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22Mar
Android App Syncs Calendar and Contacts with Exchange
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Tools
When the G1 came out on T-Mobile, a company by the name of Wrike made a free app that would allow Android users to sync contacts with Microsoft Exchange accounts. Well a recent addition of calendar sync with Exchange has added more features and also now a price too. Android can handle Exchange mail with its IMAP interface despite it not being a native ActiveSync interface, and contact sync was free with the first Wrike. For the price of $24.95 and the requirement of Exchange 2007, you can decide if this is a price worth paying to add calendar sync.
23Jun
Train Signal releases line of Exchange Server 2010 training courses
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as News, Press Releases, Tools
Train Signal, best known for their popular lines of training courses, has released a line of courses catering to users of Exchange Server 2010. The company has this to say:
“The demand for certified IT Pros with Exchange 2010 experience is rising as more and more companies are moving to the new messaging environment” says Marketing Director, Iman Jalali, “and our Exchange 2010 training was designed with this fact in mind.”
The coursework will be taught by J. Peter Bruzzese, who is an author with several related books to his credit. This this 10 year Exchange veteran also holds MCSE, MCT, MCSA, MCITP: Messaging, CNA, CCNA, CIW Master, and CIW Certified Instructor certifications. If you are feeling lost in all things Exchange, it may be time to go to a professional.
26Aug
Firefox add-on allows users to Microsoft Exchange calendars in Thunderbird
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as Tools
Noted add-on designer Simon Schubert has drafted up something called
“Provider for Microsoft Exchange.” This handy app lets you use Firefox to use Microsoft Exchange calendars in Thunderbird, via Exchange’s web services.
It works great. Exchange 2003 users are out of luck, however. The add-on over works with 2007 and above. Get it here.
20Aug
Helpful guides to getting Exchange running on iPhones and iPads
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as Tools
The crown jewels of Apple do play nice with Microsoft Exchange, but it can be tricky. Here are some tutorials to make sure you keep getting your emails on the go, and on your couch or wherever it is you end up using your iPad.
Tutorial on iPad and Exchange functionality.
TechNet explains how to use Exchange on an iPhone.
Microsoft and their helpful TechNet division have come to the rescue again. They’ve opened the doors to another one of their illuminating Virtual Labs. The subject this time around? Monitoring Exchange 2010. The lab will get you combat-ready for creating e a distributed application model, defining a Service Level Objective against an Exchange Server, generating a Service Level Tracking Summary Report, and configuring and verify a dashboard. These are all skills any capable IT person should have under their belt, so what are you waiting for? Enter the lab here.
02Aug
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 now available for download
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as Help Center, News, Press Releases, Tools
Exchange Server 2007 SP3 is available for download. This third service pack for Exchange 2007 enables Exchange 2007 to be installed on the Windows Server 2008 R2 version of the operating system. Also, Exchange Server 2007 SP3 also has Windows 7 support for the Exchange management tools. Not bad guys!
Clean installations of Exchange 2007 SP3 on a new server are possible by using this download in the same manner as you would install Exchange 2007 RTM, Exchange 2007 SP1 or Exchange 2007 SP2.
For a general overview of the new features available in Exchange Server 2007 SP3, see “What’s New in Exchange Server 2007 SP3″.
02Aug
How to use the Exchange Server 2010 ECP Control Panel
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as Help Center, Tools
The Exchange control Panel also known as the ECP is hosted on the CAS server and can be used by users to manage and configure their mail and voicemail options. It’s quite handy.
The toolbox is also used by Exchange server administrators to create and edit mailboxes, groups and contacts.
Before the release of SP1, the administrator had to have an active mailbox in order to use ECP. However, with the release of SP1, this is no longer necessary.
Follow the easy steps below to get you going with the handy-dandy ECP.
The ECP is hosted on the CAS server and is accessed using following address:
Example:
After navigating to your ECP url, type your Exchange admin account.
Once logged in, you will see all the options available to you as an administrator.
To manage a mailbox type the name of the user and click details to edit.
Once clicked on edit you will see all the options.
That’s it! Now you can use the ECP and perform a variety of useful tasks. Thank me later.
There is a new tutorial site on the block: TechTutorials offers around 5,000 detailed and free tutorials on a variety of techy subject matters. However, tutorials on Basic or Linux hold no water in this forum, what about Exchange Server 2010?
Don’t worry. The king of all email servers is well represented here, at last count having dozens of tutorials to peruse at your convenience. The tutorials are free, easy to read and detailed. The company says they are hard at work on video tutorials but thus far it’s only text. Take a gander and learn something.
27Jul
Microsoft releases Beta version of Exchange UM 2010 troubleshooting tool
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as News, Press Releases, Tools
Big news everybody! The BETA version of the Exchange UM 2010 troubleshooting tool is now available from Microsoft Download Center. Download the tool and let the team know your thoughts so they can draft that into the final version, which should come later this year. Here is what the team has to say about the release:
“The UM troubleshooting tool is a diagnostic cmdlet which helps Exchange UM administrators to identify misconfigurations in telephony equipment and Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging settings. It emulates calls and runs a series of diagnostic tests, stating the reason and possible solutions for issues that have been detected. This is the tool you should use whenever someone in your organization complains: “My voice mail is not working!”.
21Jul
Microsoft releases white paper on Publishing Exchange Server 2010 with Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as Help Center, Microsoft, News, Tools
White papers are, basically, reports or guides that detail how to do something that are supposedly written by professionals in said field. This one absolutely fits the bill. Microsoft, not Bill Gates, drafted this new white paper up. It’s titled “Publishing Exchange Server 2010 with Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010″ and it does just that. Microsoft has this to say:
“This white paper provides information about publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 using Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, including how to choose between them for different scenarios, and provides specific steps you can take to configure Forefront TMG and Forefront UAG to publish Exchange 2010.”
The guide is available now. Get it here.
21Jul
Global Knowledge presents exclusive Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Certification Boot Camp
Posted by Lawrence Bonk as News, Press Releases, Tools
Want to get into Exchange 2010 shape but feeling too lazy? Then sign up for Global Knowledge’s recently announced boot camp. The “drill instructors” will get you battle-ready in no time.
The goal with these programs is certification. So don’t expect this to be a cake walk. There will be tests, quizzes and all kinds of other things that made you groan as a kid. Students that do well will earn the Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010 certification.
Along with covering advanced Exchange Server 2010 topics, students will also learn to.
- Deploy, maintain, and secure Exchange Server 2010
- Configure mailbox servers
- Manage recipient objects, client access, and message transport
- Implement messaging security, high availability, and backup and recovery
- Configure messaging policy and compliance
- Upgrade from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010
The boot camps can be attended in-person at the company’s various sites or online. Check the available classes here.
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