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Some countries prefer their Exchange Address Book, displayName and cn to be: Lastname Firstname With Exchange 2003, this was easy to fix by following KB250455 which in short meant using adsiedit.msc to change Configuration Container -> Configuration -> cn=DisplaySpecifiers -> CN=409 and opening properties for CN=user-Display, scrolling down to createDialog and setting the attribute to: %<sn> %<givenName> So when you created the users with ADUC you got the expected result. But with Exchange 2007/2010 when creating the Active Directory user [...]

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Sometimes it's necessary to figure out which Global Catalog (GC) your Exchange 2010 is using. Open EMC Go to Server Configuration, right-click each server and choose Properties and go to System Settings tab. You can also look for Event ID Event ID 2080 in the Application logfile and KB316300 gives you an idea what this means. To force it to use a specific GC: Open EMC Right-click Organization Configuration and choose Modify Configuration Domain Controller: Choose the default (Exchange will [...]

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This has to be one of the coolest thing I've tested in my lab, the Evoko Room Manager. It's a flat screen that you put on the wall next to your conference rooms and it will show you the room's schedule and also enable users to change/add/end meetings - in a very nice design. The frame is either green if the room is green and red if it's occupied. There are plenty of user guides available, other reviews available and [...]

Categories: Exchange