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Exchange 2013 Exchange Administration Center EAC

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 26/07/2012 - 07:40 |
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Recently, Microsoft released Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview which we covered in our blog.

The new edition of Exchange Server also get a new tool to manage the Exchange organization.
This tool is called EAC or Exchange Administration Center and combines the consoles ECP (Exchange Control Panel) and EMC (Exchange Management Console).

The new console is only available with the release site, so you do not need to install it anywhere, as it did in earlier releases of Microsoft Exchange, where we had to install the Management Tools.
With this move, the new console has gained mobility and allows you to manage Microsoft Exchange servers from any computer that meets certain requirements, however.

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Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool 2.0 (OCAT)

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 25/07/2012 - 03:34 | ,
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If one often meets with problems with Microsoft Outlook, we recommend the Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer.
This tool is intended for the diagnosis supported by the Outlook profile, the profile and supported box are analyzed for the presence of common configuration problems that cause the functionality of Outlook.

The result of Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer is a detailed report containing information on the box and the profile of which highlighted the problems found in current configuration.

OCAT works with Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010, both versions of the 32 bit and 64 bit.
Microsoft recently released a new version 2.0 in the OCAT added functionality such as:

  • automatic update of the rules – if Microsoft published the new rule will be informing of the incompatibility of certain settings, it is automatically downloaded
  • automatic update tool
  • built-in tool CalCheck
  • Improved support for Outlook 2003
  • the ability to run the tool in cmd: OCATcmd.exe

OCAT can be downloaded here: Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool 2.0

 

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Microsoft Exchange 2013 installation requirements

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 24/07/2012 - 05:28 | ,
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Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview can be downloaded here (it takes about 1.5 GB).

To install Exchange 2013 Preview requires that the Active Directory is located at least one domain controller to Windows Server 2008 and requires that in each Active Directory Site was a Global Catalog.

Exchange 2013 Preview can be installed in an environment where the level of the forest is at least Windows 2003.

During the installation of Exchange server roles, it is recommended that you first install the CAS role (Client Access Server), and MBX (Mailbox Server).

The network environment must support IPv4, IPv6 is also supported but may not be such a situation, we installed the Exchange 2013 Preview in the environment that only supports IPv6, the installation fails. So far we are probably not in danger.

As previously mentioned on our Blog, Exchange 2013 Preview does not work with Exchange 2003!

The Exchange 2013 Preview can install either the Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or on Windows Server 2012.

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Microsoft Exchange 2013 installation troubleshooting

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 23/07/2012 - 22:19 | , ,
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When you install Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview you can find a few problems.
Those of you who have yet to be installed in advance of the new Exchange can solve these problems before installation.

When you install the first Exchange Server 2013 Preview in the Active Directory forest, you may receive the error:

Windows 2012:

The following error was generated when “$error.Clear();
install-ExchangeSchema -LdapFileName ($roleInstallPath + “Setup\Data\”+$RoleSchemaPrefix + “schema0.ldf”)” 
was run: “The system cannot find the file specified”.

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 Management Pack 14.3.38.2 has been pulled

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 21/07/2012 - 06:10 |
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If someone is looking for Management Pack for Exchange 2010 SP1 to deploy it in your SCOM 2007R2 is rather a moment that is not found.
As it turns out after installing the MP monitor that checks the amount of free disk space for databases and logs, used a script-DatabaseSpace.ps1 troubleshoot.
Unfortunately, the monitor was configured to run every 5 minutes, and had set the timeout to 300 seconds. This caused the monitor in larger environments Exchange does not operate to the end.
In addition, the monitor was set to default parameters for the amount of free space that must be available for databases and logs (25% free space), and these parameters could not be changed.

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Outlook Calendar Checking Tool (CalCheck) new version

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 20/07/2012 - 22:06 | , ,
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Released a new version (1.3) Checking Tool Outlook Calendar – CalCheck.

This tool can be successfully used to validate the entries – each entry is checked, the power, accuracy of information publishing free / busy calendar and activities in Outlook.

Check it must be located on the Exchange Server 2003, 2007 or 2010.
The tool works with Microsoft Outlook 2003 – 2010.

Once installed, run cmd and type the appropriate command syntax CalCheck:

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OutlookTools good tool to configure settings

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 19/07/2012 - 06:49 | , ,
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If someone needs a nice free tool to configure settings for Microsoft Outlook, not knowing where to find the settings we recommend OutlookTools utility.
They can be downloaded from:

http://www.howto-outlook.com/products/outlooktools.htm

With the graphical interface of this tool, we can make modifications in Outlook, which normally we would do in the Windows registry or in the settings of the Outlook.

This tool enables us, inter alia:

  • easy access to Outlook settings
  • change the folder where the data is stored in Outlook
  • configured to run Outlook with various switches, which we wrote here: Outlook – switches
  • unlocking attachments
  • Setting a new message alerts
  • a few other things

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Exchange 2013 new solutions

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 19/07/2012 - 01:42 | ,
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The emergence of a new version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 introduces some changes to the Exchange environment. These changes concern both the design and administration of the servers.

Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview can be downloaded here:

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/en-us/exchange-preview.aspx

System Requirements
System requirements have not changed significantly in relation to the requirements for Microsoft Exchange 2010.

The new Administration Console
In the new version there is a new console to administer servers and users. This console was called the EMC (Exchange Administration Center) and replaces consoles EMC (Exchange Management Console) and ECP (Exchange Control Panel).
The new console is said to have run faster, and she also has the support to be fast in large organizations Exchange.

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Microsoft Windows 8 – 26 October 2012

  By Remigiusz Szatkowski | 18/07/2012 - 23:46 |
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Today at the meeting of retailers of Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky announced that the new Windows 8 will be available to customers in the form of updates and a new system installed on the computers already on 26 October 2012.
Previously it was only known that this system will have its premiere in autumn 2012.

Microsoft Windows 8 introduces the revolutionary changes especially in the interface, the interface breaks zdotychczasowym desktop interface in favor of Metro with “tiles”.

The new interface is designed primarily for touch screen devices – tablet PCs, smart phones, because of ordinary computers attempt to connect these devices can be a big challenge for Microsoft.
Microsoft Windows 8 would not suffer the fate of Microsoft Windows Vista.

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