Category Archives: exchange

Network Stored PST Files

Officially Microsoft does not support the storage of PST files on file shares whether they are on a LAN or WAN.  They have a knowledge base article specifically regarding this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019 but there is also a good commentary on the subject on the Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Windows Server Performance Team blog Network Stored PST files … don’t do it!

Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino demo

Erik Ashby, Edward Wu and Jenna Lyday give a live-meeting Webcast demonstrating the new Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino.  They show how the suite can be used for migrating accounts, mailboxes and applications from Domino.

http://msexchangeteam.com/videos/9/tools/entry433052.aspx

Domino / Exchange Interoperability and Migration

Resources for Interoperability and Migration from Lotus Domino

Microsoft has a tool called the “Microsoft Transporter for Lotus Domino Availability” this tool claims to offer interoperability and migration from Lotus Domino to Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/collaboration/default.mspx

Understanding Exchange Server 2007 Server Roles

Exchange 2007 introduces a new Exchange term: “Server Role”. Server role is a logical concept used to organize Exchange 2007 services and features across one or more servers. While Exchange 2003 provided primitive server roles called BackEnd server and FrontEnd server, Exchange 2007 has more granular divisions.

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Exchange Recipient Policies

This applies to Exchange Server 2003.  It is possible that the behaviors of recipient policies of Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000 are similar, if not exactly the same as described here.

On a new installation of Exchange there is a Default Recipient Policy created that contains the email addresses specified during setup through the Internet Mail Wizard.  This policy has a priority of lowest and a filter of all mailboxes.

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