A litte backstory: We use Quest's MailArchive and the process failed for some time so the mailbox used for Archiving ballooned to about 78GB according to get-mailboxstatistics. We started the process, ...

There could be many reasons why you need to restore a database. Let’s look at some common reasons. The server has been re-installed, after failure. The database gets corrupted or is not mounting.

Exchange Server 2010 incorporates a number of high-availability features that system admins will find useful, including a new database availability groups (DAG) feature. Mailbox databases and the data ...

Despite what your users might think, you're not limiting the size of their mailboxes as a form of punishment. Most users want to be able to keep all their e-mail messages indefinitely. On the other ...

An Exchange Server database plays a pivotal role in smooth functioning of the business as it stores critical data, such as user mailboxes, archives, public folders, etc. However, sometimes, due to ...

With the release of Exchange 2007 and then 2010, Microsoft moved admins to a role-based model for deployment, with changes both to roles and services that admins should understand. Exchange 2013 takes ...

Microsoft Exchange Server is a critical component of enterprise communication, but like any complex system, it is not immune ...

What do you use for your database naming convention? Anything in particular to identify the quota such that the helpdesk correctly provisions accounts? However... DBs should not be geared towards a ...

Only two years after Microsoft Exchange 2007 was released the first public beta of "Exchange 14" (Exchange 2010) has arrived. For those interested in trivia, Exchange 2007 was version 12 — so what ...