Category Archives: Exchange

Authentication Prompts in Exchange and Lync

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

I recently started a series of Posts titled “It is nice you want to know me, But why do you keep asking” the idea was to give you the administrator the tools to trouble shoot authentication prompts. However I have … Continue reading →

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It is Nice you want to Know me. But why do you keep asking (a discussion on authentication prompts in Exchange and Lync) Part 1

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

Account Blog So last week at MEC I held 2 sessions on Authentication prompts. I was actually amazed that the room was a full as it was. And most people indicated they have had some sort of problems with prompts. … Continue reading →

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Configure MRS to Efficiently and Consistently Move Mailbox’s

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

One questions I receive often is around Mailbox Replication in Exchange 2010. And at first I didn’t think I really needed to write this post. Why you might ask? Well like many of you I initially thought well you only … Continue reading →

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How to determine Number of NSPI Connections needed for an application.

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

  I often receive questions about NSPI connections and how many connections I should allow. The reason for this is a change that was made to Windows 2008. Windows 2008 limits the number of NSPI Connections to 50 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949469. Where … Continue reading →

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DAG availability (cluster Math)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

  So one of the biggest misunderstandings I run into is related to DAGS and availability of the databases. Often times people ask why is their databases offline after a failover to another site. And even the same question may … Continue reading →

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Dealing with challenges with Message Records Management

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

So one of the Questions I receive most often is around how do I cleanup Peoples mailboxes for them. In Exchange 2003 it was possible to setup a recipient policy really it was a Mailbox policy but because it is … Continue reading →

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Trouble Shooting Exchange Active Sync

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

With so many devices out there today using Active Sync I decided to write about some of the basics of trouble shooting active sync. But remember in some cases there is not a fix. Because Microsoft has the standards out … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010, password prompt and or Certificate prompt

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

Since this is one of the most common complaints I see I thought I would take some time to explain how I trouble shoot this. I will attempt to explain the trouble shooting methodology that I use and why it … Continue reading →

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DNS Load Balancing VS DNS Round Robin

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Mitch Roberson

Aren’t they the Same thing? Well not really, matter of fact they are not even closely related to each other. One DNS round robin is handled by the server. where DNS load Balancing is a function of the client. So … Continue reading →

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