Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Deleting an Exchange database requires more than just moving the user mailboxes to a new database. Exchange databases also contain system mailboxes that are not displayed in the EAC. When trying to delete or remove an Exchange database, the following error message appears: This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, ... Read more
I have already received the following questions about the Noderunner process or statements in one form or another by e-mail: Noderunner.exe consumes almost all the RAM and almost always has 100 % CPU load, what can I do? Here's something more desperate: From day one, the noderunner has been eating up resources we ... Read more
This howto describes the installation of Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016. Note: This article is a bit older. There is an updated version here: Create Active Directory account Windows Server 2016 relies on a stricter user separation. It is therefore not advisable to install the Exchange Server with the "Administrator" user, but to create an ... Read more
Today is regular Exchange Patch Day and updates have been released for Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016. The most important new features at a glance: Windows Server 2016 Support for Exchange 2016 CU 3 .NET Framework 4.6.2 Support for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013 Improvements to high availability for Exchange 2016 Installation of updates in local language, ... Read more
Outside of the usual patch interval for Exchange Server, Microsoft has released a security update for all Exchange Server versions, which is intended to fix several security vulnerabilities classified as high or critical. Here is the link to the security bulletin: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-108 Brief description of the vulnerability: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in some of the ... Read more
In part 1 of this article series, the RMS server was installed and in part 2 the configuration took place. Now the integration into Exchange 2016 follows. As a reminder, the environment from parts 1 and 2 once again: Environment The environment in which the Active Directory rights management services are installed looks as follows: There are a few ... Read more
In part 1 of this article series, the RMS server was installed, in part 2 we will now look at the configuration. To remind you of the environment from Part 1: Environment The environment in which the Active Directory rights management services are installed looks like this: There are a few users with Outlook 2016, a domain controller, 3 ... Read more
The Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) is basically a DRM system. DRM is often used by streaming services to ensure that a piece of music can only be played if there is a corresponding subscription. AD RMS uses a very similar concept, files are provided with a license and encrypted. About ... Read more
In one of the last articles, I already described how to set up reverse authentication for Sophos UTM. The reverse authentication switches a separate login page in front of the Exchange server (similar to Forefront TMG). Unfortunately, the design of the login page of the UTM is not particularly pretty, in my opinion, ... Read more
In the fourth part of the expansion of the small Exchange organization, it's DAG's turn. The domain controller and Sophos UTM are already running redundantly and the second Exchange server has also been prepared. To ensure that the failure of an Exchange server or the failure of the Hyper-V / ESX server can also be intercepted, an Exchange DAG (Database ... Read more
