Exchange server troubleshooting from the field!

Blog dedicated to share troubleshooting information for other Exchange server Administrators / Engineers. Written by me. Microsoft support engineer since 1999

Substring Search in does not work after moving mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 / Exchange 2010

  Consider the following scenario. Mailboxes has been moved from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 01/21/2011

Shared Calendar shortcuts for most of the mailboxes are not working after migrating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

  Consider the following scenario. Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Migration. Outlook 2003...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 01/12/2011

Bad password attempts are incremented using Outlook Anywhere with Basic authentication.

  Consider the following scenario: Outlook 2010 using Outlook Anywhere with Basic...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 12/27/2010

Exchange 2010 hidden or not be hidden: That's the question.

  I have had two cases the last couple a weeks were the question was. Since migrating from...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 12/26/2010

Exchange 2010 Database copy on server has content index catalog files in the following state: Failed

From time to time i have issues with my Content index catalog files. in my Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 12/13/2010

How to access the System Mailbox in Exchange 2010 using MFCMAPI

Accessing the System Mailbox in Exchange 2010 are not as straight forward as the previous Exchange...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 09/11/2010

Exchange 2010 Adding Mailbox Calendar permissions using PowerShell

Consider the following scenario We have Students and Teachers located on the same Exchange 2010...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 09/08/2010

Message Tracking tips in Exchange 2007 / Exchange 2010 using CMD lets

Since message tracking in Exchange 2007/2010 does not have the same intuitive interface as we have...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 09/02/2010

How to change a UDG to a USG in Exchange 2010

  Hmm how hard can it be … Right? Isn't is as easy as opening ADUC and changing the Group type...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 08/26/2010

Outlook Delegate permissions with Exchange 2010 RBAC.

  Environment: Exchange 2010 Windows 2008 Outlook 2007 Service pack 2   Issue: A mailbox...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 02/04/2010

Random Outlook client authentication prompts.

  Worked on the following issue a while back   Environment: Windows 2008 SP1: With...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 01/18/2010

Exchange 2010 Client Access Throttling.

Just had the following case. Environment: Exchange 2010 – RU1 – Single Box ( All Roles ) Windows...

Author: Peter Peedu Date: 01/13/2010