Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Microsoft has published a document which describes the Exchange schema extensions to the Active Directory. The Word document (packaged in an MSI file) can be downloaded here. The document also shows that Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 makes changes to the schema. The document contains the schema changes for Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and 2010. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5401
On request, the script for the basic configuration has been extended by the function to generate an automatic certificate request. A few minor bugs have also been fixed. As always, feedback is welcome. The current version can be downloaded here: https://www.frankysweb.de/download/configure-exchange.v1.10.zip
Error 1053 (source: MSExchange ActiveSync) is logged if an attempt is made to access a mailbox of a domain administrator via Active Sync, or if inheritance has been deactivated on the Active Directory object for other reasons. To resolve the problem, inheritance must be re-enabled for the respective user account or the correct permissions must be ... Read more
In this article, I have already described the setup for different smartphone types. Now I will also present the setup for Android 4. The first steps are self-explanatory, switch to the menu and select "Email" In the "Account Setup" dialog, you can enter the email address and password for the Exchange mailbox. Next ... Read more
Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Rollup 6 was released today. The problems that have been fixed can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2608646/de Rollup 6 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=9e6738ca-645d-4f97-88fe-55f18e8a7d07&displaylang=de The update is just under 32 MB in size, please also note this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2638351
Anyone who frequently installs and configures Exchange Server likes to have the work done for them. I have written a Powershell script for the basic configuration of Exchange, which makes the following settings: Change the name of the mailbox database Change the path of the mailbox database Change the name of the EDB file of the mailbox database If required Change the name of the public folder database If required ... Read more
More and more companies now want to migrate to Exchange 2010. In my opinion, the most common case is the migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Exchange 2007 was left out by many companies. In this article I describe how Exchange 2003 is migrated to Exchange 2010. The test environment FWDC01 is a Windows Server 2003 R2, this server ... Read more
Prior to Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1, errors in the database could be rectified using the ISINTEG tool. To do this, the database in question had to be offline. With Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2010, ISINTEG has been replaced by a CMDlet in the Exchange Management Shell. The new CMDlet is called "New-MailboxRepairRequest" and can be executed while ... Read more
In this post I described that there is a problem with Internet Explorer 9 and the Exchange Management Console. The following error message appears when trying to close the console: A hotfix is now available for this problem, which can be requested here. This patch is not yet being distributed via Windows Update. ... Read more
Exchange 2010 installs several virtual directories in the IIS. These directories are of central importance for the operation of Exchange 2010. It is therefore important to know which directory is used for what: The virtual directories /Autodiscover This directory contains the autodiscover function of Exchange 2010. Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and some other clients (smartphones) call the ... Read more
