Monday, January 16, 2006

New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Delegate Administrative Permissions & Responsibilities

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This video walks you through the advanced permissions in Exchange Server 2003 including how to delegate permissions and how to use the Exchange Administration Delegation Wizard. Delegation, in Exchange and Active Directory parlance, is the ability to give (delegate) Exchange-related task permissions to Active Directory Users and Groups (objects). You'll learn about how to delegate, the roles within Exchange, and Exchange Server Best Practices for security. This video is primarily targeted for those of working on large Active Directories and possibly multiple Exchange Servers. To learn more about Active Directory permissions and Exchange Server 2003, watch this video!

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Upgrade From Exchange Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2 (with IMF Uninstall)

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Have you ever seen the error "The component Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services cannot be assigned the action Update because…"? Chances are that you are trying to upgrade Exchange Server 2003 SP1 to Service Pack 2 and you cannot upgrade to SP2. To upgrade from Exchange SP1 to SP2, you must uninstall the Intelligent Message Filter (the IMF) because, as the error message says, "An earlier version of the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter has been detected on this system and this earlier version must be uninstalled before applying Service Pack 2." It may be long but at least it's a helpful error message! In this video, Grant Moyle shows you how to uninstall IMF before applying SP2 and actually shows you two different techniques.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Fix It: Sharepoint Install Breaks Outlook Web Access (OWA)

How to Fix It: Sharepoint Install Breaks Outlook Web Access (OWA) - view details
What does Kerberos have to do with Sharepoint and why does that break Outlook Web Access? In this video, Grant Moyle shows you how to resolve a common scenario for administrators working with both Sharepoint and Exchange 2003. If you've been working with OWA successfully and then it shows an http error 404, "Page not found" when you browse to your OWA site, then you might have an error caused by installing Sharepoint on the same machine as Exchange Server. Sharepoint and Exchange Server can exist on the same machine without any problems but you must follow a certain number of steps to ensure complete compatibility. After watching this video you'll know what causes the problem and how to fix it.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Tuning the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) to Filter Spam Effectively

Tuning the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) to Filter Spam Effectively - view details
This Exchange video tutorial shows you many of the advanced features of the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) including performance tuning and optimizations that help your organzation fight spam more effectively. Exchange guru Grant Moyle shows you how to tune your Exchange Server's Intelligent Message Filter to filter junk mail based on customized settings including looking at message headers to identify potential offensive email. If you've ever wanted to really get into the headers that the IMF processes/uses, this is an excellent tutorial on how IMF works, how it evaluates the messages, what the scores mean, and how to interpret the Spam Confidence Level (the X-SCL information).

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Install Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) from Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1

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This video walks you through the installation of IMF for Exchange and explains it use.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Install Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

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This video shows you how to perform one of the first tasks you will usually do after installing any major Microsoft Back Office software: installing the service pack. If you want to know how to determine Exchange's Service Pack level this is a great video.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Delegate Administrative Permissions & Responsibilities

How to Delegate Administrative Permissions & Responsibilities - view details
This video walks you through the advanced permissions in Exchange Server 2003 including how to delegate permissions and how to use the Exchange Administration Delegation Wizard. Delegation, in Exchange and Active Directory parlance, is the ability to give (delegate) Exchange-related task permissions to Active Directory Users and Groups (objects). You'll learn about how to delegate, the roles within Exchange, and Exchange Server Best Practices for security. This video is primarily targeted for those of working on large Active Directories and possibly multiple Exchange Servers. To learn more about Active Directory permissions and Exchange Server 2003, watch this video!

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Thursday, January 12, 2006

New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Remove And Reinstall an Exchange Server On Your Domain

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This Exchange Server 2003 training video shows you how to do one of the most difficult tasks an Exchange administrator can ever have to do: uninstall Exchange completely from the machine. WARNING: You will be modifying important registry entries if you follow along on your own PC. After you completely remove Exchange Server from the machine you will then walk through re-installing Exchange. This is a very advanced video due to the number of steps involved: uninstalling Exchange requires you to uninstall/reinstall IIS, modify the registry, and re-apply any service packs/hotfixes to your newly installed Exchange Server. You will also see use of the Exchange Server 2003 Installation Wizard to uninstall/re-install in addition to removing Exchange Server from the Active Directory. If you want to be a true Exchange guru you must know how to correctly uninstall/re-install in the event you have database corruption or worse.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Change SMTP Banner by Directly Editing the Metabase

Change SMTP Banner by Directly Editing the Metabase - view details
Master Exchange trainer Grant Moyle shows you how you can view/modify the Exchange Server's greeting string. As a security measure and best practice, Exchange administrators do not want to advertise the type and version of their mail server. This video shows you how to modify the Metabase configuration directly to change the information sent back to the client

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Advanced Exmerge Usage With The Recovery Storage Group (RSG)

Advanced Exmerge Usage With The Recovery Storage Group (RSG) - view details
This video details some of the more advanced options/properties of Exmerge. Exchange master Grant Moyle shows you all the details of Exmerge - the Exchange Mailbox Merge Wizard

