Exchange Mailbox Move Error”Property expression isn’t valid”
Nov17

Exchange Mailbox Move Error”Property expression isn’t valid”

KB ID 0000238  Problem Seen when attempting to move a mailbox. Error: Property expression “username” isn’t valid. Valid values are: Strings that include ‘@’ where ‘@’ cannot be the last character During the move. When the move process has finished. Note: If your error says “Property expression “username” isn’t valid. Valid values are: Strings formed with characters from...

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Exchange 2010 Adding Custom Disclaimers
Nov17

Exchange 2010 Adding Custom Disclaimers

KB ID 0000317 Problem The ability to add mail disclaimers was brought in with Exchange 2007, with Exchange 2010 the “Transport Rule” can be modified further, so that you can embed html, this means you can populate the disclaimer with Active Directory attributes. Solution Example Active Directory Attributes Display Name %%DisplayName%% Company %%Company%% Department %%Department%% Address %%StreetAddress%% City %%City%%...

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Exchange 2007 / 2010 change the SMTP Banner
Nov17

Exchange 2007 / 2010 change the SMTP Banner

KB ID 0000327 Problem If you want to shield the outside world from seeing what mail platform you are running, or even if you just want to deter the casual script kiddy who is trying to remote fingerprint a massive range of IP addresses. Changing the SMTP response banner is quite simple to do. Out of the box we know we are running a Microsoft mail platform Solution 1. Open Exchange System Manager and find the name of your...

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Is Exchange 2010 Supported on VMware?
Nov17

Is Exchange 2010 Supported on VMware?

KB ID 0000333  Problem At time of writing (30/09/10) it seems I cant get a definitive answer! My colleague tried to log a third line support call with Microsoft this week, as soon as they found out that Exchange 2010 was running in a VMware environment, they (literally) hung up on him. Solution Well Microsoft’s own documentation says it IS Reference: Fair enough Exchange 2010 is supported on a “Third party Hypervisor ONLY...

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Exchange 2010 – Error in IIS Manager When Editing Authentication
Nov17

Exchange 2010 – Error in IIS Manager When Editing Authentication

KB ID 0000340  Problem Whist in IIS Manager and attempting to edit the authentication for the Exchange directory you see the following error, Error reads, There was an error while performing this operation. Details Filename: ?C:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerV14ClientAccessowaweb.config. Line number: 30 Error: Configuration section not allowed to be set below application. Solution 1. Navigate to C:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange...

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