Exchange Server 2010 Archive

Enable Integrated Windows Authentication for OWA in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Is Form-based Authentication? In an organization when administrators install Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 it is expected that users use Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010. Since Microsoft Outlook is an email client application that tightly integrates itself with Microsoft Exchange Server it makes easier for the logged on users to access their mailboxes. However in some cases

Create a New Offline Address Book in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Is Offline Address Book? An Offline address book can be considered a container that holds address lists that administrators want to be available even when users are not connected. When Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is installed, one offline address book named Default Offline Address Book is automatically created and by default, Default Global Address

Create Custom Address Lists in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Is Addressed List? Address list in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 can be considered a list of active directory user accounts that have mailboxes. When administrators create active directory user accounts after the installation of Exchange Server 2010 every user account gets its own mailbox that serves as a store for e-mails and other stuffs

Create Public Folders in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Are Public Folders? Public folders are containers created by administrators in an Exchange Server 2010 oriented organization. Public folders reside inside public folder databases that Exchange Server 2010 automatically creates if during Exchange Server installation process administrators specify that the network setup has Microsoft Outlook 2003. If public folder database is not automatically created,

Create Public Folder Database in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Is Public Folder Database? Like mailbox databases, Public Folder Database can also be considered a container that stores Public Folders. Mailbox databases store mailboxes for user accounts and since Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 tightly integrates itself with Active Directory all Active Directory user accounts that administrators create after installation of Exchange Server 2010 have

Enable Circular Logging in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Is Circular Logging? Circular Logging is a process, or say, a configuration, in Microsoft Exchange Server with the help of which administrators can remarkably reduce consumption of hard disk space even if the organization has large number of user accounts, several mailboxes and heavy message traffic. Circular Logging was by default enabled in Exchange

Move Mailbox Databases and Transaction Log Files in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Benefits of Moving Mailbox Databases and Changing Transaction Log Files Folders In Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 it is strongly recommended that administrators must keep mailbox databases and transaction log files at separate locations, i.e. on separate hard disk drives. The reason behind this is that whenever any transaction occurs in an Exchange oriented organization it

Create a New Mailbox Database in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

What Is Mailbox Database? Mailbox Database can be considered a container that stores and maintains all mailboxes of the users. When administrators install Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 one Mailbox Database is automatically created which enables Exchange Server to create mailboxes for several users. Default location for any Mailbox Database in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is

Create Mailboxes for Active Directory User Accounts

What Is a Mailbox? Mailbox can be considered a container in which all sent and received mails are stored. In an Exchange oriented organization every Active Directory domain user account has its own individual Mailbox. When users send or receive mails the mails get stored in the mailboxes. Even when users delete their mails and

Planning Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Installation – Part 1 (Preparing Network Setup for Organizations and Students)

Preparation of Network Infrastructure Network infrastructure must be prepared according to the requirements of Exchange Server 2010 before it can be installed on the servers. Exchange Server 2010 is gigantic software and can be deployed in network setups according to the requirements of the organizations and their sizes. Some basic requirements for installing Exchange Server