Exchange 2010 SP1 changes the way Administrator Audit Logging (AAL) works to some degree. To see how Exchange 2010 RTM Administrator Audit Logging works, check out a great article by my fellow MVP Neil Hobson here. This article is not going to explain what AAL is, just what the changes are.In Exchange 2010 RTM, when you configured AAL, you had to specify what … [Read more...] about Changes in Exchange 2010 SP1 Administrator Audit Logging
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Exchange 2010 Database Activation Coordination (DAC)
Introduction and Database Activation Coordination (DAC) Support Exchange 2010 introduced a vast amount of changes to the High Availability model with the addition of the Database Availability Group (DAG). Some features of the DAG are having up to 16 members, automatic database *over to another site as long as you still have quorum, and much more. Exchange also … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 Database Activation Coordination (DAC)
Exchange Unified Messaging Provisioning Scripts
I recently wrote a Unified Messaging Provisioning Script and am providing it in two flavors; a simple version of it and the complex version of it.Simple Script Features (CSV Download)$DefaultPIN is exactly that. The CSV has a PIN column which is empty by default. If this CSV field is left blank for a given user, it will use the $DefaultPIN. Otherwise, … [Read more...] about Exchange Unified Messaging Provisioning Scripts
Exchange 2010 Databases and the RPCClientAccessServer Database Parameter
When you create an RPC Client Access Array AFTER you have created Exchange 2010 databases, you need to go back to those existing databases and stamp them with the RPC Client Access Array FQDN. That way, clients will use that RPC Client Access Array. Otherwise, they won't. On the other hand, if you create the RPC Client Access Array FQDN before you create your … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 Databases and the RPCClientAccessServer Database Parameter
Exchange 2010 SP1 Retention Policies
Exchange 2010 RTM introduced Retention Policies as the successor to the Message Records Management (MRM) technology introduced in Exchange 2007. MRM was the successor to Mailbox Manager Policies in Exchange 2003. Message Records Management is called MRM 1.0 and Retention Policies is being called MRM 2.0 for short. MRM 1.0 as well as MRM 2.0 are both available in … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 SP1 Retention Policies