Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
I just came across a great tool, the Session Downloader program can download talks and presentations from Microsoft events (TechEd and Microsoft Management Summit). I found a few interesting things right away. The tool can be downloaded here: http://infoworks.tv/session-downloader/ .NET Framework 4.5 is required to run the program, which is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=30653
A small recommendation in passing: With the Z-Zire tool, accounts for Active Directory, Exchange. Lync and Office 365 automatically according to a configurable template. So if you don't always want to use several consoles to create users, you can take a look at the tool. The tool is freeware, all you need is a ... Read more
The long-awaited update for Sophos UTM was released today. Michel has published a detailed article with changes. With regard to Exchange, this feature is particularly interesting: WAF: Outlook Anywhere Passthrough Support 15089 Support for Outlook Anywhere via the Webapplication Firewall The Webapplication Firewall now supports Outlook Anywhere (RPCoverHTTPS). I will test it ... Read more
I have created a test environment with Kemp load balancers and an Exchange 2013 DAG, as the posts are a bit longer, I have split them up. To make it easier to find them again, here is a table of contents with the corresponding links: Part 1: Description of the test environment and Exchange 2013 installation Part 2: Configuration of the Kemp load balancers for HA (High ... Read more
In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series of articles, we have already installed the Exchange servers, configured the load balancers for HA and created a DAG. Now the Exchange configuration for load balancing and the actual load balancer configuration are still missing to make the Exchange CAS role highly available. We will take care of this in this article. So let's take care of ... Read more
The Exchange servers have already been installed in part 1, in this part the Kemp load balancers are configured for HA operation. First, the default IP is changed to an address for the test network And then the default gateway: And the DNS servers I select "LB1" as the host name so that the devices can be identified more easily Then ... Read more
I've already told you a bit about what my private infrastructure looks like. I use a Sophos UTM as my firewall, which has replaced my old Fritzbox. Michel has kindly put the hardware configuration for the UTM online on his blog: http://networkguy.de/?p=269 I have the same hardware except for the SSD. My ... Read more
Overlong file paths can become a problem during migrations and backup/restore processes. A file path must not normally be longer than 260 characters. However, sometimes this limit is exceeded. This small Powershell script can be used to identify such long paths: #Directory or volume to be checked: $Directory = "D:\Shares" #PPath to CSV file for ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is now available to the general public. A 180-day trial version can be downloaded here: http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/hh973395.aspx Information on the system requirements can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/aa996719(EXCHG.150) Currently Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007 cannot yet be migrated to Exchange 2013, as Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 and the corresponding rollup for Exchange 2007 ... Read more
Greg Taylor has published a nice guide to publishing Exchange 2013 web services on the Exchange Team Blog. All nicely illustrated with pictures. Unfortunately, Forefront TMG has been discontinued and support for Forefront UAG and Exchange 2013 is not yet available. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/11/21/publishing-exchange-server-2013-using-tmg.aspx