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Configure DNS with a CNAME for Webmail

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If you want your users to be able to locate your Exchange server without having to know the name of the physical machine, you'll want to configure an alias (also called a CNAME) in DNS (typing in webmail.LearnExchange.com instead of MachineName.LearnExchange.com). This is an excellent video if you want to get a solid understanding of DNS and how it works on your network

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Global Settings: Mobile Services

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Inside Exchange System Manager you'll find a listing for Global Settings - Mobile Services which allows you to configure how Exchange works with today's mobile devices (Exchange ActiveSync and Outlook Mobile Access [OMA]). If you have to support mobile devices with your Exchange server this is the video for you

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Retrieve a Deleted User's Mailbox

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Problem: Someone has just deleted an Exchange user's account from the Active Directory - is there a way that you can retrieve that user's email even after that user has been deleted from the system? Yes! In this video, Exchange guru Grant Moyle shows you the proper way to retrieve this user's email. If you want to know what reconnect or purge (purging) is this is a great video for you

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Change SMTP Banner by Directly Editing the Metabase

Change SMTP Banner by Directly Editing the Metabase - view details
Master Exchange trainer Grant Moyle shows you how you can view/modify the Exchange Server's greeting string. As a security measure and best practice, Exchange administrators do not want to advertise the type and version of their mail server. This video shows you how to modify the Metabase configuration directly to change the information sent back to the client

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Manage and Create User Templates and Address Templates for Outlook

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Did you know that there are user templates, address templates and more within Exchange? You can control what is displayed within Outlook by customizing these templates

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Database Management for Multiple Exchange Databases: Managing Storage Limits

Database Management for Multiple Exchange Databases: Managing Storage Limits - view details
This video shows you how to manage multiple Exchange databases and control users' sending/receiving limits. It can become very difficult to manage multiple Exchange servers if you maintain different limits on each database/server. This video walks you through setting policies for multiple Exchange servers so that all Exchange servers can be the same

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Use SelfSSL to Issue a Self-Signed Certificate to Secure OWA (Outlook Web Access)

Use SelfSSL to Issue a Self-Signed Certificate to Secure OWA (Outlook Web Access) - view details
SelfSSL helps us issue a self-signed certificate and we can use SelfSSL to create certificates to test our Exchange server or to setup internal certificates. An excellent advanced video in working with Outlook Web Access and working with Security Best Practices

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Database Management for Multiple Exchange Databases: Managing Storage Limits

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This video shows you how to manage multiple Exchange databases and control users' sending/receiving limits. It can become very difficult to manage multiple Exchange servers if you maintain different limits on each database/server. This video walks you through setting policies for multiple Exchange servers so that all Exchange servers can be the same

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Change SMTP Connection Information

Change SMTP Connection Information - view details
SMTP is the heart of Microsoft Exchange; it's how you send mail and receive mail. One common problem that administrators leave open is the SMTP connection information. When your Exchange server responds via SMTP it passes connection information back to the client. By default, this information contains sensitive information that you might wish to hide from clients. This video helps you establish some basic security guidelines and best practices for SMTP with Exchange. You'll use the IIS Metabase Explorer to view and change the Metabase

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Setup a Simple SMTP Connector to forward mail to ISP

Setup a Simple SMTP Connector to forward mail to ISP - view details
This video shows you how to manage the connectors on your Exchange server that use SMTP.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Manually Move an Exchange Database Without Using Exchange System Manager

How to Manually Move an Exchange Database Without Using Exchange System Manager - view details
Most administrators would move an Exchange database using the Exchange System Manager but what if your management tools are not working? Exchange Server guru Grant Moyle walks you through manually moving your Exchange databases using this tried-and-true technique. This is a terrific video for advanced Exchange management

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Database Management for Multiple Exchange Databases: Managing Storage Limits

Database Management for Multiple Exchange Databases: Managing Storage Limits - view details
This video shows you how to manage multiple Exchange databases and control users' sending/receiving limits. It can become very difficult to manage multiple Exchange servers if you maintain different limits on each database/server. This video walks you through setting policies for multiple Exchange servers so that all Exchange servers can be the same

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: The database files in this store are corrupt - How to Use a Dialtone Database

The database files in this store are corrupt - How to Use a Dialtone Database - view details
Worst case scenario: your database is down and you cannot restore (maybe your backups are corrupt or missing as well). In this advanced video, Exchange guru Grant Moyle shows you how you can quickly and easily get a workable database up and running immediately using what's called a Dialtone database. This is a very advanced technique used in special scenarios - hopefully you'll never have to use it!

