What does New-ExchangeCertificate –confirm do?

Depends who is asking. Let’s assume a scenario where you are trying to create a new self-signed certificate on Exchange 2007 using a script. You run the command “New-Exchange Certificate […]

How do I check Update Rollup version on Exchange 20xx Server?

UPDATED: Feb 26, 2014, updated script to accommodate Exchange 2013 Now that Update Rollup for Exchange Server 2010 is available, I have updated my previous script to check for Update […]

Verify Exchange Server Schema Version

UPDATED Feb 25, 2014 to include Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1 information. Since Microsoft has a dedicated TechNet article on this topic, I will no longer update this post. You […]

Logs not truncated after VSS Backup in Exchange 2007 SP2 or Exchange 2010

Release of Exchange 2007 SP2 brought much awaited feature – VSS Backups! This was exciting. You were now able to take Exchange Server Backups on Windows Server 2008 without third-party […]

Why is Exchange 2007 SP2 not supported on Windows Server 2008 R2?

This is a tough question to answer as a PFE when I work with customers for whom, the release of both products came almost around the same timeframe. For many […]

Who knew? Does Microsoft support Exchange 2007 Databases on BitLocker Encrypted drive?

Did you know that Microsoft has tested and fully supports Exchange 2007 Databases on BitLocker encrypted drive? That does mean you will need Windows 2008 with BitLocker encryption enabled. If […]

How to bypass confirmation prompts for Managed Folder Policy

When you try to apply managed mailbox folder policy to a mailbox using set-mailbox, you would run a command like this:   set-mailbox -identity mailboxA -ManagedFolderMailboxPolicy "MFPolicy"set-mailbox -identity mailboxA -ManagedFolderMailboxPolicy […]

Exchange 2003 support and Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers

When I originally wrote this post, Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers were not supported for Exchange 2003, however, in recent months the guidance from product team has changed and […]

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 Released

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 has been released! I in particular have been waiting for this as transition from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 and co-existence of both products in […]

Exchange 2007 PowerShell Scripts – What would you like to script?

I am always thinking about how can I script/automate tasks I have to do repeatedly or I see others ask for. I would like to go a step beyond. I […]