Exchange 2010

I recently wrote a Unified Messaging Provisioning Script and am providing it in two flavors; a simple version of it and the complex version of it.Simple Script Features (CSV Download)$DefaultPIN is exactly that.  The CSV has a PIN column which is empty by default.  If this CSV field is left blank for a given user, it will use the $DefaultPIN.  Otherwise, … [Read more...] about Exchange Unified Messaging Provisioning Scripts

When you create an RPC Client Access Array AFTER you have created Exchange 2010 databases, you need to go back to those existing databases and stamp them with the RPC Client Access Array FQDN.  That way, clients will use that RPC Client Access Array.  Otherwise, they won't.  On the other hand, if you create the RPC Client Access Array FQDN before you create your … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 Databases and the RPCClientAccessServer Database Parameter

Exchange 2010 RTM introduced Retention Policies as the successor to the Message Records Management (MRM) technology introduced in Exchange 2007.  MRM was the successor to Mailbox Manager Policies in Exchange 2003.  Message Records Management is called MRM 1.0 and Retention Policies is being called MRM 2.0 for short. MRM 1.0 as well as MRM 2.0 are both available in … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 SP1 Retention Policies

Exchange 2010 introduced the ability to move your personal archive mailbox to a separate mailbox database. This was a common request due to the limitations in Exchange 2010 RTM where the personal archive mailbox would be housed on the same database as the user mailbox.  This would of course limit the ability to use a tiered storage model.In order to move the personal … [Read more...] about Exchange 2010 SP1 Personal Archive Mailboxes on Separate Databases