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Fixing TEL links with Lync 2013 on Windows 8 with Chrome
If you run both Lync 2013 and Chrome on Windows 8 you will find that TEL links open with Chrome instead of the Lync client. TEL links are hyperlinks used by Lync for one-click dialing. For example:...
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Announcing the Sixth Annual UC Roundtable at TechEd 2013!
I'm pleased to announce the Sixth Annual UC Roundtable at Microsoft TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans, LA! The purpose of the UC Roundtable is to gather Exchange and Lync MCMs, MVPs, Exchange...
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Tips for Families at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans
Are you bringing your family with you to TechEd in New Orleans this year? My wife, Amy, has some tips for you! We went to NOLA two years ago for Thanksgiving. We had a great time and I’m sorry to be...
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OWA 2013 CU1 Redirection is Broken for Legacy Mailboxes
Exchange 2013 CU1 includes a new native module for HTTP to HTTPS redirection in OWA 2013. This means that users only need to enter the URL for the OWA 2013 server or load balancer to gain access to...
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Fix for Excessive Duplicate Contacts
If you're running Lync in your environment you may notice that you have multiple duplicate contacts in your contacts list. This issue also affects your ActiveSync mobile devices, such as the iPhone. If...
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Inbox Rules Do Not Work on Unity Connections 8.5.1 Messages
I ran into this with a customer recently and wanted to document what I found. The customer is using Cisco Unity Connections 9.1 for voicemail with Single Inbox and Exchange 2010 SP3. Cisco's Single...
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How to Configure Public and Private Computer Settings in OWA 2013
The new "streamlined user interface" in Exchange 2013 no longer allows users to select whether they are using a public or private computer to access Outlook Web App. By default, OWA 2013 assumes your...
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OWA 2013 CU1 Redirection is Broken for Legacy Mailboxes
Exchange 2013 CU1 includes a new native module for redirection in OWA 2013 to legacy Exchange. The purpose of this module is to automatically tack on the /owa directory to a URL when the user only...
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Cisco Offers Free Nexus 1000V Integrated Switch for Hyper-V
Hyper-V 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 offers a new feature called an extensible virtual switch. This feature allows you to replace the Windows integrated virtual switch in Hyper-V with a third-party...
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How to Configure Granular Permissions to End Users for Distribution Group...
Exchange Online in Office 36, Exchange 2013, and Exchange 2010 offer end users the ability to create, edit, and delete Exchange distribution groups in the Global Address List. This feature is a role...
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Getting to Know IPv6
My good friend Mark Morowczynski, Microsoft PFE for Active Directory, wrote a three-part series on the Ask Premier Field Engineering (PFE) Platforms blog about IPv6 that is well worth reading.IPv6 for...
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New OWA for iPhone and OWA for iPad apps released
The Exchange Team released two new apps in the Apple App Store today, the OWA for iPhone and OWA for iPad. These apps currently only work for Office 365 customers, but on-prem versions are in the...
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File-level Defragmentation of Exchange 2013 Volumes
By default, Windows Server 2012 automatically runs a weekly drive optimization (file-level defragmentation) on all drives. It also automatically optimizes new drives when they are added. Now that you...
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Fixing Sign-On Name for Renamed Users in Office 365
When using DirSync, the user's userPrincipalName attribute in Active Directory is used to construct the user name in Office 365. The Office 365 user will use this username to login to Office 365 for...
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How to Share Free/Busy Information Without Using Federated Delegation
If you have a two-way forest trust in place between two organizations, such as during a merger, you can share calendar free/busy information between two Exchange organizations without having to...
View ArticleOnce an MCM always an MCM
I received the following email last night from the Advanced Certification group. This saddens me in more ways than I can say. We are contacting you to let you know we are making a change to the...
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How to Block OWA 2010 and 2013 for External Users
Some customers may want to only publish Outlook Web App for internal users. The following configuration will allow OWA and Exchange Control Panel (ECP) access for internal users on the corporate...
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A Photo by Any Other Name...
Active Directory is directory service based on X.500 directory services, which has been around since the 1980s. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an application protocol created to query...
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MEC 2014 Registration Opens October 1
The Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) will be held March 31-April 2, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Registration opens October 1, 2014. MEC is THE conference for all things Exchange and Exchange Online....
View ArticleHow to Determine Which Receive Connectors are External Relay Connectors
There are times, particularly during an Exchange migration, when you want to determine which Exchange receive connectors are configured as external relays. External relay receive connectors allow...
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