Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Comes "a little" late, but is still helpful, as I believe that many migrations from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 are currently being carried out (even if only as an intermediate step to migrate to Exchange 2013). Microsoft has put the "Public Folder Replication Troubleshooter" online for this purpose, currently the website only deals with replication problems with Exchange ... Read more
To enable the mailbox features ActiveSync, Outlook Web App and Outlook Anywhere for all users, the following command can be used: get-mailbox -resultsize Unlimited | Set-CASMailbox -OWAEnabled $false -ActiveSyncEnabled $false -MAPIBlockOutlookRpcHttp $true To enable the mailbox features for all users again, the following command is sufficient: get-mailbox -resultsize Unlimited | Set-CASMailbox -OWAEnabled $true -ActiveSyncEnabled $true -MAPIBlockOutlookRpcHttp $false
An interesting article on public folders and Exchange 2013 was published in the Exchange Team Blog. I think it's well worth reading: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/11/08/public-folders-in-the-new-office.aspx The public folder database has always been a bit of a thorn in my side, but I can only welcome the removal and integration of public folders into the mailbox database. In my opinion, the biggest advantage is the integration ... Read more
When trying to update the Exchange address lists via Exchange Management Shell, you may receive this message: WARNING: The recipient "frankysweb.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Schedule+ Schedule Information - Offline Address Book - First Administrative Group" is invalid and could not be updated. The message can occur for one or more address lists. The lists may have different names depending on the environment. This problem ... Read more
To complete the setup of the Active Sync Clients, here are the instructions for Windows Phone 8. The instructions for the other smartphone operating systems can be found here: Android 4: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=621 iOS, Android 2.X, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=302 But now only setting up Windows Phone 8, by the way, I used the Windows Phone SDK ... Read more
Here is another script from the Quick and Dirty category. The script reads all permissions for all folders within the mailboxes of the Exchange organization and saves them in a CSV file for further analysis. Maybe someone can use it or even bring it into a reasonable form. # All mailbox folders in your ... Read more
A colleague received the following error message today on an Exchange 2010 server when he tried to set up an Active Sync account (HTTP 401): Error 401 received from server, but no authentication methods are supported. The cause was the following: In the Exchange administration console, under "Server configuration" -> "Client access" -> "Exchange ActiveSync", the checkbox for "Standard authentication (password is not encrypted ... Read more
I have already described the installation on Server 2012, but Server 2008R2 is also supported. My test environment looks like this: SRVDC01 is a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. I install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2 on SRVEX01. In order to be able to install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2, the prerequisites must first be installed, ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is already available to MSDN subscribers for download. However, it is not yet possible to migrate from previous Exchange versions. Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 and an update rollup for Exchange 2007 SP3 (announced for the first quarter of 2013) are still missing. A direct migration from Exchange 2003 will not be possible. ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is available in MSDN and can be downloaded. Here is the link for the download (valid MSDN subscription required) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/#searchTerm=&ProductFamilyId=490&Languages=de&PageSize=10&PageIndex=0&FileId=0 Attention: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 is currently not yet supported. Migration and coexistence will only be supported with Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010. The Service Pack 3 for Exchange ... Read more
