This is the step to disable the shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate options in the start menu. (1) Open the Local Group Policy Editor by Start > Run > Enter gpedit.msc (2) Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates/ Start Menu and Taskbar (3) Enable “Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands” But…
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How to set up safe senders and blocked senders in Office 365
When you set up safe senders and blocked senders for mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365, mailboxes store the safe senders and blocked senders for each user independently. This resembles the behavior in earlier versions of Microsoft Outlook. But here is how you can setup rules organization wide, check out this article.
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Configuring Outlook for Windows to Prompt for an Exchange Password
Needed to set your Outlook (with an MS Exchange e-mail account) to ask you for your password each time you open it, here you go: Start Outlook. To View the accounts… In 2010/2013: Select the File tab. Click the Account Settings button. From the drop-down list, select Account Settings... Select your Exchange account. Click the…
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Office 365 step by step set up for password to never expire
A. Install the Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell. 1.Review software requirements and install the necessary software. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj151815.aspx#BKMK_Requirements 2.Install the Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj151815.aspx#bkmk_installmodule B. Set the passwords to never expire for all the users in an organization. When using the commands in PowerShell, please just copy the…
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Exchange 2010 Mailbox Export to PST
If you have an exchange server, you most likely have had people leave your organization, and than needed a copy/backup of their mailbox. Well here are the basic instructions to export that mailbox to a PST file: New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User "DOMAIN\USER" (replace "DOMAIN" with your domain and "USER" with your user that…
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Exchange 2010 and Store.exe
I recently added RAM to an Exchange 2010 server hopping to free up more memory; but it didn't Upon looking at the task manager I noticed a task called "store.exe" was taking up most all of it. After some searching to find out why here is the answer: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/08/06/449484.aspx The above link is chock full…
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Exchange SPAM solution
If you are looking for an easy setup and install for a SPAM solution for Microsoft Exchange server, check out GFI Mail Essentials. The longest part about the install was just downloading it. Setup was a breeze and by far is the best program out there I have used to date.
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