Exchange Server Pre-Deployment Analyzer

If you are planning to deploy Exchange 2010 I recommend you run the Exchange Server Pre-Deployment Analyzer to perform a readiness check of your environment, not just the server.

There is post from the Exchange team about it here, http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/02/24/454083.aspx.

Daniel

Additional UPN Suffix in AD\Exchange 2007

While planning and Exchange migration, alongside a separate AD forest migration I had the requirement to assign an additional UPN suffix to users without adding it to the forest. To complicate things further this only needed to be available to mailboxes in a certain OU.

The solution is to add to the uPNSuffixes attribute using ADSIEdit on the OU in question.

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When creating a user/mailbox now using ADUC or the Exchange management console I can choose ‘@exchangegeek.com’ as the UPN suffix, rather than a domain added at the AD forest level.

Daniel

 

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Gmail gets ActiveSync policies and wipe

I'm Exchange Server through and through, yet I still use gmail for my personal account. The other day I was forced to re-sync my Windows Mobile and I have now discovered why, Google have added the ability to set security policies on ActiveSync devices (WinMo,iPhone, etc) and remotely wipe them. Cool!

If you are a Google Apps Premier or Education customer head over to, http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/02/bringing-more-administrative-controls.html

Daniel