Exchange 2007 Basics

Exchange 2007 environment consists of following basic components;

1. CAS (Client Access Servers).

2. HUB servers.

3. Mail Box servers.

4. Edge Servers.

5. Unified Messaging servers

I will Explain basic functions of each server role in my upcoming blogs so stay tuned ;).

MOSS RSS Feed Reader

If you are planning for using MOSS RSS feed reader for getting feeds from internal MOSS sites then you have to change your MOSS authentication settings from NTLM to Kerberos or set your site to run in Anonymous mode or have to use some third party RSS feeds solutions integrated with MOSS such as smiling goat otherwise you will get authentication error message in your RSS feed reader webpart. You can find steps for changing MOSS authentication from NTLM to Kerberos in following article http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832769

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Removing Disconnected Mailboxes in Exchange 2007

Whenever we disable ore remove any mailbox, by default it goes in disconnected state and can be viewed in disconnected mailboxes view in EMC.

For disabling any account you can run following command
Disable-mailbox user@domain.com

You can also remove any account without providing confirm parameter. Confirm parameter will permanently delete the account and this account will not be visible in disconnected mailboxes view
Remove-Mailbox -Database <Database-Name>

If your account is not visible in disconnected mailboxes view you can confirm it by running following command

Clean-mailboxdatabase -identity "<server name>\<storage group name>\<mailbox database name>"

If you want to permanently delete your account then you have to run this command Remove-Mailbox -Database <Database-Name> -StoreMailboxIdentity <MailboxGuid> -confirm:$false

For finding GUID you have to run this command

Get-MailboxStatistics -server <server name> | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid

You have to copy the GUID and then paste in the above command for permanently deleting any account

If you want to remove all disconnected mailboxes then you have to first run following command

$users = Get-MailboxStatistics | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid

Now you have all users in Variable users, you can run following command

$users | ForEach { Remove-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database" -StoreMailboxIdentity $_.MailboxGuid -confirm:$false }

Gmail for mobile 2.0

Google has launched its Gmail 2.0 application for mobile devices, i have tried it on my Nokia N82 and found it very robust and interactive you can download this App by entering http://m.google.com/mail in your mobile device

for more information click on following link http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/10/introducing-gmail-for-mobile-20.html

"IT Evolution"- IT Event arranged by Microsoft

There is an IT event arranged by Microsoft coming in Gulf region named a "IT Evolution ". Following is the Agenda of this event;

09:00-10:00

Registration & Refreshments

10:00-10:45

Keynote: Are You Ready to Move On?

10:00-16:00

Partner Showcase and Exhibition

10:45-11:45

Server Virtualization-Get Virtual Now!

Sliverlight 2.0-Light up the Web

11:45-12:00

Break

12:00-13:00

Hardware Virtualization Visual Studio Team System 2008

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

App-V - Next Generation Client with Application Virtualization

Windows Presentation Foundation

15:00-15:15

Break

15:15-16:15

SQL Server 2008 - Your Data, Any Place, Any Time

SQL Server 2008 Database Development

16:15-16:30

Closing

Any IT professional working on Microsoft Technologies should attend this session. For more details check out below link.

http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/gulf/ITEvolution/IT_Times/default.htm

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InkSeine from Microsoft Research

InkSeine is a prototype inking application from Microsoft Research. It has cool features designed from the ground up to use with a pen, such as fantastic ink-based search functionality, radial menus, a floating tool ring for image capture and circling the pen to scroll, and of course great inking functionality to jot down and sketch all your ideas. There’s nothing else quite like it InkSeine from Microsoft Research - The Official Video

Help for Moving to SharePoint

Consolidating your your data into a single platform makes sense, and there are tools to make the transition easier.

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