Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Office 2016 was released today and with it the new Outlook 2016. Microsft is therefore sticking to its policy of first the clients, then the servers. The preview of Exchange 2016 is already available, the new standard client Outlook is now available in the final version. I have just downloaded Office 2016 and will describe my first impression ... Read more
As of today, Microsoft Office 2016 is available for purchase or download. This means that Outlook 2016 is now also available as a new client for Exchange Server. The package is also available for download from MSDN: The download is available as an ISO and comprises just under 2.3 GB. Information on the new features can be found on the Office blog: https://blogs.office.com/2015/09/22/thenewoffice/ A ... Read more
I have decided to publish a new major release for the Exchange Reporter, which requires a few fundamental changes to the structure. In the future, Exchange Reporter will be available in several languages, or the language will be selectable. Exchange Reporter 3.0 should not only be multi-language capable, but also offer even more ... Read more
The configuration of an Exchange 2016 DAG is almost identical to the configuration of a DAG with Exchange 2013. In principle, it is even a little easier, because the question of whether the roles should be separated or whether all roles can be installed on one server no longer arises with Exchange 2016. There is now only the ... Read more
In this article, I would like to focus less on the error analysis of mail problems and more on tools that provide a quick overview to determine the problem. First of all, there is the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer: https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/ This service offered by Microsoft can be used to test ActiveSync, EWS, Autodiscover and Outlook Anywhere as well as SMTP. The website helps ... Read more
New updates for Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013 were released yesterday: Exchange 2013 CU10: Exchange 2013 UM language packs: http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=49045 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR11: http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=49043 A list of the changes can be found here: Exchange 2013 CU10: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3078678 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR11: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3078674 Note: UR11 and CU10 are the minimum requirements for coexistence between Exchange 2010/2013 and ... Read more
After renewing the certificate for Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016 (think also for Exchange 2010), the following event occurs after restarting the IIS server: [OWA] Failed to load SSL certificate The login to OWA or ECP is then no longer possible, it appears after entering the user name and password ... Read more
Here again a small guide to fix the following error: 432 4.3.2 STOREDRV.Deliver; recipient thread limit exceeded The error often occurs in Exchange 2010 with journal mailboxes or databases that store a journal mailbox. The above-mentioned error can occur especially with journal mailboxes with a high load. Here you can ... Read more
Today there is another useful PowerShell script that can be used to add remote users to local groups on servers or computers. The script expects a CSV file with computer names and then processes the list. The CSV file must be formatted as follows: An example is included in the archive. The first 5 lines ... Read more
Microsoft has released its new tool "Advanced Threat Analytics" (ATA). Reason enough to try out the new tool. ATA can be downloaded here in a 90-day demo: https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/mt228154 By the way, there is also a key in the MSDN subscription: I am testing the whole thing in my Hyper-V playground. The ATA VM requires 2 network cards, and ... Read more
