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Recently I was playing for a VSS issue at my Exchange Server 2010 environment – when I run the ESEUtil (with its parameter /mh) command then I got the error “Jet error –1032”. > eseutil /mh "D:\Temp\tempdb.edb " Extensible Storage Engine Utilities for Microsoft(R) Exchange Server Version...

Recently one of my developer customer pointed out that he used Extra.exe as part of troubleshoot performance issues at his Exchange Server 2010 environment. But he noticed that Extra.exe doesn’t work or collect the data as expected. During investigation I noticed that they were running it under the scheduled...

Recently I tried joining my Windows Server 2008 R2 with the targeted domain controller (as part of new Exchange install), but it thrown the following error: In order to move ahead, I tried the following step to move ahead… Try temporarily setting the IP address of domain controller as your first DNS...

Recently one of my customer reported that Outlook is not showing latest free/busy information for selected users. Initially they tried the following steps for the affected users: Exit Outlook Open Command prompt > Open Outlook with cleanfreebusy switch (outlook.exe /cleanfreebusy) It failed to resolve...

In this session, Matt discusses about Exchange Web Services affinity and throttling… Enjoy & make use of it!!

Outlook Social Connector providers should return errors to the caller. Please note that Success, warning, and error values are returned by using a 32-bit number that is called a result handle, or HRESULT. An HRESULT is not a handle to anything; it is merely a 32-bit value that has several fields encoded...

In this post, we will have a look at the Calendar Checking tool (Calcheck) for Outlook which is published recently by Randy. This program checks the Microsoft Outlook Calendar and items for problems or for potential problems. It's is a command-line program that checks Outlook Calendars for problems....

In Exchange Server 2007/2010, you can use Exchange PowerShell cmdlets (especially using Get-Mailbox, Get-MailboxPermission, Get-ADPermission, Get-MailboxFolderPermission) to get a verity of info. I played with couple of the below in different scenarios and want to share the same with you – so that you...

Recently i was working with a developer customer, who created an Visual Basic/COM+ based solution (internally uses the Microsoft Messaging library). In general, he wants to know whether they should use CreateObject or CreateInstance? Whether both will have the same or different same effect in COM+? In...

What I tried ? Sometime earlier i reviewed (tried) the new command-line utility Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator (beta) – which helps to to validate binary file format files for the following files and applications: .doc files (Microsoft Word 97/2000/2003 and file formats supported by Microsoft...

…my Windows Phone first update? This first update for Windows Phone is designed to improve the software update process itself.       How to update? You’ll need to connect your phone to your computer and update it using either the Zune software for your PC or the Windows Phone...

Recently one of my customer updated that when he tried connecting to a mailbox that is located on a  Exchange Server 2010 from Exchange Server 2003 by using a custom MAPI/C++ application. But it failed and it thrown the following error message: “MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER”. As part of troubleshooting...

Earlier I created a delegate in a Exchange Server 2007 environment. I tried creating, sending and then updating meeting requests for the organizer by using Exchange Web Service (EWS). However, the operation does not work if the delegate tries to cancel a meeting, and then tries to send the cancellation...

One of our customer reported that one of their recipient receives winmail.dat in the messages as the attachment. Based on analysis, we found that if the recipients of your messages receive an attachment called winmail.dat, you sent messages to them that included Microsoft Exchange Rich Text formatting...

When the user tried to access a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 mailbox by using a program that uses Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Internet Explorer throws 401 HTTP status code. During investigation we found that we may not be able to access the mailbox. Also we notice that the mailbox...

Recently i received the following error while try to browse the following /autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml">https://<servername>/autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml   or /ews/exchange.asmx">https://<servername>/ews/exchange.asmx : Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Exchange...

Recently I tried to install Zune Software in my PC, encountered installation failed with the error code: 0x80070643 and message “Setup must stop because the required package ‘Zune"’ didn’t install. Done research and found the following Microsoft support knowledge base article – states that “A required...

You can collect information about client requests by enabling logging for sites and services. IIS logs are stored in %SystemRoot%\system32\Logfiles\<service_name>. If you examine the IIS/Exchange log file you will see the request for the sample application being handled by IIS - you can notice...

Recently one of my customer ran into an issue with his application used to send email messages using System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient (SNM) API. He used Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. It’s a pretty simple code, //Sample C# code snippet using System.Net.Mail API SmtpClient MyClient = new SmtpClient...

With Exchange Server 2010, recently i used the Test-MapiConnectivity cmdlet. Because it verifies server functionality by logging on to the mailbox that you specify. This cmdlet logs on to the mailbox that you specify (or to the SystemMailbox if you don't specify the Identity parameter) and retrieves...

Recently i started MS Outlook 2007 and tried connecting to a mailbox that is hosted on a mailbox server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 inside the local network. I received the following security warning “ The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the...

Recently one of my customer tried opening Outlook and it thrown the following error: During troubleshooting we noticed that the OWA works fine but problem while accessing Outlook. This happens because he still using the same profile and the mailbox was recreated some time earlier. In this scenario, i...

Usually we see that as existing applications become outdated or are no longer being used, you may need to remove them. I am trying to add couple of methods how you can try to remove COM+ applications in the best effort basis. Before using the methods, i would recommend you to consider the following...

I am adding this with the respect to my previous blog post regarding error message on 64-bit windows when you try run regsvr32.exe . Usually we - the developer customers –face the issue when you try to register. I want to update you that how the RegSvr32.exe program registers and unregisters a Component...

I listed some of the regular questions that we see from our customers from PST/OST are, 1) How to reclaim the space from PST? 2) How to compact my PST file? 3) How to compact PST/OST files to eliminate deleted item space in Outlook? 4) My PST is filling my hard disk? To conserve space on your hard disk...