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09 June 2008 20:20

Exchange 2007 with a Single Name SSL Certificate

I hinted in my Exchange 2007 SAN certificate posting ( http://www.sembee.co.uk/archive/2008/05/30/78.aspx ) that I had written an article on how to setup Exchange 2007 with a single name certificate. After cleaning it up I have now published the article...
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02 June 2008 21:55

Unified Messaging Requires the Server Name in the SSL Certificate

While researching an article for my main technical site amset.info on how to use a single name SSL certificate with Exchange 2007 (I hinted at that in my blog post from last week http://www.sembee.co.uk/archive/2008/05/30/78.aspx ) I discovered an annoying...
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30 May 2008 20:25

Exchange 2007 and SSL Certificates - Take 2

Back in January 2007, shortly after the release of Exchange 2007, I wrote an article on how to use single name SSL certificates with Exchange 2007. This was because at the time the preferred SAN/UC certificates were retailing at something like $400 a...
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12 May 2008 23:15

New Online Testing Tool from the Microsoft Exchange team

So you have setup your Exchange 2007 server and now wonder whether it works correctly. The DNS changes are in place, the SSL certificate works, but how do you test it? Or your server isn't working correct and you want to test it from an external host...
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14 April 2008 17:20

Why you shouldn't use logos in Signatures

This is another post in my serious of articles on why you shouldn't use certain features in Exchange, even though they are there. As with the other articles, the article does NOT tell you how to enable the feature in question. The other articles in this...
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08 April 2008 23:55

Windows Mobile 6.1 Emulator Images Available

I have blogged in the past about the Windows Mobile emulator, as I have found it an excellent tool when testing new solutions, looking at problems and generally getting to grips with the mobile side of Exchange. It also means that I can leave my own PDA...
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13 March 2008 19:45

One morning you find that there is spam in the queues, your server has been blacklisted etc...

One of the worst experiences for an Exchange administrator is to come in one morning and find that either email is being blocked, the queues are long or the users are getting NDRs saying that the server is blacklisted. This seems to result in confusion...
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03 March 2008 13:15

Why You Shouldn't Enable the POP3 Server

This is another post in my series of articles on why you shouldn't use certain features in Exchange, even though they are there. As with the other articles, the article does NOT tell you how to enable the feature in question. The other articles in this...
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14 February 2008 13:30

Improve Exchange 2007 MC Performance - Use Windows XP

If you have used Exchange 2007 for anything more than 2 minutes, you will quickly notice that the performance of the Exchange Management Console (EMC) is very poor - no matter how much memory or processing power you have on your server. While moving content...
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10 December 2007 20:55

Tab Mislabelled in Exchange 2007 SP1

As you are probably aware, Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 was released at the end of November. However, even though this was in beta for quite some time, a few little things did slip past the quality control. Below is a screenshot from Exchange 2007 Service...
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30 November 2007 13:40

Exchange 2007 SP1 Installation - Things to Check Before Starting Installation

Having installed Exchange 2007 SP1 on to a couple of systems in my home lab, a couple of things have caught me out, which I thought may be beneficial to share. Remove language packs from UM The first was that you need to remove any additional language...
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29 November 2007 14:45

Exchange 2007 SP1 Released

Updated to include link to SP1 release notes. The eagerly awaited service pack 1 for Exchange 2007 has been released. In a change from service packs for earlier versions of Exchange, you can install Exchange 2007 fresh from this download - therefore the...
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06 November 2007 12:35

Things you get asked at presentations - the custom MMC

I do quite a few presentations, in public and to small groups in private. After each one you always ask if they have any questions. Never asked the same questions twice, some want to know about OWA, others about Powershell or the management console. At...
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26 October 2007 19:25

Exchange 2007 Edge - What is the Point?

Having now completed a few Exchange 2007 deployments, upgrades and consulted on a few more, not one of them has featured an Edge server. Which made me think, what is the point of Edge services for most users? To use Edge you need to purchase another Exchange...
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26 July 2007 12:50

Out of Office Messages and Email Discussion Lists

As you would probably expect, I am a member of a number of email discussion lists based around Microsoft Exchange. These include the lists at Sunbelt Software, msexchange.org (via freelists), Swinc.com and some others. However what always surprises me...
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