Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Part D

This is the 4th installment in my blog post series on Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 based on what I have learnt doing the video training course of the same name by Infinite Skills. The journaling element of Exchange Server is the copying and backing up of emails. Even if an email is deleted a copy stills exists in back up and this is important for a business in this day and age for legal purposes. Database journaling works with the same interface and there are several other types of journaling.  To configure & create in journaling we use what are called rules. A rule scope is retained by the agent.The person who sends the email. It contains stuff like the smtp address and is put and the name of the recipient's mailbox. You at the very least when journaling need to set up a mailbox for reports to be sent to. The default size for a mailbox is 2 GB although this can be changed. Archiving which is backing up things like emails does it in a more central way than the mailbox. It's mostly older stuff that is archived and there is a rule set than if they are older than a set amount they are archived as long as they have been read. This feature that they must be read is called retention hold. When an email is received it will have a delete date displayed. Databases have to be defragmented, compacted and online maintenance has to be carried out by default late at night. Compaction is done to remove empty spaces from tables. If storage space runs out back ups will cease to be performed and you should check every day to see it has been done. You definitely shouldn't be tempted to set and leave it as problems can arise. If you go into outlook web apps like in outlook clicking new message brings up the message dialog box and send sends it.