Lucid8 is a Washington-based company that offers products designed to make Microsoft Exchange run more smoothly and more reliably, focusing on disaster prevention, optimizing Exchange message stores ...

For this blog post, I’m going to jump right into a topic of most interest to organizations deploying Exchange Server 2010, which is Disaster Recovery of databases. New to Exchange 2010 is the concept ...

There could be many reasons why you need to restore a database. Let’s look at some common reasons. The server has been re-installed, after failure. The database gets corrupted or is not mounting.

E-mail is an essential business communication tool, so ensuring high availability (HA) with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is important. Here's how. There are several layers in Microsoft Exchange ...

Synopsis: I have an Exchange 2003 database file, but the server that uses it is dead. How do I get another Exchange server to mount that file as a mailbox store?<BR><BR>Detail: We have two Exchange ...

Windows Server backup is a native feature for backing up server data, including Exchange Server. This feature must be enabled and configured before an Exchange failure occurs. In this solution, we ...

An Exchange Server holds data in databases (EDB files). The EDB files, which are proprietary of Microsoft, are accompanied by transaction logs. Although the server and its configuration are important, ...

It is imperative to understand what would be at stake if your Exchange Server was compromised. Data is the primary at-risk component in these situations, but service interruptions also hamper business ...

I've been doing some reading trying to decide if we need to create another Exchange Database, and came across the following: 1. What is the ENFORCED Maximum Database Size (as in errors will occur if ...

If there's anything less exciting and appealing than routine preventive maintenance, I'm not sure what it is (although a root canal might qualify). This is especially true if you manage a Microsoft ...