Exchange Tips: OWA http://<server name>/exchange # If the IIS service is stopped the you will not get the

public folder information in exchange system manager.

# Information store: default Exchange installation will create a Storage Group that contains a Mailbox Store and a Public Folder Store. Each Mailbox Store is made up of a database set that contains two files:

Priv1.edb is a rich-text database file that contains the email messages, text attachments and headers for the users e-mail messages Priv1.stm is a streaming file that contains multi-media data that is formatted as MIME data.

Similarly, each Public Folder Store is made up of a database set that also contains two files:

Pub1.edb is a rich-text database file that contains the messages, text attachments and headers for files stored in the Public Folder tree. Pub1.stm is a streaming file that contains multi-media data that is formatted as MIME data.

# When the MAPI clients like from outlook if we send a rich data then SMTP changes it into MIME when sending the message into internet. To see this, Exchange system manager => first organization=>global settings=>internet message format=>right click=>properties=>then you can see the lists in the general tab you can move according to the priorities or can add a new extension. # To install Exchange: Prerequisites: 1)Asp.net, .NET 2.0 or above, IIS,NNTP and SMTP 2)windows Support tools. 3) Perform (i)NETDIAG (ii)DCDIAG and save the output into a text file like.eg:- netdiag > c:\netdiag.text. 4) On the global catalog server perform forest prep and on all the domains perform domain prep. And on the system to install exchange server run typical installation and install the following components. Add or remove programme=>add or remove windows components=>accessories and utilities=>application server console=>ASP.NET,COM+,IIS,SMTP,NNTP.

Hen run the setup.exe. # Start => programmes =>administrative tools=>exchange => Exchange system manager=>First exchange organization => right click and tick on the display administrative group and routing group. #to change from mixed to native , Exchange system manager=> First organization => right click =>on the general tab change mode. #To connect to an other domain, in the active directory users and computers=> right click =>then
connect to domain. # To configure the maximum size of the messages sent 1 time and the number of recipient 1 message can sent to is configured by, Exchange system manager=>first organization =>global settings=>mailbox delivery options=> Right click=>and in the defaults tab. # To block the mail from a specific address , mailbox delivery options=>right click=>properties=>connection filtering for ip address from outside.and recipient filtering for filtering according to the recipients address.(outside the domain or those u suspect).sender filtering is filtering the sender in the message. # To create a system policies container ,, exchange system manager=>Administrative groups=>first administrative group=>right click=>new=>system policies container. To create a server policy ,, system policy=>right click=>new =>server policy=>and in the general policies tab tick the enable message tracking and the log files. To add a server to a policy,,, system policy=>right click=>add server=> browse and add the server which you want to apply the policy to. # To view the objects that the plocy is applied ,, right click on the server=>properties=>and the policies tab. # To enable error reporting to Microsoft, general tab=> tick on the error reporting. Exchange system manager =>server =>right click=>on the

# To add a different language to the server,, Exchange system manager => server => right click =>locale =>add => select the language you want to add. # To locate the event viewer system32=>config=> *.evt files will be there.

# To create a group and sending the mail will forward to all the member in the group create a group from the active directory users and computers => then assign it to global and distribution group. Then, right click the group=> exchange tasks and mail address enable. If need to send it to multidomain then assign it to universal group as the global catalogue server contains only universal group information.

# To find the messages that are not delivered Exchange system manager =>First administrative que => then expand the server => ques =>then you can see all the messages that are not delivered, pending DSN messages are due to store service is not running, Failed messages retry are due to the DNS or SMTP problems .Try to view the message properties,Messages qued for delivery may be due to a deleted mail box. # To set the max message size , mailbox size and set the recipients, forwarders,.. Active directory users and computers => right click on the group (add all the users you want to assign restrictions to that group )=> select Exchange general tab and set the restrictions. # In standard edition you will get one exchange store and in that one private store (mailbox) and public store. In Enterprise edition you can create 4 mailbox store and in each mailbox store you can create 5 private store and 5 public store. # The private and public mailbox store exists in .. C:\Programme C:\Programme C:\Programme C:\Programme files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\PRIV1.stm files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\pub1.edb files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\PUB1.stm

# this location can be found by, Exchange system manager => Administrative groups => First administrative group => servers =>server =>first storage group => mailbox => right click =>properties => database.( here schedule the maintenance time in such a way that the server load will be less.This maintenance check for the maibox size exceeds and sent mail to administrator the mailbox owner. For logs, First storage group => right click =>properties => general tab. The services running on Exchange server, 1.Microsoft Exchange Event . Microsoft Exchange IMAP4. Microsoft Exchange Information Store. Microsoft Exchange Management. Microsoft Exchange MTA stacks. Microsoft Exchange POP3. Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine. Microsoft Exchange Site Replication Service. Microsoft Exchange System Attendant. Server. Client. # Mail box can be deleted by right click the user and exchange tasks. And the mailbox will remain till the mailbox management process runs and mark the mailbox as deleted. And depends on the settings you are provided in the mailbox. You can right click the mailbox and purge it after that you cannot recover the mail box. # To display the messages in message tracking centre Exchange system manager => => <Server> => prperties => enable message tracking .

# To schedule mailbox management Exchange system manager => => <Server> => prperties => mailbox management . # To Prioritize the Public folder servers Exchange system manager => => <Server> => prperties => Public Folder Referrals . # To see all the domain controllers (using port 389) and global catalogue servers (port 3268) Exchange system manager => => <Server> => prperties => Directory Access. # Recipient Update Service is a service same like KCC .It is used to update the policy and the if a mailbox is created for a user that will be updated and if this service is not running then we cannot create the recipients. To create new recipient policy, (If to DC is in separate places and only one recipient policy can be created in one DC).. Exchange System Manager => Recipients => Recipient Update Policy => right click => new. To change the interval of the RUS Exchange System Manager => Recipients => Recipient Update Policy => choose the recipient policy => right click properties => Update interval (By default it will run always.). # The mailbox store ( .edb and .stm) maintenance interval will perform 1.Check the size limits for the mailbox and public folder is not exceeded. 2.sends mail to the administrator if the mailbox limit is exceeded. 3.checks and delete the expired items. To schedule this interval time, Exchange system manager => .First administrative group => Server =>First Storage group => mailbox =>right click =>properties=>Database. (here you can perform that the database do not mount at start up automatically, if you want to mount the store manually after starting the server.And tick this Database can be overwritten option if the database was not able to restore automatically. # To create a new public folder tree Exchange System Manager =>Administrative Group =>First Administrative Group =>Folders => right click => new => public folder tree. # To create a new storage group .. Exchange System Manager =>Administrative Group =>First Administrative Group =>Servers => AMRITHA (server name) => right click => new => storage group. And if you want to create a new public or mailbox store, right click on the corresponding storage group => new.. To create a new public store you need to create a new public folder tree .