Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Anyone who is currently in the migration phase from Exchange Server to Exchange Server 2013/2016 and needs to migrate public folders should read the following article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161916 This article describes a problem that can result in data loss. The problem occurs when there are several public folder databases on the source servers and not all public folders are ... Read more
If you use a web hosting package from Strato and also operate your own Exchange server, you should pay attention to Autodiscover. In the default setting, autodiscover is activated at Strato, but as an SRV entry and reference to Strato: The activated setting at Strato then refers to the address autoconfigure.strato.de: However, if you operate your own Exchange server and use Strato as a smart host, ... Read more
Like Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 comes with a web interface for administration (EAC), which can be used to carry out basic administration tasks. However, simple administration via the web interface also entails risks. For example, anyone who makes Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013 servers accessible on the Internet in order to access OWA, ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere ... Read more
For Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013, I had already published articles for Sophos UTM Webserver Protection (WAF) here. However, since Exchange 2016 has now been released and the Sophos UTM is also available in a more up-to-date version, there is another update here. Environment (UTM and Exchange) Exchange Server 2016 CU1 ... Read more
New updates for Exchange Server 2007, 2010, 2013 and also for Exchange Server 2016 have been released today: Exchange 2016 CU 1 Exchange 2013 CU 12 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR 13 Exchange 2007 SP3 UR 19 New UM language packs are available here: UM language packs for Exchange 2016 CU 1 UM language packs for Exchange 2013 CU 12 A list of ... Read more
Mail spoofing is often used to persuade users to open dangerous attachments in emails. The aim is to make it look as if the email is coming from a colleague or a device such as a scanner or Fax2Mail. Mail spoofing is used to falsify the sender's address so that it looks to the user as if the email is coming from an internal ... Read more
VMware has published a document on best practices for Exchange 2016 on VMware vSphere: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmware-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-on-vsphere-best-practices-guide.pdf Most Exchange servers will probably be installed as VMs, so I think the document is well worth reading. I find the part about Exchange 2016 on all-flash storage quite interesting, but you can read that for yourself... HP has also ... Read more
I have just uploaded version 3.1 of the Exchange Reporter. This time I mainly fixed bugs that crept in despite many tests in different environments. I have made the following changes: Bugfixes O365report.ps1: The report only returned the first 1000 results, thanks to Kaari fixed Mbxreport.ps1: Bug in the listing of limits fixed, if more ... Read more
If the search in Outlook Web Access, or Outlook on the Web, no longer works, a broken index is usually to blame. However, the index can be recreated quite easily and in most cases this solves the problem. You can find out whether the index should be recreated using the Exchange Management Shell: Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus ... Read more
A note has been published on the Exchange Team Blog stating that .NET Framework 4.6.1 should not be installed on Exchange servers at the moment: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2016/02/10/on-net-framework-4-6-1-and-exchange-compatibility.aspx In conjunction with .NET Framework 4.6.1, the databases may also be taken offline. The only remedy at the moment is to uninstall .NET Framework 4.6.1: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3095369 Currently ... Read more
