This article explains why it is important to have mailbox limits in place and provides example (using ESM and ADFIND) of how to identify users that are either exempt from the store default limits or that have individual limits configured.

This article describes a real-life situation in which the capabilities of the Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) were leveraged to resolve the shared SMTP address space migration problem.

This article describes how implementing the post SP2 hotfix described in KB 916783 can help overcome migration difficulties

When configuring GAL Sync using Microsoft’s Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP) you are asked to provide a domain account for use by each Management Agent. Most organisations would not want to provide an account with elevated privileges (e.g. Enterprise Admins or Domains Admins). The IIFP help documentation provides some information on what level of permissions are required for these accounts, but does not provide a good level of detail. In an effort to provide some clarity, this article describes a simple GAL Sync scenario and provides specific guidance on what permissions are required.

This article describes a situation in which mailbox moves failed because the parent object was disabled and SELF had not been assigned Associated External Account rights on the mailbox.

This article describes a problem encountered while moving a mailbox using ExchMbx (from www.joeware.net) from Exchange 2000 to 2003. The same problem, but different error, is logged when using the Microsoft Move Mailbox tool.

This article describes an automated method for enabling Live Communication Services (LCS) users inside your AD forest environment.

A short VBScript that queries Active Directory and writes profile-related user information to CSV file.

Sometimes when you’re testing something you have a need to create a large number of users. In my case I wanted to create users but also have them mailbox-enabled (for Exchange 2003) at the same time. This VBScript sample provides a quick and easy method of achieving the desired result.

I’m not known for my scripting skills. In fact I can’t code my way out of a paper bag. But with a little help from various sources I have managed to cobble together a script that works for me and might also be useful for others, so I’ve posted it here.