Category: Exchange Server
How do I check Rollup Update version on Exchange 2007 server?
This is one question that gets asked around many times! The article “Exchange Server 2007: Platforms, Editions and Versions” gives important information to identify the build numbers for each Rollup […]
Check Exchange 2003 vitals with PowerShell – Part II
In continuation to my previous post “Check Exchange 2003 vitals with PowerShell”, I also have a code block that you can replace if you want to query all exchange servers […]
Check Exchange 2003 vitals with PowerShell
I have written recently about Free System PTEs and /PAE usage in Exchange 2003 mailbox servers. I set out to write a PowerShell script that will run against given list […]
Force Mount-Database
I wanted to mount All mailbox databases from all servers that had them. This was a scenario where I had servers recovered with no DB files. I did not need […]
Exchange 2007 Setup Error: Setup Cannot use Domain Controller…
On one of my tests I was trying to add Hub role to a server that already had Mailbox role installed. When I started the setup, I got an error […]
CustomAttribute is too long
I recently had an opportunity to learn about an issue that I have not seen personally but I found it very interesting. When you introduce Exchange Server in your environment, […]
Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 is released
Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has been released. Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 is announced.
Benefits of using Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2007
I get asked many times why should one switch to Outlook 2007 from Outlook 2003 when using it with Exchange 2007 platform. I understand the reason as besides the obvious […]
Why should I use /PAE on my Exchange 2003 servers?
Many times I come across the configurations where the servers physically have 4GB memory installed but OS does not see it all. OS usually reports between 512 to 768 MB […]
Free System Page Table Entries in Exchange 2003
When troubleshooting performance of Exchange 2003, most overlooked performance counter is Free System PTEs. Very simply put PTE is basically an I/O partition table. Why is PTE important? If a […]