Tag Archives: Exchange 2013

Exchange Unwashed blog digest March 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

I have been remiss in updating this site with information about posts to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. All I can say is that WindowsITPro.com has been through the trauma of a content management system (CMS) upgrade. Like all … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013: Stuck messages in OWA’s Drafts folder and DNS

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

One of the common things that OWA users notice about Exchange 2013 is that outgoing messages sometimes appear to get “stuck” in the Drafts folder. Not only do messages seem to linger in Drafts, no trace of the outbound messages … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013: Using crimson events to track transaction log truncation within a DAG

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Prior to Exchange 2007, transaction log truncation (removal) used to be a pretty simple affair. A successful good backup would truncate the log set or, if you used circular logging, Exchange used a small set of logs to capture transactions … Continue reading →

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Some side-effects of the Exchange 2013 cumulative update strategy

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Now that we have had a chance to digest the ramifications of the new cumulative update strategy for Exchange 2013 as laid out by Microsoft, it’s a good time to speculate how things will work in a practical sense. Three … Continue reading →

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Can Windows servers consume untreated Internet traffic safely?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Last September, Microsoft dropped a bombshell when they announced that they were dropping development of the Threat Management Gateway (TMG) product along with their decision to cease production of on-premises ant-virus products. The problem for the Exchange community was that … Continue reading →

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Why even bulletproofed Exchange ActiveSync is no guarantee of future iOS client happiness

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

A comment posted to my post wondering whether Apple’s release of iOS 6.1.2 would provide a long-term fix for the problem that causes excessive transaction log growth on Exchange servers (without introducing any new problems) asked a pertinent question: “Maybe … Continue reading →

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Weak Apple advice about iOS 6.1 bug – problems continue

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

I love this recommendation from Apple’s support article “iOS 6.1: Excess Exchange activity after accepting an exception to recurring calendar event” advising that one cure for the ActiveSync problem that causes Exchange servers (all versions) to be swamped by excessive … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Exchange’s new cumulative update model

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Today’s announcement by Microsoft of a new approach to updates for Exchange is welcome in many respects. A new system of cumulative updates issued on a quarterly basis and applied to servers via Exchange’s B2B (build to build) installation program … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest for January 2013

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

January seemed to go on forever, or maybe this was just because it was mostly cold, wet, and grey in Ireland (a distressingly usual state of affairs at this time of year). Nevertheless, “Exchange Unwashed” needed to be written, so … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2013 simplifies DAG management

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

As I work through the process of understanding Exchange 2013 so that I can write about it for “Microsoft Exchange 2013 Inside Out”, various odd thoughts come into my mind. One of those that recently arrived was that Microsoft has … Continue reading →

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