Frank Zöchling

Frank Zöchling has been writing about Microsoft Exchange Server, PowerShell and Active Directory since 2011. Easy to understand HowTos and troubleshooting are the goal. Frank Zöchling is also the founder of the EUGO: Exchange User Group OWL.

Exchange 2016: Installation Exchange 2016 Preview on Windows Server Technical Preview 2

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Install Exchange 2016 Preview on Windows Server Preview. I admit, this is a gimmick... But it still works: Install Winows Server Technical Preview 2 with local admin tools After the installation, the server manager starts, but no desktop, so install the desktop later: Then install the prerequisites for Exchange 2016: Install-WindowsFeature Net-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Error during installation

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If you also encounter the following errors when installing Exchange 2016, I can perhaps save you a bit of searching: Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); Set-WERRegistryMarkers; " was executed: "Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningBrokerException: Error initializing the provisioning level: '"Error initializing the scripting agent: "File not found: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\CmdletExtensionAgents\ScriptingAgentConfig.xml'.""' -> Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningException: "Error initializing ... Read more

Exchange 2016: The basic configuration

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The basic configuration of Exchange 2016 is not much different from the configuration of Exchange 2013. In this article there is a short guide that covers the essential points: After installing Exchange 2016, I got into the habit of first renaming the database and moving it to its destination, this is done via shell with the ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Installation on Windows Server 2012 R2

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The preview (download) of Exchange is available for download and I have started testing it. This article will first deal with the installation on a Server 2012 R2. In the first step, my test environment only consists of a domain controller on Windows Server 2012 R2 and another VM, also with Windows Server ... Read more

Exchange 2016 Preview available!

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The Exchange 2016 preview has been available for download since today: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48210 The preview is currently only available in English and is just under 1.7 GB in size. The preview even supports co-existence with Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010. More information about the new features can be found on the Exchange Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/07/22/announcing-exchange-server-2016-preview.aspx There is also documentation ... Read more

Exchange Reporter 2.4

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I have just updated the Exchange Reporter, the list of changes is a little longer and two new functions have been added. You can now also attach the report as a PDF to the e-mail, please refer to the manual, because a prerequisite must be met for this, and with the "esareport.ps1" module there is now ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Anonymous Relay

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Some programs require an anonymous relay to be able to deliver mails. To set up an anonymous relay with Exchange 2013, a new connector should be created that has the appropriate permissions and restrictions for IP addresses: In this example, the new connector "Relay" is created: The connector can either listen on all IP addresses of the Exchange server or only ... Read more

Script for testing MX records

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If you also need to make frequent DNS queries to the MX records or SPF and reverse records, this little script may help: Test-MXSettings.ps1 The script has a few parameters, which can quickly check all Exchange accepted domains, or any domain, also a DNS server for the query can be specified. The following parameters ... Read more

New updates for Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013

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New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013. Click here to download Exchange Server 2013 CU9 ) UM language packs for Exchange Server 2013 CU9 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47678) Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR 10 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47676) Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 16(http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47677) Here is a description of the fixes: Exchange 2013 CU9 ... Read more