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A Deeper Look at Spam and Malware Filtering with Exchange Server
There are various spam filtering tools at an Exchange admin’s disposal. How can these be used to leverage Exchange itself? What other solutions are there to defend against spam and malware? Read on.
Integrating Exchange Server in a Non-Windows Environment
Using Exchange Server in a non-Windows enterprise environment can be a tricky, yet unavoidable situation for some organizations. In this post I will highlight some of the best methods you can apply to integrate Exchange Server in a non-Windows environment.
Exchange Server 2010 Scalability Techniques
As your organization grows, so do mailboxes and, with them, storage requirements. You will therefore need to make some scalability tweaks and design considerations in accordance with this growth. In this post I shall outline the best Exchange Server 2010 …
5 Steps to Protect Exchange Server from Security Attacks
The average IT admin needs to be concerned about a wide range of security threats, such as the prospect of a security breach and denial of service (DOS) attacks. In this post we shall look at five steps admins need …
3 Tricks to Power Up Exchange Server with PowerShell
Microsoft PowerShell is a powerful task automation framework that consists of a command-line shell and associated scripting language. On its part, the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) is built on Windows PowerShell in order to manage Exchange Server objects. Within EMS, …
4 Steps to Recovering a Failed Exchange Server
No sane administrator wants to be at the receiving end of a failed Exchange Server, given the enormous pressures that the rush to restore services entails. Yet the very real possibility of data loss coupled with general inexperience with server …
4 Steps to Developing a Solid Backup Strategy for Exchange
Developing a solid backup strategy is crucial for quick restoration of business operations even in the face of a total system failure. As such, an Exchange administrator would be remiss not to take the time to develop a solid backup …
5 Tips for Better Outlook Web App Security in Exchange Server
Outlook Web App (OWA) is the webmail interface for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 and later, and is installed as part of an Exchange installation. OWA makes it possible for users to work with their e-mails messages, calendars entries, contact list …
4 Storage Considerations for Exchange Server
While the subject of storage appears to be somewhat mundane to an Exchange Administrator, there is no denying that all messaging servers rely heavily on disk storage. A proper understanding of one’s storage considerations is hence crucial in putting together …
