Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
In Outlook 2010, some files / attachments (for example *.MSG) are opened read-only and therefore cannot be edited directly. The reason for this is the attachment preview feature, which opens the attachment in the background in order to display it directly in the Outlook message window if possible. The attachment preview opens these files in the background: If the attachment is now opened by double-clicking ... Read more
The release candidate of Windows Server 2012 was published by Microsoft today. If you want to take a look at the new Microsoft Server, you can download it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33 I did this, of course, to get an impression of the new operating system. The last version I had installed was the beta, which was still called Windows 8 Server. ... Read more
Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 has been released and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=29899 A list of fixed issues can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685289/en-us
I have often seen that the revocation list distribution points of a Server 2008 R2 certificate authority were configured incorrectly or not at all. I will therefore describe here how to restore the distribution points of an Active Directory integrated certification authority under Windows Server 2008 R2. The distribution points are configured under the "Extensions" tab in the properties of the certification authority. Here are the standard distribution points and ... Read more
Version 1.1 of the Exchange Reporter is ready for download. New features: Overview of the IIS certificates of the Exchange servers On request Exchange errors of the last 7 days on the event logs of the servers Operating system information of the Exchange servers (version and service pack) is displayed Size of the offline address books is displayed A few more values ... Read more
Here is a small graphic showing the TCP/UDP ports used by Exchange 2010 for communication. The graphic can be downloaded as an XPS file here: https://www.frankysweb.de/download/exchange_ports.xps And here again as a PNG: https://www.frankysweb.de/download/exchange_ports.png
Although it is an "old" tool, it also works quite well under Exchange 2010, although there are a few limitations (it does not check the web-based publication of the OAB). Nevertheless useful to check the creation process of the OAB and especially to compare the OAB against the Active Directory. OABINTEG can be downloaded here ... Read more
Another script from the Quick-and-Dirty series: To quickly write the mailboxes and the limits at mailbox level to a CSV file, the following script can be used: "Name;IssueWarningQuota;SendQuota;SendReceiveQuota;Size" | add-content "postfaecher.csv" $mbxlist = get-mailbox foreach ($mbx in $mbxlist) { $size = Get-MailboxStatistics $mbx | ForEach-Object {$_.TotalItemSize} | ForEach-Object {$_.Value} $name = $mbx.Name $IW = ... Read more
If event 5003 is logged after a server restart and the Exchange information storage service (MSExchangeIS) cannot be started, the cause is usually that the time between the DC and the Exchange server is too different. In vmWare environments, this can be caused by the time being synchronized with the ESX host and not with the DC. ... Read more
If Outlook 2010 constantly asks for logon information in an Exchange 2010 environment, the following procedure can help. If you have not already done so, you should first install the latest service pack and update rollup for Exchange 2007. Which rollup is current can be found here. If Outlook still asks for logon information after installing the updates for Exchange 2007, ... Read more
