Problem

When you’re building (or already) have a active/passive Exchange 2007 cluster and you try to move the cluster to the other node, it’s possible you receive an error like this :

The installation on node ‘NODE’ is inconsistent. ConfiguredVersion=, UnpackedVersion=8.2.176.2. An upgrade might not have completed successfully.

As the error already explains, there is a version problem. To understand this problem you need to know a little bit about the installation steps Exchange does while installing. Continue reading »

I’m having troubles installing the Exchange 2007 SP2 (Service Pack 2) management tools on my 64-bits Windows 7 release. I tried it on a Windows 7 RC Ultimate 64-bits and a Windows 7 RTM Enterprise 64-bits edition. Same issue appears on Continue reading »

The Microsoft Exchange Team announced the release for Service Pack 2. It’s expected in Q3 of 2009.

This Service Pack will be required for transitioning to Exchange 2010.

You’ll be able to upgrade directly to SP2 for all Exchange 2007 versions (RTM, SP1).

Last week Microsoft announced Rollup 8 for Exchange 2007 SP1. This rollup was not released for Exchange 2007 RTM.

Download : Rollup 8 for Exchange 2007 SP1 

When you want to adjust the Maximum Attachement Size in Exchange 2007, you can use this script to check where the size limits are set.

The only Message Size limit that is not set through Powershell, is the one for Outlook Web Access. This is done through the web.config file on the Client Access Server.

• First make a backup of the web.config file (default location c:\Program Files\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\ClientAccess\Owa).
• Open the file with Notepad
• Change the line <httpRuntime maxRequestLength=”30000″ />
  Where 30000 is the maximum message size (in kilobytes)
• Save the file (nothing else needs to be done)

When you want to upgrade to Exchange 2007 SP1, from the RTM version, follow these steps :

Installation Steps

• Install Net 2.0 SP1 on your Exchange 2007 Servers
• Reboot the servers
• Prepare the Schema: Continue reading »

Sometimes users come to you and say…I’ve got an attachement which is blocked by OWA. It says :

Outlook Web Access has blocked access to attachments. Blocked attachments: file.jpg, otherfile.otherextension.

When you need to configure (include or exclude) these Continue reading »

I was looking for a way to create a custom signature for all users within our company. Unfortunatly with Exchange 2007 there is no way to achieve this, besides adding a Disclaimer with a transport rule.

After searching I came accross a login script with wich you can create an automated signature based on Active Directory information.

Maybey a nice addition in Exchange 2007 SP2??

A great blog about using CCR (Cluster Continues Replication) on a Windows 2008 Cluster.

Article : Brettjo

Here’s a quick overview of the Exchange 2007 requirements :

General Domain Level Requirements

• At least 1 Windows 2003 Server Domain Controller & Global Catalogue Server
• Windows Domain & Forest in Native Mode

Edge Transport Server (Preferably a WorkGroup Server NOT Domain Member with 2 NIC Configuration)

• Windows 2003 R2 SP1 or above
• Domain Suffix Appended to the Server Name (Computer Name / Change / More)
• .Net Framework 2.0 Continue reading »