Configuring outgoing email in SharePoint 2010 with Exchange 2010 – Step by Step Guide
In my last article I provided you with a guide in setting up your SharePoint 2010 farm providing it with the capabilities in receiving incoming email which can then be delivered directly to your SharePoint libraries and or lists. Today we wrap up our 2 part series on email flow in SharePoint 2010 in which I will provide you with another step by step guide in configuring your SharePoint Farm in order for it to send outgoing emails through your Microsoft Exchange server. The environment This article builds on the SharePoint Farm setup that I have documented here. It consists of the following...
Read MoreExchange 2010 has arrived, What’s New?
So word has hit the streets and Exchange 2010 RTM is officially available for download as a 120 trial from the Microsoft Download Centre and from the Microsoft Licensing download site for all Microsoft paying customers. Microsoft Exchange 2010 introduces a number of enhancements and new features over it’s most recent predecessor Exchange 2007 and whilst many customers are still using Exchange 2003, Exchange 2010 has a lot to offer over Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. I first blogged about Exchange 2010 when it was in beta form and you can access these articles below; Exchange 2010...
Read MoreExchange 2010 Beta, So what’s new? – Part 3/3
We have arrived at the final article of this series on Exchange 2010 Beta, with this post focusing on the new features and technology enhancements. Today is all about the reasons why we are all going to migrate to this latest product offering when released to the public, right? Okay, so let’s begin with everyone’s favourite, Outlook Web Access (OWA) and focus on some of it’s new features. OWA has come along way since the days I first used it as an end user in Exchange 5.5. From the outset you will notice that Exchange 2010 OWA adopts the Windows Live theme, see below...
Read MoreExchange 2010 Beta, Configuration – Part 2/3
In our previous post we successfully completed our first Exchange 2010 Install, and after looking back the most difficult part was ensuring all the prerequisites were met for a new Exchange environment . In today’s post we will continue with our installation with a focus on basic configuration to get mail flowing for internal and external clients, configuring our Anti-Spam agents on the Hub Transport Server (remember we are not utilising the Edge Role in our dev environment) and testing all of this using the brand spanking new Outlook Web Access (OWA). Just a reminder, the next and last...
Read MoreExchange 2010 Beta, First Look – Part 1/3
I have been blogging a lot about SharePoint lately and thought I’d post a 3 part series about my other favourite topic of interest, Exchange. Exchange is one of those technologies that once you spend the time designing, beta testing, dev testing and finally implementing in your production environment, there’s not too much development later in its lifecycle, so when Exchange 2010 was released as a public beta I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it and set it up in my dev environment. I implemented my first Exchange server back in the days of 5.5 and progressively kept up...
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