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Page Last Updated: 09/05/2013 Welcome to exbpa.com, home of links to the the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices tool and Microsoft Exchange Server resources. This domain used to belong to Microsoft, but when they dropped it, it was saved for the Exchange community by Exchange Consultancy Sembee Ltd.
Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer The Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer will help you confirm that your server is configured correctly and flag any errors. Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer - Exchange 2000 and 2003 This is the tool for Exchange 2000 and 2003. Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer - Exchange 2007 and 2010 For Exchange 2007 and 2010, the best practices analyzer is built in to the product. For more information on accessing them - click here for Exchange 2007 and here for Exchange 2010. Small Business Server Best Practices Analyzer While you can use the Exchange tool, this is the tool that is dedicated for Small Business Server. It can be used with the Exchange Best Practices tool as well. 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Familyid=3874527a-de19-49bb-800f-352f3b6f2922 2008: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Familyid=86a1aa32-9814-484e-bd43-3e42aec7F731 2011: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d40dcc5b-8f97-49e2-ae79-9c7a7a69dec4 Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant Exchange 2003 The Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting tool can help you find where problems with your Exchange server may be. Exchange 2007 and 2010 For the latest versions of Exchange, 2007 and 2010, you will find the troubleshooting assistant in the toolbox which is part of the management console. For more information on accessing them - click here for Exchange 2007 and here for Exchange 2010. Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer This is now the primary tool for diagnosing remote access issues for Exchange. It includes diagnostics for:
If you have not already tested your server through this tool you will almost certainly be pointed towards it as a first diagnostics step. http://testexchangeconnectivity.com/ or http://exrca.com (shorter link - ends up in the same place) More Microsoft Exchange Tools Microsoft have lots more resources for the Microsoft Exchange product. Microsoft Tech Centre Microsoft have a home page for each version of Exchange on Technet. These links will take you to the version for your own location. Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer This tool will scan your existing environment to confirm readiness for Exchange 2010. It is based on the same checks carried out by the Best Practises Tool, just with a focus on the readiness for the upgrade to the latest version. Exchange Deployment Assistant This is a tool that will take your scenario and give you a customised set of instructions for the upgrade to Exchange 2010. Scenarios include Upgrade from Exchange 2003, Upgrade from Exchange 2007, Upgrade from a mixed Exchange 2003 and 2007 environment and a new Installation. Requires Silverlight. Exchange 2010: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx#Home
Exchange 2010 Architecture Poster This is a PDF document that highlights the architecture and feature set of Exchange 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5764 Microsoft Exchange PST Capture Tool Used to discover and import PST files in to Exchange Server. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28767 Microsoft Exchange 2010 Visio Stencils Visio 2003 and higher stencils for Exchange 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=6977 Scripts and Calculators
Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator (Exchange 2010) Client Network Bandwidth Calculator (Exchange 2010) ActiveSync Troubleshooting Scripts More Microsoft Tools Microsoft have lots of tools for Microsoft Exchange. Exchange 2003 Tools: http://technet.microsoft.com/exchange/bb288488.aspx Outlook Tools Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool (OCAT) This reports on the state of your Outlook profile. Outlook 2007 or higher only. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28806 Outlook Calendar Checking Tool (CALCheck) Command line tool to check the Outlook calendar for issues. Includes permissions, free/busy publishing and auto booking. Exchange mailboxes only. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28786 Log Parser Studio A GUI for the Log Parser Tool, including scripts for Exchange diagnostics Other Sites of Assistance Exchange 2007 Wiki http://www.exchangeninjas.com/
3rd Party Tools and Scripts Forums Some people prefer to use web based forums to ask their questions. Microsoft have their TechNet forums and there are others on the internet where you can seek assistance. Microsoft TechNet Exchange 2013: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/exchangeserver MSExchange.org Divided in to categories and versions Experts Exchange The Exchange section is very busy. You can sign up for a free account which will allow you to see the entire solution: Daniel Petri's Exchange Forums Exchange 2000/2003: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12 Email Lists Most email lists can get quite busy. Therefore a good trick is to create a public folder for them and subscribe the public folder to the list. My IT Forum (Formally Sunbelt) Exchange List The Sunbelt Exchange forum is now hosted by My IT Forum. You can subscribe to the list either via the web interface or by email. It is very high traffic, so a public folder is a good way to separate the traffic out. Web Interface: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/services/email-lists/ Yahoo Groups Lists Yahoo has a number of groups dedicated to Exchange Server. Access to these groups either through the Yahoo web interface or you can subscribe via e-mail. To subscribe via email, send an e-mail to <groupname>-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, such as exchange2007-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. These are the web site interfaces Blogs (All open in a new window) The Exchange community has a large number of bloggers, which can be useful to keep track on what is going on, tips and techniques on working with Exchange, across all of the versions. This is not an exhaustive list of Exchange related blogs. This first one is pretty much mandatory if you manage Exchange Other Microsoft Blogs Bharat Suneja http://www.exchangepedia.com/blog/
Nick Smith http://blogs.msdn.com/karsmith/ Scott Schnoll http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/ Tim McMichael http://blogs.technet.com/b/timmcmic/ Vivek Sharma http://www.viveksharma.com/techlog/ Doug Gowans: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/douggowans/ Other blogs (in no particular order, but ours first) Sembee: http://blog.sembee.co.uk/
Acronyms The Exchange community uses a lot of acronyms. Exchange Clustering / High Availability DAG - Database Availability Group (Exchange 2010)
Exchange Management Tools ESM - Exchange System Manager (Exchange 2003) Other Exchange Acronyms RUS - Recipient Update Services NDR - Non Delivery Report DL - Distribution List UC - Unified Communications GC - Global Catalog (Domain Controller role) Missing one? Send us a message to contact @ sembee.co.uk About This Site The domain exbpa.com used to belong to Microsoft. They released it in December 2009. This list of resources originally started as a posting on Daniel Petri's forum and can be seen here: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=26946 DO NOT CONTACT US WITH QUERIES ABOUT THE MICROSOFT TOOLS, OR ANYTHING ELSE LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE - WE ARE JUST PROVIDING A LINK TO THEM. If a link is broken, send an email to contact @ sembee.co.uk. Other sites that are owned and operated by Sembee Ltd include kbsearch.info, certificatesforexchange.com, dosprompt.info loginscripts.info, office-recovery.info, wuauclt.info, blog.sembee.co.uk, and exchange.sembee.info. Content Update Log 09/05/2013 - Last Site Update
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