Path,Enabled,Password,PasswordNeverExpiresUser,Test1,UserTest1,UserTest1,UserTest1,IT,189478,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test2,UserTest2,UserTest2,UserTest2,IT,187516,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test3,UserTest3,UserTest3,UserTest3,IT,134530,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test4,UserTest4,UserTest4,UserTest4,IT,162455,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test5,UserTest5,UserTest5,UserTest5,IT,121901,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test6,UserTest6,UserTest6,UserTest6,IT,170221,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test7,UserTest7,UserTest7,UserTest7,IT,128669,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test8,UserTest8,UserTest8,UserTest8,IT,108705,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test9,UserTest9,UserTest9,UserTest9,IT,106381,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test10,UserTest10,UserTest10,UserTest10,IT,193922,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test11,UserTest11,UserTest11,UserTest11,IT,174066,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test12,UserTest12,UserTest12,UserTest12,IT,105871,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test13,UserTest13,UserTest13,UserTest13,IT,126670,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test14,UserTest14,UserTest14,UserTest14,IT,124671,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test15,UserTest15,UserTest15,UserTest15,IT,118935,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test16,UserTest16,UserTest16,UserTest16,IT,183367,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test17,UserTest17,UserTest17,UserTest17,IT,185662,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test18,UserTest18,UserTest18,UserTest18,IT,118972,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test19,UserTest19,UserTest19,UserTest19,IT,187421,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$TrueUser,Test20,UserTest20,UserTest20,UserTest20,IT,167020,"OU=Test,DC=CONTOSO,DC=CA",$True,P@ssw0rd,$True The following command … Continue reading Bulk populate an AD using a CSV file and New-ADUser, including Passwords →

Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Intra-Organization migration

Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration path Step Step Title Details (migration from Exchange 2003) Step 1 Certificate Acquire new commercial certificate for external client coexistence with CAS 2010 (legacy.contoso.ca namespace required for former CAS2007 for silent redirect). It will neet at minimum 3 SAN values : - mail.contoso.ca (primary OWA/EAS/OA URL) - autodiscover.contoso.ca - … Continue reading Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Intra-Organization migration →

Active Directory Schema upgrade procedure – with back-out plan

The aim of the procedure in this post is to avoid you to dig around the technet to rebuild it. It’s written for Exchange 2010 SP1 here, but can easily be adapted for any product schema updates by replacing the Exchange 2010 SP1 values and links ! AD Schema upgrade procedure with verifications (can be adapted … Continue reading Active Directory Schema upgrade procedure – with back-out plan →

Exchange Server–Use ExTRA to take traces for search issues

To diagnose a problem more indepth, we will use the Exchange Troubleshooting Analyzer (from the Toolbox on the Exchange Management Console) :- Select a task- Click on trace control- Click on set manual trace log- On components to trace, choose Store.- On trace tags, choose: tagQueryCi , tagQueryCiDump, and tagSearch- Click on start tracing- Then … Continue reading Exchange Server–Use ExTRA to take traces for search issues →

Exchange Server 2010 SP1–The replacer of PFDAVAdmin : ExFolders

To manage your public folders permissions, including the system folders if you still use them with Outlook 2003 clients, you no longer use PFDAVAdmin, but use ExFolders in replacement.Some of the many new features that deserve to be underlined are : This can be run from an Exchange 2010 server only Can connect to Exchange … Continue reading Exchange Server 2010 SP1–The replacer of PFDAVAdmin : ExFolders →

More everyday procedures to come later on …

- How-To procedure - Exchange Server 2010 SP1 - Operations - Exclude PDC Emulator from Exchange servers- How-To procedure - Use the Shell to create a transport rule for messages that have a blank subject- How-To Use ADTD to export Exchange, AD information- How-to procedure - Exchange Server 2010 SP1 - Configuring - What to … Continue reading More everyday procedures to come later on … →

Exchange 2003–2007 and 2010 – Troubleshooting steps for client connection or latency issues on the Server side – nothing complicated at all, just follow the process !

Users experiencing issues connecting or using Exchange messaging service via Outlook or OWA ? Here is how to sort this out on most of the cases : · First thing to look at is the Application Log, then the System Log,. · Second thing to look at are the performance counters to check if … Continue reading Exchange 2003–2007 and 2010 – Troubleshooting steps for client connection or latency issues on the Server side – nothing complicated at all, just follow the process ! →