Remove Public Folders from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

If you are in the middle of migration or will start one and wondering how to deal with PF folders on your legacy Exchange 2003 server , here is the link and this is pretty much all you need to know and will do to move them from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.

  Click here

 

First create PF database on the Exchange 2010 server

Move existing Pf folder replicas from E03 server into this newly created PF database on E210 Server , by logging on E03 server…..

Make sure the Public folder is empty

Dismount the PF folders on E03 Server for a while to make sure no one is complaining

After making sure everything works fine delete the PF folder database on E03 Server , if you still have replicas you will receive fallowing… allow time for replication to finish

 

You could achieve same goal from PS on E210 server

\MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -Server MySourceServer -NewServer MyTargetServer

 

Get-PublicFolderStatistics -Server <server with public folder database to be removed>

   
    
   
   
    

• How to Remove a Public Folder Database
• http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/09/445967.aspx
• How to Remove a Public Folder Database
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998329.aspx
• How to Remove the Last Public Folder Database in the Organization
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201664.aspx

Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
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Exchange 2010 SP1 is available for Download

Finally Exchange 2010 SP1 has been released and here is the link for download. There are many changes in SP1 and to be honest most of you will be very happy to discover what they are. SP1 brings more stability in Exchange 2010 and  I believe will help for migration scenarios. Click on the picture below to download SP1


Archiving white paper
Yes Virginia, there is an Exchange Server 2010 SP1
The Future of Exchange Starts Here: Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Is Now Available
What's New in Exchange 2010 SP1
More Exchange 2010 links






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Oz Casey, Dedeal
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MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
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Set OWA Private Computer Cookie Time-Out Value Exchange 2010.

If you ever wondered how long it takes for your browser to close after opening OWA ( outlook web App) if there is no activity?  here are the measurements.

• Public 15 minutes
• Private 8 days

 

For whatever reason you may have if you decide to change these default values here is the link how to get the work done. The simplest way to achieve desired goal is using PS. Let’s say we will increase the Public cookie time out settings from 15 minutes to 25 minutes.

set-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange OWA' -name PrivateTimeout –value 25 -type dword

copy and paste above PS code into  EMS ( management Shell) , adjust the time as you wish , in this case we are going to set it to “25” minutes….

Cookies to control access

The first time that the user name and password are sent to the Client Access server to authenticate an Outlook Web App session, an encrypted cookie is created that's used to track user activity. When the user closes the Internet browser or clicks Sign Out to sign out of their Outlook Web App session, the cookie is cleared. The user name and password are sent to the Client Access server only for the initial user sign-in. After the initial sign-in is complete, only the cookie is used for authentication between the client computer and the Client Access server.

   

Read more click here…………..

Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
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Import and Export Certificate Exchange 2010

Here is the scenario , we are doing migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. We have existing certificate called webmail.smtp25.org and we wish to move this over to Exchange 2010. 

I think this will be pretty common thing in these type of migrations. One thing I found out supper easy is not to kill yourself to try to share  the existing  cert and the URL being used to access the webmail. For instance if you are using webmail.yourCompany.com

webmail.yourCompany.com =Valid Cert = Exchange-2003 Server

And as soon as you moved first user on Exchange 2010 , accessing Existing  URL wont work for the user on Exchange 2010.  Here is what I have done couple times to get around this type of issues and make migration pretty seamless to end users (-: …..

I purchased new cert ( GoDady fro $10 bucks) and called it  owa.yourCompany.com

owa.yourCompany.com=New Valid Cert=Exchange 2010

 

I configured this cert on the E210 server and told costumer everyone who gets migrated on E210 will use this link to access their webmail. This made my job supper easy and at the end of the migration I export the cert from E03 imported into E210 and done with migration.

• STEP 1:  Export Certificate and Private Key from the IIS 6.0 server
  
  Create an MMC Snap-in for Managing Certificates:
  1. Start > run > MMC
• Go into the Console Tab > File > Add/Remove Snap-in
• Click on Add > Click on Certificates and click on Add
• Choose Computer Account
• Choose Local Computer
• Close the Add Standalone Snap-in window.
• Click on OK at the Add/Remove Snap-in window

• Open Certificates Console Tree
• Go to Personal
• Right click Certificates
• Choose ALL TASKS
• Select Import to start the Certificate Import Wizard
• Click Browse
• Locate the .pfx file
• Click Open
• Next
• Finish

After this is completed rest of the work is supper easy go to EMC and drill down to server configuration , you will see the certificate there , just assign services to this certificate to finish the work

 

 

Resource Links

• https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page=content&id=SO8306
• http://www.digicert.com/ssl-certificate-installation-microsoft-exchange-2010.htm
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351257.aspx

Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
http://smtp25.blogspot.com/ (Blog
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Exchange 2010 Migration & EmailAddressPolicy

If you are performing migration, you probably noticed after introducing Exchange 2010 server you cannot manage certain futures from Exchange 2010 EMC , management console. You most likely aware of Evan Dodds article on MS Exchange team blog in regards to “EmailAddressPolicy” and how to migrate them into E210.

Click here to see the article

In this article you will only see some pictures but same CMDLETS , so let’s get started. Note you can copy and paste CMDLETS into your EMS to get the work done quickly.

Step-1

Open EMS on the E210 Server and insert fallowing commands by copying  and pasting….

Get-EmailAddressPolicy | where {$_.RecipientFilterType –eq “Legacy”}

 

Get-EmailAddressPolicy | where {$_.RecipientFilterType –eq “Legacy”} | Set-EmailAddressPolicy –IncludedRecipients AllRecipients

STEP-2

Set-AddressList "All Users" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers

STEP-3

Set-AddressList "All Contacts" -IncludedRecipients MailContacts

STEP-4

Set-AddressList "Public Folders" -RecipientFilter { RecipientType -eq 'PublicFolder' }

 

STEP-5

Set-GlobalAddressList "Default Global Address List" -RecipientFilter {(Alias -ne $null -and (ObjectClass -eq 'user' -or ObjectClass -eq 'contact' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchSystemMailbox' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchDynamicDistributionList' -or ObjectClass -eq 'group' -or ObjectClass -eq 'publicFolder'))}

Now you can open and edit all from EMC from GUI with no problems

Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
http://smtp25.blogspot.com/ (Blog
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