Unified Communications

I ran into an issue recently where Lync users couldn’t call an Exchange auto-attendant, so I dug into the Exchange UM server’s Application log and discovered this: Note the section “MainNumber.Lync Server 2010 UM Dial Plan”.  The problem here is [...]

I ran into an absolutely crazy issue which involved Exchange 2010 and a group of “ghost” mailboxes.  The specifics were that the mailboxes showed up in Get-MailboxStatistics reports on the databases, but were not connected, “Deleted”, or “Soft Deleted”.  They [...]

Now that Exchange 2013 co-existence is available with Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007, I’ve been working on upgrade Exchange 2010 environments to SP3 in preparation for Exchange 2013 migrations.  I however did run into an issue with Exchange 2010 SP3 [...]

Office 365 grants users relatively large mailboxes at 25 GB per person, but in some organizations a few users may push the limits on a mailbox even this large.  Luckily, remote PowerShell with Office 365 allows us to generate reports [...]

Exchange Online in Office 365 conveniently provides a graphical interface so administrators can perform basic tasks like create mailboxes, add SMTP addresses, create Distribution Groups, and create Contacts.  However, the management portal doesn’t allow administrators to perform actions in bulk [...]

Office 365 includes support for remote PowerShell for the management of users, the tenant itself, and Exchange Online (Lync Online PowerShell support should be coming soon).  PowerShell support makes administration of Office 365 much easier since a great deal of [...]