• Microsoft Exchange Server,  Windows Server

    Blackberry Training Courses

    If you do a fair amount of Blackberry Enterprise Server management then you’re gonna’ want to think about the new certifications that are being offered by Research In Motion.  There are now training classes and an accompanying certification:  http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/programs/training.jsp#tab_tab_admin There’s also a track for users: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/programs/training.jsp#tab_tab_users

  • Consulting,  Kerio,  Mac OS X Server,  Microsoft Exchange Server

    Blocking Spam Attacks

    Various Spam Issues and the Appropriate Steps to Resolve Them:   Symptom: Users of the domain are getting a large amount of spam Problem: Spam sucks… Resolution: Outsource spam to MXLogic, Postini, Katharion, etc., limit incoming traffic over port 25 to the IP scheme of the outsourced service and use whatever form of message hygiene is built into the server for a layered approach (eg – Intelligent Messaging Filter in Exchange, Spam Assassin in Mac OS X Mail Server, Kerio Spam rules, etc.   Symptom: An IP or domain name is getting flagged as being a spammer although the users do not send spam. Problem: The mail server potentially does…

  • Articles and Books,  Microsoft Exchange Server,  Windows Server,  Windows XP

    Microsoft Office Live

    I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Microsoft Office Live Workspace is a portal that allows you to view your Microsoft Office documents online. This includes the ability to share documents and do desktop presentations of Microsoft Office documents. Microsoft Office Live Workspace is in beta and free, so why not give it a try? That’s what Microsoft is asking now that Google Docs and Zoho are moving towards commoditizing the document and spreadsheet space. So first impressions? Office Live Workspace doesn’t let you edit documents. Anyone who has used Google Docs or Zoho is going to be looking for that feature. There is a nice plug-in that is free that…

  • Active Directory,  Microsoft Exchange Server

    Exchange 2003: Applications that Access the Information Store

    I would always create a service-specific (Atempo, Blackberry, GFM, Symantec, etc) account that is not a Domain Admin but is an Administrator. Then I would provide the rights mentioned here. So, once you do that then you can go to Services and provide the service with an account to fire up as (eg – AtempoAdmin). Then make sure this key is in the registry (according to which SP you have it might not be) HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftExchange EXAdminShowSecurityPage DWORD value =1 Then fire up Exchange System Manager, click on the Organization, click on the Admin Group and then your group and then properties for it. Then you’ll notice that nice security tab.…

  • Kerio,  Microsoft Exchange Server

    Kerio: ActiveSync

    Windows Mobile and Microsoft Exchange.  Windows Mobile still gives users an extremely feature rich environment for messaging without the whole licensing thing you often run into with Blackberry Enterprise Server.  But what if it’s either too much (in terms of costs) or too much (in terms of management)?  Well, Kerio doesn’t have all the features, but it is a viable alternative.  And a user friendly one at that.

  • Kerio,  Mac OS X,  Microsoft Exchange Server

    Entourage Migrations

    I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal For years, we’ve had issues with the fact that there is no good built-in auto-archive feature for Entourage. This has led to many an Exchange environment getting out of control with a lot of Mac clients. To get around this issue, check out Entourage Email Archive X 3.4.0. It’s a utility for archiving emails and/or attachments for Entourage in Mac OS X. EEAX 3.x works on OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) with Microsoft Entourage 2004. You can Download latest EEAX 3.4.0 from: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14011 If you need an evaluation copy drop an email to: info@softhing.com.