We’d like to introduce another author on Thelazyadmin.com. Brad Bird is an IT Professional of 12 years experience.  Currently working as an independent consultant associated with Infront Consulting.  Brad has more than 8 years under his belt specifically in Windows Networking Administration.  Among his specialties are: Windows ...

Now after checking the entire pre-installation components, if we start the setup we will get some error messages such as this one: Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Domain Controller Operating System version is 5.0 (2195) Service Pack 4. The minimum version required is 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 1. This a ...

Before we get started with the installation of Exchange 2007 it is recommended to run the latest version of Exchange Best Practice Analyzer tools now, and choose Exchange 2007 readiness check, in my case, the tool gave me the following report: So, my exchange organization is in mixed mode, it must be changed to native mode.  In general, ...

Mueed Al-Enzi sent us an email about a series of posts he wrote on transitioning from Exchagne 2000 to 2007.  What was interesting about his article was that his Exchange 2000 server was also his DC and was on Windows 2000.  He had a lot more work to do than normal but since this is a common setup we decided to accept it and post it ...

So you are out late, had a few pints, get home and the next day you realize you lost your Windows Mobile 5 device.  Well you can call your mobile carrier and have them freeze the account but that won't get rid of your contacts, email messages and other information on the device.  Luckily you can perform a remote wipe via Outlook Web ...

An Exchange Front-end server is the server that OWA clients (as well as other non-MAPI clients) connect to. Front-end (FE) servers are used to reduce the load on the Back-end (BE) servers among other things. Setting up an Exchange FE is a pretty straightforward task so let's get to it! Exchange will install by default as a BE server. A BE server ...

Installing Exchange has been a pretty straightforward task; however there have been some changes in the install process for Exchange 2007. Part two of this article will take cover the GUI and CLI installation options for Exchange 2007.Continue reading at MSExchange.org!

Installing Exchange has been a pretty straightforward task; however there have been some changes in the install process for Exchange 2007. Part one of this series will cover the prerequisites required and preparation of Active Directory.Continue reading at MSExchange.org!

Exchange Server 2003 is highly customizable and there are plenty of tips, tricks, tweaks and hacks floating around on the web. A lot of the tools and some of the tips have been well documented by the other MSExchange authors (see the links at the end of this article). Let’s take a look at some of the lesser known hacks you can apply to your ...

IMF is the built in spam filter included with Exchange Server 2003 SP2.  It is quite a powerful tool but there are times when you may want to exclude a user or users from filtering.  Microsoft has published a hotfix under KB 912587, which, once applied, will allow you to exclude a user from IMF. Once the hotfix is installed you have a ...

Recovery Storage Groups (RSG) are one of the most administrator friendly features of Exchange Server 2003 SP1. You may have used them already, and you may have had the same questions I’ve been asked. This article aims to answer those questions. Continue reading at MSExchange.org!

The Edge Transport server role in Exchange 2007 performs a number of functions including routing messages between the Exchange organization and the internet, as well as providing Anti-virus and Anti-Spam protection. It is meant to be installed on the edge of the corporate network, or on a screened subnet. This location makes it more vulnerable ...

Exchange 2007 introduces a new concept to Exchange organizations, the concept of server roles. Similar to how a Windows server can host one or more roles, this type of configuration has been implemented in Exchange Server 2007. Server roles allow an administrator to split the functions of an Exchange server and place each role, or a combination of ...

Exchange 2007 Beta 2 is now available and the biggest change is in the management. The entire management of Exchange 2007 can be done using PowerShell (aka MSH). Learning the commands has been made easy as well and as a bonus, we'll see how to move the mailbox database in Exchange 2007! The Exchange Management Console (EMC) has been built on top ...

A while back I wrote on Active Directory groups. If you are running Exchange 2003, there is one more group type you can use. Query Based Distribution Groups are a new type of distribution group. Unlike the normal distribution groups, they do not have static members, rather the groups membership is based on a query or queries that you can specify. ...