Exchange Configuration and Management: Administrator Guides

When you install a new Exchange Server 2019/2016/2013/2010 with the mailbox role, the default mailbox database is automatically created. The database is created in the Exchange installation folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange…

When auditing mailbox permissions in an Exchange Server organization or Microsoft 365 tenant (Exchange Online), the administrator needs to find all the mailboxes that a particular user has access to.…

You can use audit logging in on-premises Exchange Server and cloud-based Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) to track all user actions on any items in a mailbox. By using mailbox activity…

In some cases, when you try to connect a new mailbox hosted on an on-premises Exchange Server or Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online), Outlook shows the following error after you enter…

In Exchange Server, you can use the Search-Mailbox or New-ComplianceSearch PowerShell cmdlets (available in newer versions of Exchange Server and Exchange Online/Microsoft 365) to search for and delete email items…

I have got a case recently: “Can we check an email status (read/unread) regardless of whether the Read Receipt is being enabled or disabled in Outlook, or if a user…

An on-prem Exchange or cloud Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) administrator must control user mailbox sizes. In this article, we’ll show how to get current mailbox sizes and set mailbox quotas…

By default, cloud-based Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) prevents automatic external email forwarding using Outlook rules or enabled mailbox forwarding.

In this article, we will show how to manage mailbox or folder access permissions in on-prem Exchange Server and on Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online). Methods and PowerShell commands to manage…