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Change SMTP Connection Information

Change SMTP Connection Information - view details
SMTP is the heart of Microsoft Exchange; it's how you send mail and receive mail. One common problem that administrators leave open is the SMTP connection information. When your Exchange server responds via SMTP it passes connection information back to the client. By default, this information contains sensitive information that you might wish to hide from clients. This video helps you establish some basic security guidelines and best practices for SMTP with Exchange. You'll use the IIS Metabase Explorer to view and change the Metabase

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Exchange Database Best Practices: File Management

Exchange Database Best Practices: File Management - view details
As your Exchange installation grows larger and larger it becomes extremely important to implement performance tuning measures and best practices. This video talks about disk configurations and RAID arrays: which is best for your server? This video could also be titled 'How to Move Exchange Database Files'

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Uninstall Exchange 2003

How to Uninstall Exchange 2003 - view details
There are several tips and tricks for uninstalling Exchange and, in this video, Exchange training Grant Moyle shows you how to remove Exchange completely from your machine. All administrators should know how to remove Exchange from a system in order to do a reinstall or retire an Exchange server

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Message Tracking Policy

Message Tracking Policy - view details
You'll learn how to manage Exchange by using policies. Policy management is far easier than individual server management for administrators managing multiple Exchange servers. Policies allow for conformity among multiple servers so that each server has the same settings.

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Recover a Mailbox From an RSG After It Has Been Removed From the Active Directory

Recover a Mailbox From an RSG After It Has Been Removed From the Active Directory - view details
The Recovery Storage Group (RSG) can be very valuable. If you've recently done a recovery there can be one tiny little problem that it can have. This video helps you understand what the problem is and how to resolve it

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Monday, January 09, 2006

New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Using Exmerge with the Recovery Storage Group (RSG)

Using Exmerge with the Recovery Storage Group (RSG) - view details
The Recovery Storage Group (RSG) has a few limitations. This video shows you how to use the Exchange Mailbox Merge Wizard (ExMerge) to bypass some of the limitations of working with the RSG

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Using Full plus Incremental Backups to Restore a Database

Using Full plus Incremental Backups to Restore a Database - view details
Database restoration is no fun but you want to be prepared when it comes time to restore your Exchange databases. This video helps you restore your database using both the Full Database backups and the Incremental Backups - a must-see video

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Setup Certificate Authority and Issue SSL Certificate for OWA (Outlook Web Access)

Setup Certificate Authority and Issue SSL Certificate for OWA (Outlook Web Access) - view details
There's a lot to managing certificates - this video covers the basics of getting certificates up and running so that your users can have secure connections through Outlook Web Access (OWA). Exchange guru Grant Moyle gives you several tips for installing certificates, using Exchange certificates and working with OWA

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Retire an Exchange Server: Part 2 of 2

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In part 2 of this two-part series, you'll finish the migration from one server to another and uninstall Exchange

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Trying to Bring Back a Deleted Message with a Database Restore

Trying to Bring Back a Deleted Message with a Database Restore - view details
In Exchange 2003 anything that happens inside Exchange (such as a new message being delivered) is located in the transaction log. This video shows you how to use a data restore to recover a user's message. This video could also be titled 'Disaster Recovery: Restoring a Message With the Transaction Log'

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Retire an Exchange Server: Part 1 of 2

Retire an Exchange Server: Part 1 of 2 - view details
As your network grows you may find it necessary to add or remove Exchange servers to accommodate usage. In this video, Exchange guru Grant Moyle shows you how to introduce a new server, a dedicated Microsoft Exchange server, and retire your old Exchange server. You'll migrate the databases and mailboxes from one server to another - a handy skill to have. Part 1 of 2

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Offline Defragmentation with ESEUtil

Offline Defragmentation with ESEUtil - view details
Every night, by default, Exchange performs defragmentation online (called online defragmentation). Because Exchange is running when this occurs the defragmentation is unable to completely defragment all of Exchange's files/information. Using a separate utility, ESEUtil, you can perform offline fragmentation which can save you serious hard drive space

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Message Tracking

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This video shows you how to configure your Exchange server to track messages even as they move around the network. Using the Exchange System Manager you'll learn how to configure properties of your Exchange server so that you can not only track messages, you can also track the message subjects for easier use. Before you enable tracking on your Exchange server you'll want to watch this video and learn the 'gotchas'!

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Message Queues

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If you want to know how Message Queues (message queuing) works then check out this video on queues. You'll learn how to manage the queue, pause the messages in a queue and more

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Mailbox Manager

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Mailbox Management allows administrators to build a policy and then have that policy enforced by the Exchange servers to clean out/up users' mailboxes removing items that may be over a certain size if they've been in the Inbox for a certain amount of time. A touchy subject among Administrators but a necessary one nonetheless

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Monitoring Exchange for Performance Tuning and Security

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Learn how to monitor the status and health of your Exchange servers in this helpful video on using the Exchange System Monitor. You can configure your Exchange server to notify you in the event that it is low on memory, the CPU is too busy, and many more settings

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New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Lecture on Server Design

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Exchange Server and Windows Server guru Grant Moyle lets you in his head as he talks about designing your network solution to fit your users' requirements. Grant talks about how many licenses you'll need, what types of servers (at a minimum) and more. An interesting video - not a lot of demo; mostly lecture - but you'll be glad you watched this one

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