During Installation you receive the “Setup Failed due to insufficient permissions.  Please make sure that the current User has local administrator permissions.  Error: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security.” error. The reason is “UAC - User Account Control in Server 2008” You must turn it off from control panel or run setup.exe as administrator. Read here how to disable User Account Control in Server Read more

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 evaluation VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) images for Hyper-V which as of now is available for download from Microsoft  Download Center. The images are perfect for creating testing environment and trying new versions Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x86 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x64 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x86 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x64 (full install) Windows Server Read more

You probably are familiar with the issue. You created multiple distribution groups , over the years and now you don't know if they are in use. Usualy company uses half of available distribution lists. So how you can trace it ? In exchange 2007 follow this. Get-MessageTrackingLog -Start 1/1/2009 -EventID Expand | ft Timestamp,RelatedRecipientAddress -Autosize You get back something like this:The output shows when specific distribution group received last message. Timestamp RelatedRecipientAddress --------- Read more

As you probably know Microsoft releases set of DST patches for their systems every year at December . To avoid DST calendar issues  make sure to install/deploy the following updates to entire organization. Microsoft Windows Server and Windows XP/Vista Clients : KB 955839 Microsoft Exchange Server and outlook 2000/2003/2007 Clients:KB 941018 make sure to read MS DST Blog The country that was skipped in MS  Day Light Saving update are Argentina/Brazil and Chile. Daylight saving time begins: Read more

Exchange View Only Administrator - Gives users or groups the ability to view the Exchange organization and server configuration. Mailbox administrators required this role in order to enumerate Exchange server names, storage groups, and mailbox store names. Exchange Administrator - Gives users or groups the ability to manage (create/change/delete) Exchange objects at either the organization level or within a specific administrative group, depending on where the role was delegated. Exchange Full Read more

The Toolbox work center that is found in the Exchange 2007 EMC is a new concept for Exchange management tools. The Toolbox work center from a default installation of Exchange 2007 The tools that are found in the Toolbox are not directly integrated with the Exchange Management Console; instead, the Toolbox provides links to external tools. As new or updated tools are released by Microsoft, the Toolbox can be updated. The following tools are found in the Toolbox: The very popular Exchange Best Practices Read more

Every time you open Outlook 2007 you are prompted to enter your domain credentials ,even though you know you have saved it? To solve it try that one: Open the following path: In Vista C:UsersYourUserNameAppDataRoamingMicrosoft Once open you will see numerous folders including a "protect" folder. Delete the "protect" folder When you have deleted the protect folder, restart Outlook. You will be requested to enter your password again, but it will be the last time. If problem exist When working RPC over Read more

It is a common task in corporate environment You need to open a user with new meeting room name Open new user's mailbox Go to tools> Options >Calendar options>Resource schedule Mark the sections bellow That is . NOTE: In Exchange 2007 there is ability to create resources (Not Users) You can also set the resource capacity now! Eg: in one of your meeting room, only be able to fit 10 people, you can type in resource information, under the property of the object. Read more

Users Not Receiving Messages to Handheld After Mailbox Move BlackBerry server maps user mailboxes by using a process called worker treads. Blackberry version [4.0.4.5], is capable of mapping worker treads back to a user mailboxes when a mailbox gets moved to a different store by scanning the GAL for changes in the Server DN.BES users may not receive messages to their handheld device after a mailbox move . After mailbox move the BES server should pick up the new mailbox location and start sending Read more