Exchange Server – Why are the emails in plain text format?

We recently noticed an issue with our lab Exchange server where it was sending emails by default in plain text format rather than in HTML format. We could not figure out why the server was doing this, but after some research we found out that it had to do with the settings for the “Remote Domains”. To check this setting, …

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Microsoft Exchange – Export Mailbox Sizes to Excel

If you want to export an Exchange mailbox database list to Excel so that you can see how large users’ mailboxes are, you can do this using the Exchange Management Shell (EMS). All you need to do is to login to your Exchange server with your mailbox database on, open up the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and then run the …

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Mimecast Outlook Client 5.3.1139.13090 Released

Mimecast have now released version 5.3.1139.13090 of their Outlook Client. This version of the MSO client now supports the following: Archive Search optimizations when dealing with large archives SMIME support for Citrix environments Improvements to Managed Senders workflow Minor UI updates We have tested this version with Outlook being open during the install and although we do not recommend doing …

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Skype 7.2 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

Skype version 7.2 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the installer is packaged as …

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SQL Reporting Services Error – Maximum request length exceeded

When running or trying to create a large report in SSRS, you may come across an error stating the below: Error 2: There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. Maximum request length exceeded. It took us a while to figure this one out but it is actually very simple. After speaking to our SQL and …

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