HowTo: Migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 (Part 1)

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I already wrote about the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 here. Today it's the turn of the migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016. Foreword This guide describes the migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 and is intended to provide an overview of the necessary steps and is therefore deliberately kept simple. Certificates ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Readiness check hangs at 90 % and aborts

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Interesting error during the installation of Exchange 2013 on a Server 2012 R2. The readiness check of the installation hangs at 90 % and then aborts after a long time with the following error message: The exact wording somewhat shortened: Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); $keyPath = "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\WebManagement\Server"; if (!(Get-Item $keyPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { New-Item ... Read more

Exchange Reporter 3.0 is ready

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I have just uploaded the new version of "Exchange Reporter". Since a few new features have been added, I have put together a new major version. Here are the highlights: Multilingual (German and English) Exchange 2016 compatible Visual customization of the report and the console output New functions (major update) First multilingual version (German and English) Visual customization ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Load balancing with Zen Loadbalancer 3.7 CE Part 4

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In the last 3 parts of the Exchange 2016 Loadbalancing articles I have already tested F5 and Kemp. Both solutions work great. In the fourth and final part, I would like to briefly introduce a free load balancer. Zen Loadbalancer Community Edition. First of all: In my opinion, Zen Loadbalancer is only suitable for demo or test environments, although I also use it in ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Load balancing with Kemp Loadmaster 7.1 Part 3

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The third part of the Exchange 2016 Loadbalancing series is about Exchange 2016 in conjunction with the Kemp LoadMaster 7.1 (more precisely 7.1-30-75). The two previous parts deal with F5 BigIP LTM and can be found here: Exchange 2016: Loadbalancing with F5 BigIP LTM 11.6 (iApp) Part 1 Exchange 2016: Loadbalancing with F5 BigIP LTM 11.6 (iApp) ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Load balancing with F5 BigIP LTM 11.6 (iApp) Part 2

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As already announced, the second part of this article series "Loadbalancing Exchange 2016 with F5 Big IP" deals with a few optimizations on the part of Exchange Server and Loadbalancer. The first part can be found here. Mailboxes for the "Advanced Monitors" LTM can check two mailboxes in the iApp. The user accounts should be set so that the passwords are not ... Read more

Happy New Year

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I wish all visitors and readers a happy and, above all, healthy new year. Image source: prspics / Piqza.de The year is already over. It seems like it goes faster every year. Let's take a look back at 2015: there were 99 new posts in 2015, which means the archive of this blog has grown ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Load balancing with F5 BigIP LTM 11.6 (iApp) Part 1

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Exchange 2016 does not make any major demands on a load balancer. Exchange 2010 still made a few demands on a load balancer (session persistence, affinity), but Exchange 2016 is far more modest in this respect. In principle, simple RoundRobin is sufficient here. I currently have an F5 BigIP LTM in version 11.6 to hand. Therefore there are ... Read more

Exchange 2013/2016: Login via e-mail address (UPN)

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Registration for various services and portals on the Internet now uses an e-mail address as the user name. This has a number of advantages for users, because you don't have to think up (and forget) new user names for different portals or services, but always use your e-mail address. Registration via e-mail address is also ... Read more