Tutorials

Tutorials

• Top Exchange Server performance monitoring and troubleshooting tools

  Maintaining a healthy Exchange server is critical to achieving peak performance. Leveraging the monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of tools such as the Performance Monitor, which prevents growth-related performance issues through capacity ...  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Group Policy Tutorial

  This guide introduces you to Group Policy. From the basics of using GP to run your environment to the changes you can expect after migrating to Windows Vista, we've got all the tips, article and how-to's administrators need to know.  Continue Reading

• How to protect an Exchange journaling mailbox from email spoofing

  In pure Exchange Server 2007 environments, traffic that flows between the hub transport servers and the mailbox servers is encrypted. This makes man-in-the-middle attacks unlikely against an Exchange journaling system, but not impossible. Get the ...  Continue Reading

• Set up messaging records management (MRM) in Exchange Server 2007

  After moving Exchange Server 2007 mailbox data from .PST files to another location, it's best to manage this data using messaging records management (MRM). This tip from Microsoft MVP Brien Posey explains how to plan, implement and test a successful...  Continue Reading

• Prevent SSL-related synchronization errors on emulated mobile devices

  Setting up a Windows Mobile device emulator to test Exchange ActiveSync is easy. Unfortunately, getting the synchronization process to work properly can be tricky. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate issues are the number one cause for these ...  Continue Reading

• Lock down Microsoft Outlook 2007 to prevent .PST file access

  Eliminating the use of .PST files for mailbox data storage in Exchange Server 2007 is the last step to locking down Microsoft Outlook 2007. Read this tip to learn how to completely prevent users from opening .PST files in Exchange Server ...  Continue Reading

• Using Exchange Server journaling as an email-archiving solution

  As more companies choose to archive email messages for e-discovery, ensuring that those archives remain secure is paramount. In this tip, you'll learn how Exchange Server archiving and journaling differ. Plus, you'll discover how to use Exchange ...  Continue Reading

• Using the NTBackup tool for Exchange Server backup and recovery

  Many Exchange Server administrators relish the fact that Microsoft's Windows backup tool, NTBackup, is Exchange-aware. Peruse this fast guide to learn more about the NTBackup tool, including its feature limitations, best practices for backing up and...  Continue Reading

• Troubleshoot Windows Mobile device emulator synchronization errors

  Although it's simple to connect the Windows Mobile device emulator to Microsoft Exchange Server, the synchronization process can be tricky. Learn a few handy synchronization troubleshooting techniques to set up Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) on the ...  Continue Reading

• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 backup and disaster recovery tutorial

  Learn how to create a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 disaster recovery plan and get the steps and tools you need to back up and restore MOSS.  Continue Reading

• Migrating .PST files to an Exchange Server information store

  The first step to migrate .PST files to an Exchange Server information store is to get Microsoft Outlook users to save .PST data to their Outlook mailboxes.  Continue Reading

• Setting up email disclaimers and signatures in Exchange Server

  Get up-to-speed on available methods of configuring email disclaimers in Microsoft Exchange Server, including scripts, event sinks and third-party tools.  Continue Reading

• Create a group policy to prevent .PST file storage in Exchange 2007

  Use the Group Policy Object Editor in Active Directory to prevent users from storing new data in .PST files on Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Outlook 2007.  Continue Reading

• Synchronizing the Windows Mobile emulator with Exchange Server 2007

  Once you install the Windows Mobile emulator, you must synchronize the mobile device emulator with Exchange Server 2007. Here are step-by-step instructions.  Continue Reading

• Why are .PST files a security threat to Exchange Server mailboxes?

  The use of .PST files can threaten mailbox security in an Exchange Server organization. Learn why these files are so problematic and how to disable them.  Continue Reading