Browse by Tags

Exchange 2007 to be supported in Windows Server 2008 R2 after all...
The Exchange Team is listening, a statement made on their blog confirms that support for Exchange 2007 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 wil be delivered via an update (release date to be confirmed). Taken from the Exchange Blog: We always talk about...
Posted 5 Nov 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Android licenses Exchange
Google's has announced new Android 2.0 functionality, including: Support for Microsoft Exchange Combined inbox to allow viewing of messages from multiple e-mail accounts simultaneously Enhanced contact synchronization options and a "Quick Contact"...
Posted 28 Oct 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Open source PBX vs. conventional PBX
My recent how-to article on Trixbox with Exchange UM integration has generated quite a large amount of interest and from what it seems a large part of the IT community is looking/interested in Unified Messaging (this is suggested by keyword searches from...
Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer goes RTM
The Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer is a free cloud based tool that helps Exchange system administrators test: Exchange ActiveSync ActiveSync AutoDiscover Exchange Web Services Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTP) Outlook AutoDiscover Internet SMTP...
Posted 20 Oct 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Part 1 - How to integrate Exchange 2010 (or 2007) with Trixbox 2.8

I previously mentioned that integrating OCS 2007 R2 was now possible given that Asterisk 1.6 now supports TCP SIP trunking. I also found myself in a position where I wanted to start testing Exchange 2010 UM without touching my production PBX (which in this case is a Nortel CS1000).

After scouring the blogosphere I found some examples of partial Exchange 2007 UM implementations (some with sipX proxies) and others with subscriber access only.

I decided that I would attempt to undertake the following tasks:

·         A full and directly attached Exchange 2010 integration with Trixbox 2.8 – 100% complete

·         PSTN breakout with an analogue terminal adaptor – 0% complete

·         Finally an OCS 2007 R2 integration with Trixbox 2.8 – 0% complete

In addition I wanted to make a straight forward guide that any Exchange administrator could follow.

Now before I start part one of three (fingers crossed I get to complete the others!) I want to give credit to:

·         Ryan Newington – your blog helped me get on my way to voicemail forwarding

·         Claude Tambu – also a great source of information

So firstly let me go into the goal in more detail, using Hyper-V R2 (built into Windows Server 2008 R2), I will be running Exchange 2010 UM and Trixbox 2.8 – illustrated below.

...
Exchange 2007 SP2 Setup fails if all domain controllers are running Windows Server 2008 R2
Bit of a bummer, but worth noting for those early adopters out there (including myself who got stumpted on this!) Taken from The Exchange Team Blog: We have learned of and analyzed the problem where the Exchange 2007 SP2 installation can fail during the...
Posted 3 Sep 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 released
Exchange 2007 SP2 has been released and is required for Exchange 2010 interconnectivity, other features below: Enhanced Auditing - New Exchange auditing events and audit log repository enable Exchange administrators to more easily audit the activities...
Posted 25 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Filed under:
Exchange 2010 fax functionality will require a 3rd party solution
The Exchange Team have just posted an interesting article detailing changes to the UM out-of-box experience, previously Exchange 2007 would not only handle inbound fax lines but also generate the fax message destined to the recipient. It seems that in...
Posted 19 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
So what about Exchange Home Server?
I'm guessing that if you are reading my blog you are technically minded or as others call it (a-geek) therefore I would like to make a profound statement "everybody should have an Exchange Server at home". Now before you think I have completely...
Posted 17 Aug 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Remote Connectivity Analyzer for Exchange (and now OCS too!)
The Exchange Team announced the Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA) for Exchange back in March , but now the OCS equivalent is available . Microsoft Exchange RCA is here Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 RCA is here
Posted 30 Jul 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Please be kind to your mail server, use Exchange not Notes!
Between Microsoft's fiscal year (July 2008 ~ June 2009) 4.7 million people did just that! Source: here
Posted 24 Jul 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
Filed under: ,
Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 has been released
Taken from the Microsoft Exchange Blog We have released Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB 970162) to the download center. The release of the rollup via Microsoft Update will happen on July 28. The majority of changes in this...
Posted 17 Jul 2009 by Adam Jacobs | 1 comment(s)
Filed under:
I only just found out there is a Microsoft small business PBX, but I think it is too late...
A recent blog entry over at TMC points to the end of Microsoft's small business IP-PBX known as Response Point , whilst this solution is extremely well packaged with very easy to use administration features it does seem to conflict with their more...
Troubleshooting Unified Messaging in Exchange 2007
The Microsoft Exchange Team Blog have just posted up a great white paper entitled "Fundamentals of Troubleshooting Unified Messaging in Exchange 2007". Source: here
Posted 4 Jun 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
I want my mail, calendar and contacts in one place without Exchange (I don't have a data centre at home)
Occasionally I am asked this question, okay maybe the person asking does not know about Exchange (disgrace I know!), however my answer previously would be no, unless you pay. But now there are all kinds of options available, personally I have tried the...
Posted 28 May 2009 by Adam Jacobs | with no comments
More Posts Next page »