Client Network Traffic with Exchange 2007
EDIT 5/30/2008: The content of this article has since been published in our official Exchange documentation. Please go here for the most updated version.As part of a broader investigation, we measured...
View ArticleWorking with rules in Exchange 2007 SP1 Outlook Web Access and Outlook
With Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 you can now manage rules by logging into Outlook Web Access. The goal of the new rules interface is to provide Outlook users with a familiar experience for...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Missing Exchange 2007 SP1 OWA Nav Button Text
A few customers exploring the new Outlook Web Access customization features in Exchange 2007 SP1 have asked why when they add a button to the main OWA navigation bar does it appear as a small button...
View ArticlePublish S/MIME certificates for external contacts to Active Directory for use...
In the past, if you wished to use S/MIME for e-mail encryption with an external recipient, you would add the recipient to your Contacts folder. This was typically done by having the recipient send you...
View ArticleiPhone 2.0; Welcome to Exchange!
If you've not heard; Apple released iPhone 2.0 today which includes a software update to the existing iPhones in the market (yes, we mentioned it when it was announced as well). We're thrilled to add...
View ArticleEWS CAS to CAS Request Proxying
In Exchange Server 2007 SP1, the EWS team added a new feature called EWS Request Proxying. It is sometimes also referred to as EWS Proxy or HTTP Proxy. Not much has been said about this feature, but...
View ArticleHow to Configure Certificate Based Authentication for OWA - Part I
Lately we have seen more interest in certificate based authentication with Exchange 2007 Outlook Web Access. Using certificates for authentication can be considered more secure because a user cannot...
View ArticleExchange 2007 and ISA Server 2006: Helpful Docs and Blog Posts
CSS often fields questions about troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Client Access Server (CAS) publishing rules using ISA Server 2006. The ForeFront TMG team blog has a great post: Troubleshooting OWA 2007...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the OWA Change Password feature of Exchange...
Update: We have new features available for password funcationality. See the new post, So you want to change your expired passwords in OWA...Recently, we've seen calls on OWA Change Password...
View ArticleIntroducing Outlook Live for schools - and cool new features for everyone
We've put together a new video, sharing some of the cool new stuff you can expect to see with the next version of Exchange, code-named Exchange 14. Please take a few minutes to go watch it because,...
View ArticleIntroducing MailTips
Have you ever sent a really well thought out, important email, only to find out (through an automatic response) that the recipient is on vacation for two weeks? For most of us, this means either...
View ArticleTips on Remote File Access in Exchange 2007
EDIT 10/14/2009: Made a few readability improvements as well as added a section based on feedback.Traditionally, in order to access an internal share or site link posted within an email, one had to be...
View ArticleNew version of Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer has been released
Today we released an updated version of the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer. For those of you not familiar with this site, it is a Web-based tool that helps you troubleshoot connectivity issues....
View ArticleTransitioning Client Access to Exchange Server 2010
NOTE: This article has been updated to correct the MSAS URLs mentioned in this article.By now most of you have heard about the release of Exchange 2010. Those of you that are upgrading from Exchange...
View ArticleUpgrading Outlook Web App to Exchange 2010
Many of you have been asking how you can transition your existing Exchange environment to Exchange 2010 from a client access perspective. For most of you, this will also mean coexisting with legacy...
View ArticleISA 2006 SP1 Configuration with Exchange 2010
While ISA 2006 SP1 includes a Client Access Web Publishing Wizard for both Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007, the wizard does not have any knowledge of Exchange 2010. Exchange 2010 includes the following...
View ArticleCombining Web Farm publishing with Software or Hardware Based Load Balanced...
In my post just the other day I provided a link to the new guide covering Exchange publishing via Forefront TMG or UAG. One poster followed up by asking, “How do I set things up when I have both...
View ArticleSo you want to change your expired passwords in OWA...
Update 10/21/11: Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 3 and later supports using a UPN in the change password dialog. Also, please see our TechNet documentation on the subject, here.A while back,...
View Article/Mixed-ing it up: Multipart/Mixed Messages and You
Greetings, Exchange Administrators! In today’s edition of “and You”, we’ll be covering Exchange’s handing of messages generated by iPhones, iPads, and Macintosh Mail clients. Specifically, we’re going...
View ArticleExchange 2010: Support for UPN credentials in OWA change password feature
Last year when we released Exchange 2010 SP1, we posted about the change expired password feature in Outlook Web App and how you can enable it by creating the ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabled registry...
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