Installing Hyper-V and Beyond

In his previous article "Hyper-V, an introduction" Jaap Wesselius explained about the Hypervisor, the parent partition, the child partition, and...

28 July 2009 15 min read

Ben Lye

An Introduction to Messaging Records Management

There are a number of features in Exchange that can be used in creative ways to solve problems in Exchange...

07 July 2009 5 min read

Matt Simmons

Manage Stress Before it Kills You

The key to a long career in IT is in learning how to cope adaptively with stress. Matt Simmons, like...

29 June 2009 8 min read

Jaap Wesselius

Building an Exchange Server 2007 environment

Of course, changing a 32,000 mailbox system, based in 40 Exchange Servers, to a centralised 25,000 mailbox solution is not...

29 June 2009 11 min read

Neil Hobson

Cluster Continuous Replication Network Design

Cluster continuous replication (CCR) is a means of providing a more resilient email system with faster recovery. It was introduced...

18 June 2009 16 min read

Ben Lye

Using Exchange 2007 Transport Rules to Protect the First Entry in the Address Book

Global Address Lists in MS Exchange can cause problems because the first person in the list often gets the reply....

08 June 2009 5 min read

Ben Lye

Emulating the Exchange 2003 RUS for Out-of-Band Mailbox Provisioning in Exchange 2007

Exchange's Recipient Update Service was important in Exchange 2000 or 2003 in order to complete the provisioning or updating of...

08 May 2009 5 min read

Bob Cramblitt

For this Exchange Server Archiver, "Transparency" Fits

Sometimes, it is a great relief when a user of your software gives it a tough test and then reports...

05 May 2009 4 min read

Jaap Wesselius

Exchange Server 2010 – The First Public Beta Version

Jaap takes a first look at the new Beta 1 of Exchange Server 2010, which is now available for download,...

15 April 2009 10 min read

Ben Lye

Message Tracking in Exchange 2007

'Where did my mail go?' In order to answer this question, to troubleshoot mail problems and to analyse mail flow,...

27 March 2009 9 min read

Brien Posey

An Introduction to Unified Messaging

For many years, everyone involved in the administration of offices has wished that there was a way of combining the...

26 March 2009 15 min read

Michael B. Smith

Determining MS Exchange Disk Performance

With an Exchange Server, how do you measure performance? How, in particular do you do about measuring your disk subsystem's...

26 March 2009 12 min read

Bill Holmberg

Change Management- What It Is and Why You Need It

Bill Holmberg takes a practical look at Change Management, and list the steps you need to take. To make things...

02 March 2009 12 min read

Matt Simmons

A SysAdmin’s Guide to Users

What level of trust do you afford users by default? What level of support do you offer users who have...

26 February 2009 10 min read

Matt Simmons

A SysAdmin’s Guide to Change Management

In the first in a series of monthly articles, 'Confessions of a Sys Admin', Matt describes the issues involved in...

06 January 2009 12 min read

Brien Posey

Optimizing Exchange Server 2007

Brien Posey ponders an 'off the cuff' remark that Exchange 2007 runs so well with a default configuration that you...

24 November 2008 17 min read

Ben Lye

Reporting on Mobile Device Activity Using Exchange 2007 ActiveSync Logs

In this new column giving practical advice on all things Sys Admin related, Ben Lye takes on the often difficult...

10 October 2008 6 min read

Brien Posey

Configuring Exchange Server 2007 to Support Information Rights Management

In Exchange Server 2007, Information Rights management is easy to set up once you have set up the prerequisites. It...

02 October 2008 15 min read

Neil Hobson

Message Classifications in Exchange 2007

In Exchange 2007, you can now classify your messages in any way you wish, so that, for example, you can...

18 September 2008 13 min read

Owen Sanderson

When Email Collaboration Could Have Changed History

In our mission to make history relevant to the busy IT executive, we speculate how Email might have helped pivotal...

26 August 2008 4 min read

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Installing Hyper-V and Beyond

An Introduction to Messaging Records Management

Manage Stress Before it Kills You

Building an Exchange Server 2007 environment

Cluster Continuous Replication Network Design

Using Exchange 2007 Transport Rules to Protect the First Entry in the Address Book

Emulating the Exchange 2003 RUS for Out-of-Band Mailbox Provisioning in Exchange 2007

For this Exchange Server Archiver, "Transparency" Fits

Exchange Server 2010 – The First Public Beta Version

Message Tracking in Exchange 2007

An Introduction to Unified Messaging

Determining MS Exchange Disk Performance

Change Management- What It Is and Why You Need It

A SysAdmin’s Guide to Users

A SysAdmin’s Guide to Change Management

Optimizing Exchange Server 2007

Reporting on Mobile Device Activity Using Exchange 2007 ActiveSync Logs

Configuring Exchange Server 2007 to Support Information Rights Management

Message Classifications in Exchange 2007

When Email Collaboration Could Have Changed History