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Meetings are not removed when the invitation is deleted

When a meeting invitation is deleted from the Inbox, the tentative copy of the associated meeting remains in the Calendar.

Can you recover messages sent while 'Save sent messages' was disabled?

An administrator has a problem. They inadvertently set a group policy that disabled the option to saved sent items and would like to recover copies the messages that were sent during the short period of time the policy was in effect. Unfortunately, its not possible to recover the sent items from Exchange server unless journaling  

Delete the Junk Email Rule in Exchange mailboxes

When the junk mail is not filtering correctly, you can delete the junk mail rules in Outlook when you use an Exchange mailbox.

Choosing a From address in Exchange

Every Exchange user’s mailbox can have many email addresses. Can a user define what email address to appear in the “From” field?

Import Images into the Active Directory

Outlook isn’t alone in supporting photos, in fact, the Active Directory has supported pictures for years, using the Picture attribute (thumbnailPhoto) to store thumbnail photos.

Exchange Server's 32 KB Rules Limitation

Exchange 2003 and older supports just 32 KB worth of rules. If each rule is small and simple, you might get about 50 – 70 rules when using Outlook 2002 and older. Outlook 2003 (and up) uses Unicode when writing the rules and this requires more space per rule, leaving most users with about 20  

Rules Quota in Office 365 or Exchange 2013

It’s been awhile since I’ve heard complaints about the number of rules available in Exchange server mailboxes – apparently the 64KB rules limit meets the needs of most users much better than the old 32KB limit did, however, it’s clearly not large enough for two users who recently moved to Office 365. Because managing a  

Display Public Folder and Other Contacts in the Address Book

How to display Microsoft Exchange server Public folders and shared Contact folders as Outlook Address Books.

Encourage Users to Set an End Date on Recurring Appointments

Recurring appointments are a problem for many users: you can’t end a series without losing exceptions and no one can cancel meetings created by users who no longer have a mailbox. For this reason, we always recommend using a recurrence period of no more than a year.