Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
A reader of my site asked me if there is a way to receive an overview of a calendar by e-mail. The background was that a vacation calendar was maintained within the department, which was an Exchange resource mailbox in which each team member entered their vacation. The requirement was now an overview of this calendar for ... Read more
Exchange 2019 is currently only available as a Technical Preview, so I cannot publish detailed instructions on how to migrate from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 at this point. Nevertheless, I was interested to know whether migration is already possible. At the moment, of course, this is only recommended for testing in test environments, as the Technical Preview ... Read more
A reader pointed out a problem where an Exchange server was no longer sending OOF mails (out-of-office messages) after a migration. Kindly, the solution to the problem was also sent along, hence this short article. I think the problem should not occur too often and the error can no longer be fully reconstructed, ... Read more
This article is a guest post by Sebastian Danisch. Many thanks to Sebastian for this article and the solution. Guest article by Sebastian Danisch A colleague of mine recently came up with the glorious idea of using Sophos UTM to modify the email header so that it removes the content ID from the header. His ... Read more
Microsoft Ignite will take place this year from September 24 - 28, 2018 in Orlando. There will again be some interesting sessions on Exchange Server. With Exchange 2019 just around the corner, there will certainly be some interesting presentations on the new Exchange version. Ignite is already fully booked, so it is no longer possible to spontaneously ... Read more
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 23 for Exchange Server 2010. This is a security update which should be installed promptly. Click here to download the UR 13 for Exchange 2010: Update Rollup 23 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB4340733) Here you can find more information about the update: CVE-2018-8302 | Microsoft Exchange ... Read more
Here is another short article from the "Behind the scenes" series, this time about Exchange test environments. I often need an Exchange test environment, so what could be more obvious than automating the installation? Foreword Essentially, a test environment always consists of a domain controller ... Read more
Sophos has released two new update packages for the UTM today. The original update to version 9.510-4) has been withdrawn and is no longer available for download. Users of version 9.510-4 can now update to version 9.510-5 (second download link), this version should now also fix the bug in Mail Protection regarding TLS negotiation. Read more
Exchange Server 2019 will be the first Exchange version that can be installed and operated on a Windows Server Core (Windows without GUI). Windows without a graphical interface may seem strange to many at first, but it certainly has advantages: Fewer updates required Smaller installation Faster boot Less attack surface Very effective protection against "click-click-click-break" admins A Server Core installation requires ... Read more
In the first part of the article, I installed the Exchange 2019 Preview. The setup is almost identical to Exchange 2016. Here is the second part of my first impression of Exchange 2019. Configuration After installation, the Start menu contains the familiar entries from Exchange 2016: A small note in passing: As with ... Read more
