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I have received various questions in the comments and by email about the migration options for Exchange 2019. Judging by the messages, many people are wondering whether it will be possible to migrate from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019. The question is quite justified if you take a look at the version numbers: Exchange 2010: 14.0 Exchange 2013: 15.0 ... Read more
Exchange 2019 is currently only available as a Technical Preview, so I cannot publish detailed instructions on how to migrate from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 at this point. Nevertheless, I was interested to know whether migration is already possible. At the moment, of course, this is only recommended for testing in test environments, as the Technical Preview ... Read more
A reader pointed out a problem where an Exchange server was no longer sending OOF mails (out-of-office messages) after a migration. Kindly, the solution to the problem was also sent along, hence this short article. I think the problem should not occur too often and the error can no longer be fully reconstructed, ... Read more
Microsoft Ignite will take place this year from September 24 - 28, 2018 in Orlando. There will again be some interesting sessions on Exchange Server. With Exchange 2019 just around the corner, there will certainly be some interesting presentations on the new Exchange version. Ignite is already fully booked, so it is no longer possible to spontaneously ... Read more
Here is another short article from the "Behind the scenes" series, this time about Exchange test environments. I often need an Exchange test environment, so what could be more obvious than automating the installation? Foreword Essentially, a test environment always consists of a domain controller ... Read more
Exchange Server 2019 will be the first Exchange version that can be installed and operated on a Windows Server Core (Windows without GUI). Windows without a graphical interface may seem strange to many at first, but it certainly has advantages: Fewer updates required Smaller installation Faster boot Less attack surface Very effective protection against "click-click-click-break" admins A Server Core installation requires ... Read more
In the first part of the article, I installed the Exchange 2019 Preview. The setup is almost identical to Exchange 2016. Here is the second part of my first impression of Exchange 2019. Configuration After installation, the Start menu contains the familiar entries from Exchange 2016: A small note in passing: As with ... Read more
The Exchange 2019 preview has been publicly available since today. I have just installed the preview on a Windows Server 2016 Full GUI, here is my first impression of the new version. The preview can be downloaded here: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 - Preview Here are my personal first impressions of the new Exchange version. ... Read more
The new Exchange 2019 version has been available as a public preview since today. The preview is of course not yet ready for use in a productive environment, but anyone who wants to take a look at the new version can now do so. Click here to download the preview (6GB): Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 - ... Read more
The SMTP protocol is getting a bit long in the tooth and has often been declared dead, but now it seems to have been dealt its death blow. Exchange 2019 will no longer support SMTP. MAPIoverHTTP and EWS are waiting in the wings as successors. The SMTP protocol for exchanging emails has been around since 1982, so it is only ... Read more
