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If you have a need allow a user to access the mailbox of another user, please first notify the users beforehand or ensure that you have the necessary policies in place to cover you. How to give users access to another users mailbox This guide is focuses around Exchange 2010 (I know, just helping a
Sometimes tracking down the exchange mailbox which is linked to a specific email address can be time consuming, but you you make this task easier by using the Exchange Management Shell. To do this, follow the below instructions: 1) Open the Exchange Management Shell 2) Enter the below code, but swap email@domain.com for the email
To allow a user to be able to send on behalf of a distribution group, simply follow the below: 1) Logon to your Exchange 2007/2010 server 2) Open the ‘Exchange Management Shell’ 3) Type the below in, but change ‘GroupName’ to the name of the group and ‘UserName’ to the name of the user you
If you have installed Exchange 2010 in and Exchange 2007 environment, you may come across the below error: An IIS directory entry couldn’t be created. The error message is Access is denied. HResults = 2147024891 It was running the command ‘Get-OWAVirtualDirectory’ If you do, the solution is very simple, follow the below: 1) Logon to
This article will help you if when installing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 you receive a message like below: Exchange 2007 SP2 setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the beremote has open files Basically this is because another service or application is connected to your exchange server, for us it was caused
If you want to purge all your mailboxes in Exchange 2007, simply follow the below: 1) Open ‘Exchange Management Shell’ 2) Add all the disconnected mailboxes into a var by typing the below: $users = Get-MailboxStatistics | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid,Database 3) Purge all the disconnected mailboxes in the previously
Users often don’t remember to use https:// when access Outlook Web Access, they simply just use https://. So to automatically redirect them to the same address but with https:// simply follow the below: 1) Logon to your exchange server 2) Open ‘My Computer’ 3) Navigate to: ‘c:\Inetpub\wwwroot’ 4) You should see two files, ‘default.aspx’ and
If you experiencing problems with emails not delivering to Exchange 2007 Distribution Groups from external sources, but it works internally, then the below is likely to be the cause as it is 9 out of 10 times I’m asked to look at it: 1) Open the ‘Exchange Management Console’ 2) Select ‘Recipient Configuration’, then ‘Distribution
Annoyingly it’s not possible to view mailbox sizes in Exchange 2007 via the Exchange Management Console, so if you need to get them, follow the below: To view them on screen 1) Open ‘Exchange Management Shell’ 2) Type ‘get-mailboxstatistics | fl displayname,totalitemsize’ (without the quotes) As you can see, if you have a lot of
Exchange Server 2007 Outlook Web Access might stop working after installing Rollup 6 which is available via the update service. Other areas affected are that exchange and world wide web publishing services will be set to disabled and therefore not started. When trying to connect to OWA may receive a internet browser script error or
For some reason when you use the Public Folders tool in Exchange 2007 SP1 you can’t change the client permissions for the public folders. So to do so, follow the below steps: 1) Logon to your ‘Exchange 2007’ server. 2) Open the ‘Exchange Management Shell’. 3) Type the below, replaceing ‘public folder name’ with your
If you have installed Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server and are receiving the below error when using Outlook 2007, there is a solution. The message ‘Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or changed by others. However, there is a problem with the site’s security certificate.’ indicates that everything is working ok and securely,
If you have a need to enable users in your Microsoft Exchange 2003 / 2007 environment, then it’s really quite simple, just follow the below process: 1) Open Outlook for the user who’s calendar you want to share 2) Right click to the top left of the screen where it says ‘Mailbox – << Username
If you run Microsoft Exchange 2003 (should work with 2000/7) and wish for the email addresses of users to be setup automatically, in a specific format that is different to their username, then this article should help. Say you want all your email addresses to be first.last@domain.com and then this: 1) Open ‘Exchange System Manager’