A litte backstory: We use Quest's MailArchive and the process failed for some time so the mailbox used for Archiving ballooned to about 78GB according to get-mailboxstatistics. We started the process, ...

There could be many reasons why you need to restore a database. Let’s look at some common reasons. The server has been re-installed, after failure. The database gets corrupted or is not mounting.

Exchange Server 2010 incorporates a number of high-availability features that system admins will find useful, including a new database availability groups (DAG) feature. Mailbox databases and the data ...

Accidental deletion of a user mailbox, shared mailbox, public folder, or any other item is a common scenario in an Exchange Server environment. When a mailbox is deleted, its associated Active ...

With the release of Exchange 2007 and then 2010, Microsoft moved admins to a role-based model for deployment, with changes both to roles and services that admins should understand. Exchange 2013 takes ...

What do you use for your database naming convention? Anything in particular to identify the quota such that the helpdesk correctly provisions accounts? However... DBs should not be geared towards a ...

Only two years after Microsoft Exchange 2007 was released the first public beta of "Exchange 14" (Exchange 2010) has arrived. For those interested in trivia, Exchange 2007 was version 12 — so what ...

It is imperative to understand what would be at stake if your Exchange Server was compromised. Data is the primary at-risk component in these situations, but service interruptions also hamper business ...

Microsoft Exchange 2010 officially ships today, offering enterprises a bigger, better, faster messaging platform. In April, reviewer Joel Snyder tested the beta version of Exchange 2010. Here, he ...

E-mail is an essential business communication tool, so ensuring high availability (HA) with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is important. Here's how. There are several layers in Microsoft Exchange ...