Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
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
By default, Exchange 2010 creates undeliverable messages (NDR) in the language of the sending system. Unfortunately, this does not always work reliably, at least not for NDRs that leave the organization. This can be remedied by specifying the language for external NDR messages: Set-TransportConfig -ExternalDsnDefaultLanguage en-us -ExternalDsnLanguageDetectionEnabled $false This command switches off the automatic detection ... Read more
But then I looked out of the laundry sparingly. I open the Exchange Management Console on an Exchange 2010 and want to make some configuration changes. But the console shows this message as soon as I open it: "Error trying to connect to the specified Exchange Server: ..." The message indicates an authorization problem, although the user ... Read more
Version 1.0 has just been made available for download. The main reason for the quick update is that there was a problem with the display of Outlook rules, which has now been fixed. Umlauts in the report now also work. You can update from version 0.9. If the report for "mailboxes near the sending limit" is activated ... Read more
The new version of the Exchange Reporter has just been released. Thanks to some suggestions from readers, I was able to fix a few bugs and add a new feature. There will also be an update routine for the next versions so that not all data has to be re-entered. However, version 0.9 will have to be reinstalled. Furthermore, there are ... Read more
If you only want to allow Active Sync for certain users, you can let a script do the work for you. This small script initially deactivates Active Sync for all mailboxes and then only activates it for the mailboxes in the file "user_with_activesync.csv". Contents of the file "set-activesyncuser.ps1" Set-ADServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $true get-mailboxdatabase | get-mailbox | Set-CasMailbox -ActiveSyncEnabled $false ... Read more
