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Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter is a product developed by Microsoft to help companies reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), or spam, received by users. Intelligent Message Filter is based on Microsoft SmartScreen Technology from Microsoft Research. By using e-mail characteristics tracked by SmartScreen technology, Intelligent Message Filter can help determine whether each…

Explanation of RemoteFX by Daniel Petri. Now, with Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, RemoteFX introduces a set of end-user experience enhancements for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that enable a rich desktop environment within the corporate network. Article includes hardware and software requirements, functionality overview, and a rundown of required editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1.

Finding delegates in Active Directory When using Exchange 2000/2003 there are very common situations where users define delegates in their mailboxes in order to let others manage their mailboxes. For example – a managers and his or her secretary (send of behalf). The problem occurs when one of the employees that was configured as a…

What is a Virtual Private Network (VPN)? A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a group of two or more computer systems, typically connected to a private network, that communicates securely over a public network (typically the Internet). VPNs may exist between an individual machine and a private network (client-to-server or remote access) or a…

The Petri IT Knowledgebase is happy to announce that forum member Richard Pugh has been awarded “Most Valuable Forum Member (MVM) status.

Can I disable the RunAs command? You sure can! The RunAs command was first introduced in Windows 2000 (in NT 4.0 you could use a tool called SU.EXE from the Resource Kit), and enables administrators to use alternate logons, also known as secondary logons. As a security best practice, it is recommended that you do…

December was relatively quiet as Microsoft shuts down for the last two weeks of the year. But we did get some interesting information about updates coming to Windows 11 in 2023, OneNote for Windows will get support for vertical tabs, Microsoft Edge 110 will drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, and more! So,…

Microsoft is finally getting ready to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros downloaded from the internet by default in several Office apps. The Redmond giant has already started restricting Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros, and this change will now impact all VBA macros in Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, and Excel files. By default, Microsoft Office…

Migrating from Notes Domino to Exchange 2003 using the Exchange Notes Connector Within the past lots of companies used Notes Domino Server as their primary messaging platform but with the release of Exchange Server 2003 a lot of them are thinking of migrating to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and the best way how to realize…

Microsoft released the November 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates for all supported versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10. This month, Microsoft addressed a total of 63 vulnerabilities, including three that are actively being exploited by threat actors. 3 Critical vulnerabilities addressed in the November 2023 Patch Tuesday updates Specifically, Microsoft released security patches to fix…