Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
The new Exchange Reporter 2010 version is based on the Exchange Reporter 2013 project. In future, both versions will be merged into one version. In contrast to Exchange Reporter version 1.2, version 1.3 offers several advantages: Customizable interval Modular structure Support for VMware As of version 1.3, Exchange Reporter can be run on a client with Exchange Management ... Read more
You can also manage Office 365 via PowerShell, which is of course particularly interesting for your own scripts: First download and install the "Microsoft Online Services Login Wizard": http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=39267 For an operating system in German, the following registry entry must also be set (in my case it was necessary): Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSOIdentityCRL] "MSOIDCRLVersion"="7.250.4551.0" Without the registry ... Read more
Foreword Some time ago, I had already tested some alternatives to Forefront TMG. I had already tested an older version of Sophos UTM. However, version 9.2 is now available, in which the web application firewall (WAF) has been significantly improved according to Sophos. I therefore took a closer look at Sophos UTM. ... Read more
Interesting ruling from the Bonn Regional Court: Users of business emails must check SPAM folders (Read more on Heise.de) So you should be careful if the SPAM filter automatically moves emails to the junk mail folder. To be on the safe side as an administrator, it is probably better to deactivate this function.
From time to time it can be quite helpful to be able to access snapshots of drives, be it to quickly restore a file or to compare the contents of two files. A VSS snapshot can always be made accessible without having to restore the snapshot. However, there are two different ways, depending on the attributes ... Read more
Exchange 2007 introduced a new console for message tracking. Message tracking is often one of the first places to go when problems occur. Many people are therefore probably familiar with the console: The console no longer exists in this form since Exchange 2013, the message tracking logs can be searched via PowerShell. I have received quite a few emails asking whether ... Read more
I have just uploaded version 1.2 of the Exchange Reporter. Version 1.2 fixes a bug in the calculation of mailboxes that are close to the send limit.
Further innovations:
Changed design of the graphics for the disk space statistics
A new module has also been added: "easreport.ps1" lists inactive ActiveSync devices that have not been synchronized for more than 60 days.
If errors are found, I would be pleased if the errors are reported so that I can correct them.
I have just uploaded Exchange Monitor version 1.0. Exchange Monitor monitors Exchange 2010/2013 Server. Of course the small Powershell script does not replace a monitoring solution, it is not intended for that. Exchange Monitor can be used in smaller environments without a monitoring solution. Exchange Monitor creates a website that can be displayed with any web server ... Read more
The Exchange Reporter 2013 version 1.0 has just been released. I have fixed a few bugs (see change log) and would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who reported bugs. My special thanks also go to the donors who were kind enough to donate their time for the development. Currently ... Read more
There are new update rollups for Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013: Exchange 2010 SP3 update rollup 6 Exchange 2013 CU5 An overview of the changes for Exchange 2010 can be found here. For Exchange 2013 the overview can be found here. The CU5 also extends the Active Directory schema.
