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2009-08-22 Initial Post

Exchange Server 2003 and 2007

You should realize that when you defrag a database offline using ESEUtil /D, data is moved to different locations within the database and the database page numbers are thus changed. It’s important that you immediately make a full backup after the defrag has completed. The reason for this is because previous backups will be incompatible now that the page numbers within the database have changed. It’s basically like you’ve created a new database. (more…)

2008-08-13 Initial Post

From http://technet.microsoft.com. . . on 2008-08-13:

Two significant problems can occur in Exchange 2000 when promoting a domain controller to a GC:

• The Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) is not automatically enabled.
• The GC can start advertising itself before replication has completed.

Regarding the first point, promoting a domain controller to a GC does not prompt you to reboot, however, the Named Service Provider Interface (NSPI, the API used for Microsoft Outlook Address Book lookups) is not dynamically enabled after domain controller promotion; a reboot is required.

2010-09-16 Updated

2010-03-05 Initial Post

Some notes regarding deleted item recovery of an entire public folder in Exchange Server 2003 SP2. (more…)

2011-02-12 Updated

2010-03-08 Initial Post

As simple as it seems, I'm not aware of a quick and easy way using the built-in AD (2003) or Exchange (2003) GUIs to search for which object has a particular e-mail address. If I wanted to find out which object (it could be a group, mailbox, or public folder) has the e-mail address techsupport@my-corp.com, I could find it by entering the address in Outlook and letting Outlook resolve it through the Global Address List. But if the object is hidden, it won't be in the GAL, so that wouldn't work. (more…)

2009-01-12 Initial Post

Apparently the RPC traffic between Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 is encoded, but NOT ENCRYPTED, by default. To encrypt you can enable the option “Encrypt data between Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server” in Outlook 2003. Outlook 2007 enables that option by default. (more…)