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Exchange 2013 DAG Latency requirements and considerations

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According to Microsoft, Exchange DAG replication latency should be below 500ms roundtrip. This DAG latency requirement has limited my deployment options in the past to very specific WAN scenarios like MPLS, Point to Point Wifi, etc.  Many customers wishing to deploy a DAG across a VPN didn’t meet the latency requirements.  In other words, I haven't implemented an Exchange DAG that is replicating across the internet. From Microsoft: "Regardless of their geographic location relative to other Read more [...]

Summary of Outlook Autodiscover Order

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Issue: You would like a better understanding of the order in which Outlook goes through the Autodiscover process SCP lookup: Outlook will query Active Directory for Autodiscover information.  If that fails, Outlook begins it's "non-domain connected" logic, and will go in order down this list HTTPS root domain query: Outlook, if not domain joined, queries using the primary email address domain (right hand side of the email address). Using this domain as an example, it will search for https://enterpriseit.co/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml HTTPS Read more [...]

Exchange Storage Quotas – how to decide what to do

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In my experience Quota’s are either per database or per user, they can be made to apply by Active Directory Group via script which essentially applies the quota to each user that is member of the group parsed by the script (I’ll paste an example script at the bottom). If you implement Quota’s on the mailbox databases they will apply to all users immediately.  If you enable the ‘prohibit send’ option then that would take effect immediately on existing and new users (generally one has Read more [...]

list Exchange 2003 mailbox Last Logon Time

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Issue: you need to list the Last Logon Time of the mailboxes on Exchange 2003 in order to quickly find any old or unused mailboxes. Solution: List the Last Logon Time per user using Exchange System Manager 1) Open Exchange System Manager (Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange > System Manager) 2) Expand Administrative Groups > First Administrative Group > Servers > SERVERNAME > First Storage Group > Mailbox Store > Mailboxes   Note: you may Read more [...]

list the Mailbox Size per user on Exchange 2003

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Issue: You need to quickly create a list of the largest mailboxes on your Exchange 2003 Server. Solution: Create a sorted list using Exchange System Manager 1) Open Exchange System Manager (Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange > System Manager) 2) Expand Administrative Groups > First Administrative Group > Servers > SERVERNAME > First Storage Group > Mailbox Store > Mailboxes Note: you may need to substitute your own Administrative Group name, Server name, Storage Read more [...]