A Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Primer for Exchange Administrators
Email spam continues to be a huge problem for organizations these days, and it usually falls on the Exchange administrator to do something about it. Aside from the usual anti-spam …
Microsoft Exchange Action Could Not be Performed on User
When deleting a mailbox from Microsoft Exchange Server, the following error is sometimes displayed, especially if the user has been an Exchange Administrator: Microsoft Exchange Error – Action Remove could …
How to Create or Convert Shared Mailboxes in Office 365
As the name suggests, a shared mailbox is one that is used by multiple users to receive or send email. You’ve probably seen shared mailboxes used for situations such as …
How to Configure an Internal SMTP Relay Server for Office 365
Most organizations have internal application servers and appliances that send emails to users or groups. Examples include copier/scanners and application servers, such as backup servers that notify admins of a …
How to Grant Read-Only Access to an Exchange Mailbox
Granting a user read-only access to the mailbox and calendar of another user in an Exchange Server organization. This is a common scenario and the solution is reasonably simple though …
Exchange Server 2013 Server Roles
The multi-role server architecture that was introduced with Exchange Server 2007, and then continued with Exchange 2010, has been consolidated in Exchange Server 2013. Exchange 2013 has just two server …
How to Install Exchange Server 2013
Deployment of an Exchange Server 2013 server goes through three main stages. Preparing Active Directory (if you are installing Exchange Server 2013 for the first time) Installing the Exchange Server …
Installing Exchange Server 2013 Pre-Requisites on Windows Server 2008 R2
Exchange Server 2013 can be installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, on either the Standard or Enterprise editions. Exchange 2013 can also be installed on Datacenter (RTM) edition. Windows …
Installing Exchange Server 2013 Pre-Requisites on Windows Server 2012
Exchange Server 2013 can be installed on Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter edition. Windows Server 2012 will support any of the Exchange 2013 server roles. Unlike Windows Server 2008 …
Email Fundamentals: What is an MX Record?
One of the less well understood components of a working email system is the MX record. I do find a lot of IT administrators looking after Exchange servers who don’t really understand …