A mailbox database has to be specified while creating a new mailbox user in Exchange 2007 Server whether you use the console or shell. If you don’t select a mailbox database (even if you have only one), the wizard will prompt you to select a database. In Exchange 2010, this behaviour has been changed. You

Below is a common error that comes up when you install Exchange 2007 Server on a Windows 2008 Server. The hub transport role fails with an error “MsExchange transport failed to reach status running on this server”. Mailbox & CAS installations are cancelled as well, if it is a typical exchange 2007 installation. Reason: By

An external user sends an email to your distribution group like helpdesk@yourcompany.com, but gets a bounced message back. Your message wasn’t delivered because of security policies. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator. By default, distribution groups in Exchange 2007 Server

Moving mailboxes to an Exchange 2007 server is a time consuming task in an inter-forest migration and you can only use the move-mailbox cmdlet. By default, you can only move 4 mailboxes simultaneously. This makes things very difficult if you have thousands of mailboxes to be moved. You can increase the number of mailbox move

If you browse through the Exchange 2007 SP1 dvd, you will see a folder called “Updates”. It will only have a text file that reads “Updates added to this folder will be installed during setup”. That is exactly what you need to do. Download the latest update and place the file in the Updates folder

You might find that installing the latest update rollup 8 for Exchange 2007 SP1 server takes a long time to complete. The process seems to be stuck with the message “Creating native images for .NET assemblies”. It does complete the installation finally, but will take too much time. This normally happens when you try to

Exchange 2010 Management Console gives administrator an option to automate processing of user’s calendar. It is provided as a new tab named “Calendar Settings” in user’s properties. The calendar agent is enabled for all new users by deafult and two options are selected. Remove old meeting requests and responses Mark new meeting requests as tentative.

Exchange 2010 brings in a GUI in Exchange Management Console to export mailbox to a PST and to import from a PST. You need to right click the user and select the task. You can still use the shell cmdlets, Import-Mailbox & Export-Mailbox if you desire so. The Export Mailbox gives you two main options.

There is a very good Q&A; on new features of Exchange 2010 in the july edition of technet magazine. As everyone would know by this time, technet magazine has gone to an online edition only. Read the new features of Exchange 2010 here

You can move the location of the Exchange 2007 storage groups and databases, even after installing exchange. But, the process has to be done out of hours as it will dismount the databases. You can use both the exchange management console and shell to achieve the same. In order to move the storage group path,