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Exchange Best Practices: Administrator Access to User Mailboxes

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

As a best practice, it is recommend that you don't configure blanket, persistent access for IT administrators to end user Exchange mailboxes.

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Exchange Analyzer v0.2.1 Beta 5 Released

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 25 May 2016 10:28:04 +0000

The Exchange Analyzer team are happy to release v0.2.1-Beta.5. This release contains several new tests and some bug fixes.

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Exchange Best Practices: Secure POP and IMAP Access

Paul Cunningham — Tue, 24 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

For POP and IMAP access to Exchange Server mailboxes the best practice is to require secure logins.

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Exchange Best Practices: Server Local Administrator Passwords

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 18 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000

The servers running Exchange Server in your environment should have unique, complex local administrator passwords that are unknown.

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Exchange Best Practices: Configuration of Database Hosting Journal Mailbox

Paul Cunningham — Tue, 17 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000

When you configure journaling in an Exchange organization you should also review the configuration of any databases that will be hosting journal mailboxes.

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Exchange 2016 Antivirus Exclusions

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

It is a recommended practice to configure any antivirus software running on Exchange servers to exclude specific paths, processes, and file types.

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Detecting SSL 3.0 Configuration Changes with Exchange Analyzer

Paul Cunningham — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:03:44 +0000

It was recently discovered that Exchange Server cumulative updates are re-enabling SSL 3.0 on servers where it has been disabled.

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Exchange Best Practices: Least Privilege Administrative Rights

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:00:00 +0000

When it comes to Exchange Server the the principle of least privilege applies, and is considered a best practice.

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Exchange Best Practices: Device Encryption for Mobile Devices

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0000

Encryption is important for protecting corporate data stored on mobile devices from being accessed by anybody who has physical access to the device.

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Exchange Best Practices: Datacenter Activation Coordination Mode

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:00:00 +0000

It is recommended to enable Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC) mode for Exchange database availability groups that meet the criteria.

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