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Exchange Online Archive (EOA): a view from the trenches – part 2
A bit later than expected, here's finally the successor to the first article about Exchange Online Archiving which I wrote a while ago. Exchange Online Archives and Outlook How does Outlook connect to the online archive? Essentially, it’s the same process as with an...
Publishing multiple services to the internet on a single IP address using a KEMP Load Balancer and content switching rules
A few days ago, someone suggested I write this article as it seems many people are struggling with ‘problem’. In fact, the solution which I’m going to explain below is the answer to a problem typically found in “home labs” where the internet connection doesn’t always...
Estimating the size of an Exchange (online) Archive
As part of some of the (archiving-) projects I have worked on, I frequently get asked if there is an easy way to determine what the size of the archive will be once it’s been activated. Although a bit odd at first, there are actually many good reasons why you’d want...
Review: Exchange 2013 Inside-Out: “Mailbox & High Availability” and “Connectivity, Clients & UM”
Although there’s a saying that you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, for any book that features Tony Redmond and Paul Robichaux as the authors, it’s safe to assume it will be a great book! While both books have plenty of interesting technical content, to me that’s...
Help Exchange become a better product
In the Exchange community’s never-lasting efforts to help Microsoft increase the quality and usability of Exchange, a new website was recently created where YOU can send in and rate ideas for features and changes you would like to see in the next version(s)/updates of...
Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 3 and Exchange 2010 SP3 RU3 released
Microsoft just released it’s quarterly software updates for Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013. You can download the latest updates through the following links: Exchange 2013 CU3 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR3 Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 3 After some issues with...
Updated DirSync can now be deployed on a Domain Controller.
Microsoft recently released a new version of Windows Azure Active Directory Sync, better known as DirSync. As the information on the Version Release History page of the tool depicts, this new build allows you to deploy DirSync on a Domain Controller. Along with this...
Building an enterprise security strategy for Exchange
These days, the news is all about big brother watching us. You can’t open a newspaper of watch news on TV without being slammed with the news that one or the other intelligence agency is actively gathering information from other nations or important enterprises....
Exchange Online Archiving (EOA): a view from the trenches – part 1
What is Exchange Online Archiving? I’ve been meaning to write this article for quite a while now, so I’m glad it’s finally “ready”. First, let me start by introducing what Exchange Online Archiving (EOA in short) actually is. This feature, first available since...