Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Foreword The certification authority Let's Encrypt has been offering free certificates for some time now. I wrote an article on this topic back in December 2015, but the Windows client wasn't working reliably at the time, so I had to take a detour via a Linux computer. A little over a year has now passed and I have ... Read more
RPCoverHTTP, better known as Outlook Anywhere, was introduced with Exchange Server 2003. RPCoverHTTP is used to connect Outlook to Exchange Server without a VPN, but it was not always easy to realize or implement. Essentially, RPCoverHTTP tunnels the remote procedure calls via the http protocol to transport RPC over the Internet. The ... Read more
In this article, I already wrote that the new REST Api already works with local Exchange 2016 from CU3. The REST Api is a fairly new interface that was initially only available in Office 365 or Exchange Online. As of today (20.12.2016), I could not find any precise information as to whether this interface is available for local ... Read more
At the Technical Summit 2016, Siggi Jagott revealed that the REST API will also be available for local (on-premises) Exchange servers: Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 - Home at last Markus read the article and drew my attention to a comment on the Exchange Team Blog: On-Premises Architectural Requirements for the REST API The article ... Read more
New updates for all Exchange Server versions were released today. Click here to download directly: Exchange Server 2016 CU4 Exchange Server 2013 CU15 Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR16 Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 22 Click here for details of the changes: Exchange Server 2016 CU4 Exchange Server 2013 CU15 Exchange Server 2010 SP3 ... Read more
Shared mailboxes are often used when several people need to have access to a mailbox, for example to work together in a team. However, there are a few things to bear in mind, so this article describes how to set them up and how they work. The following example shows how to set up a shared mailbox: The mailboxes specified under "Users (blue box)" ... Read more
The Exchange Toolbox is a new project of mine to make my life a little easier. In my daily work with Exchange Server I usually only need a few commands or information to check configurations or identify problems. With the Exchange Toolbox I'm trying to create a small tool that will make ... Read more
Foreword As in the first part of this article series, this is about manually removing an Exchange Server. This procedure may be necessary in "unclean" environments. This procedure should not be used after a migration. A clean uninstallation is the best way to go here. The following cases come into question for manual removal: There have already been ... Read more
Foreword This series of articles deals with the manual removal of an Exchange 2016 server from the Active Directory. This procedure should only be used in special cases. The following cases come into question: There was already an Exchange installation "in the past" that is incomplete or faulty The Exchange server has burned down and cannot be removed via ... Read more
Sophos UTM Email Protection contains a bug where recipient verification is simply skipped. In the case of recipient verification via Active Directory and the query via SSL, no verification of the recipients takes place. Here are the problematic settings: Recipient verification via Active Directory Query of the Active Directory with SSL In the live log of Email Protection ... Read more
