Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
On Friday, February 10, 2017, the second meeting of the Exchange User Group OWL (EUGO) took place. This time we met at the Allegro Habichtshöhe to discuss current IT topics. With 19 participants, we were again a good group and the room was almost full. From my point of view, the evening was again a complete success: ... Read more
Another update for Sophos UTM was released today, which is supposed to fix the problems with the last update. Even though I was not affected by the last problems, there always seems to be an increased reason for caution with updates for the UTM. I have therefore taken another snapshot of my UTM VM ... Read more
Today a mailbox on Exchange 2016 greeted me with the following error message: Here is the exact wording of the message: The object "frankysweb.de/user/NoReply" has been corrupted or is not compatible with Microsoft support requirements and is in an inconsistent state. The following validation error: The AuditStorageState property could not be converted to the AuditStorageState type. Error converting the string ... Read more
I had already announced that the certificate wizard would receive an update for Let's Encrypt. The version for Exchange 2016 is now ready. The certificate wizard can fetch a certificate from Let's Encrypt with just a few entries and then renew it fully automatically. I have tested this script so far with Windows Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2016. Tests ... Read more
In a previous article, I already described how the free Let's Encrypt certificates can be requested and assigned to Exchange services using PowerShell. I am currently working on automating the entire process from requesting the Let's Encrypt certificate to automatic renewal using PowerShell. The goal is a fire-and-forget script for the Exchange certificates, let's ... Read more
There are still 9 days to go until the next EUGO meeting. Then we will meet at the Allegro Habichtshöhe in Bielefeld. There are still a few places available and we are accepting registrations until Wednesday 8.2.17. You can find more information and a registration form here: https://www.frankysweb.de/eugo/ http://asichel.de/eugo/ We look forward to seeing you there!
An update for Sophos UTM was released today. This is a maintenance release, so it fixes known problems. Especially for the Mail Protection it concerns these problems: Fix [NUTM-3515]: [Email] [SPX] Using 'ß' and ',' as windows-1252 in form breaks utf-8 conversion Fix [NUTM-4932]: [Email] Password protected file passes SMTP ... Read more
Foreword IPv6 has not been one of my strengths so far. Like many others, I've probably put the topic of IPv6 on the back burner: "I'll take a look at it when it's established..." Well, it has become established and has been for some time. IPv4 will be replaced by IPv6, that much is certain. Therefore ... Read more
Every day I receive emails from readers with questions and problems that are largely due to Autodiscover and/or incorrect certificates. This whitepaper is intended to help administrators understand and correctly configure Autodiscover, as it is an important part of Exchange Server without which the connection of Outlook and other devices would not work. The idea for ... Read more
I am currently receiving a lot of inquiries about ActiveSync and Apple devices. Apple devices do not want to establish an ActiveSync connection with Exchange using the integrated Mail app. So if you find your environment in the following description, you will run into the problem described: Apple devices with the integrated mail app (iPhone, iPad) The SSL certificate comes from StartCom / StartSSL ... Read more
