Exchange Server and Spectre

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Microsoft has published an article on Exchange Server and Spectre (speculative execution side-channel). As this is a vulnerability in the processors, Exchange Server is also affected. There are a few things to note. Microsoft writes the following: As these are hardware level attacks targeting x64-based and x86-based processor systems, all supported versions of ... Read more

Visualize Exchange Message Tracking Logs with PowerBI

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The Exchange Message Tracking Logs are not only helpful to analyze MailFlow problems, but are also great for generating statistics. My script "Exchange Reporter" uses the message tracking logs to generate some statistics on received/sent mails. The Message Tracking GUI is also based on the Message Tracking Logs. The Exchange Reporter ... Read more

Exchange 2016: EventID 1006 - Event Dispatchers Catching Up

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On Exchange 2016 servers, the following event is sometimes written to the application log every 30 minutes Source: MSExchangeDiagnostics Event ID: 1006 The performance counter '\\EXCHANGE\MSExchange Assistants - Per Database(msexchangemailboxassistants-fwdb)\Event Dispatchers Catching Up' sustained a value of '2.730,00', for the '30' minute(s) interval starting at '10.01.2018 19:39:00'. Threshold breached since '25.12.2017 21:09'. None Trigger Name:EventDispatchersCatchupQueueTrigger. Instance:msexchangemailboxassistants-fwdb This ... Read more

Exchange 2019: Assumptions about the new version

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Microsoft announced the new Exchange version at Ignite 2017. Exchange Server 2019 is due to be released as a preview in mid-2018 and will be available as an RTM in the second half of the year. I am therefore already looking forward to being able to write new articles on Exchange 2019 this year. The year should therefore be quite exciting, because even ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Stumbling block when updating an old version to the current CU

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In an earlier article, I had already pointed out that it is important to consider the NET dependencies of Exchange. In theory, all Exchange updates are cumulative, i.e. the current CU contains the complete installation files as well as all previous patches. The CU can therefore be used to perform a new installation or to update an existing installation. In ... Read more

Happy New Year!

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Another year has passed and I would like to wish all visitors and readers of FrankysWeb a happy and above all healthy new year. It feels like the years are passing by faster and faster, so it makes sense to take a look back. The number of visitors increased again in 2017, and I didn't actually expect ... Read more

Merry Christmas!

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I wish all readers, friends and supporters a merry and peaceful Christmas. I would also like to say thank you for all the nice emails and comments that have been left here. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to reply to every e-mail or comment this year, which I had actually set myself as a goal... I will ... Read more

Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 released

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Update 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 has been released. Veeam is thus continuing on its path of not introducing new major versions every year, but also adding new features in updates instead of just bug fixes. One of the big new features that many have been waiting for since the release of Veeam Agent for Windows / Linux (formerly Veeam Endpoint Backup) is the deployment and management of agents through the Backup & Replication console.

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Exchange 2016: Server error in the /owa application

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After installing Windows Updates on an Exchange 2016 server, OWA stopped working on one of my test servers. The error message "Server error in application /owa" was displayed in the browser: In the event log of the server in question, the event with the event ID 2001 could be seen: [Owa] Failed to load SSL certificate. The event with the ... Read more