Getting rid of Public Folders once and for all

So you’re migrating to a shiny new Exchange environment and you reach the part of Public Folders. Microsoft haven’t spent much time developing Public Folders lately and they tend to be a pain managing. So you write down  7 reasons, or even 10 reasons and...

How to test IMAP using telnet

I often get to configure IMAP on mail environments. The easiest way to test if it works is to use telnet (using built-in or Putty). First, connect to port 143: telnet IMAPserver.domain.com 143 Then run the following to authenticate, list mails and quit. Just change...

Migrating GPOs between domains

Sure, Microsoft does quite a good job showing you have to migrate GPOs across domains and they also have their Migrating GPOs Across Domains with GPMC document which I recommend. But here’s a short recap how to do it if you have two separate domains which are...