I stumbled across this tool on my iPad on the Apple Apps Store. I used it to help diagnose why my iPad would not correctly sync with and Exchange 2010 server that I had deployed. The Microsoft tools said it was all working fine, but this tool helped me understand that there are in fact differences in the way the Apple iPhones/iPads perform ActiveSync vs the way that … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
How can I move a user with large number of corrupt items in Exchange 2010?
More migration tips for Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migrations. When moving a users mailbox from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, I got the following error Large BadItemLimit (60) is specified. Please confirm your intention to accept a large amount of data loss by specifying AcceptLargeDataLoss. I reviewed the Exchange 2010 Move Request console in the Exchange 2010 … [Read more...]
Exchange 2010 Migration–Mailbox database is offline when moving users
Doing a migration for a client last week from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 and when I went to move users mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, I got the message below “Mailbox Database… is offline”. It put me in a bit of a spin to start with but I eventually found it was referring to the Exchange 2003 server. The solution was to add the Exchange 2010 servers … [Read more...]
Why is Circular Logging enabled on Exchange on SBS 2011 Standard?
A few people have noticed that Exchange 2010 on SBS 2011 Standard edition, has Circular Logging enabled by default on the Exchange Databases. They’ve wondered why this is happening. First up a history lesson. In SBS 2003, Exchange 2003 was configured by default to have Circular Logging disabled. This is great from a recovery perspective as it allows the … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Standard Migration White Papers
I’ve done a few posts already on migrating to SBS 2011 Standard. I figured I would create this post as a permanent placeholder for all migration whitepapers on how to get to SBS 2011 Standard Edition. Below is the list of whitepapers you need to get to SBS 2011 from the previous versions of SBS. SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Standard Migration White Paper SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 … [Read more...]