If you are reading this, then you probably already know the answer, but we can cover some of the items it involves. If you run a network of computers, then 90% of the time you want a way to manage them from a central source, this is affectively what Active Directory can do for you.
This is going to be a very short post, a Global Address List is a list of global (relative to the organisation, not the world!) contact details from your Active Directory(AD). Whenever you send an email or use the messaging features of Exchange, it takes a look at this GAL to see if it [...]
First off, Lets take a look at Secure Socket Layers (SSL), what they mean and why they are neccessary. SSL is a method for passing information securely between 2 computers, most of the time this is between a server and a client. If you have purchased online then you have probably used an SSL, if [...]
Continuing my series of posts on Microsoft Exchange 2007, I thought I would give another few hints and tips to getting the final parts of the setup sorted and hopefully save some people some time having to crawl the net for info like I did. These posts will cover items such as Offline Address Books [...]
After the fun and games of 29th Feb, I turned my attention to restoring everyones Inbox, Calendars, Contacts etc. As I ended up re-installing around 50 times all the backups we currently had were pretty much just disconnected mailboxes. Looking into the shiney new Toolbox for Exchange 2007 there was the recovery group options, this [...]