Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Brief instructions on how to block entire domains using the Office 365 AntiSPAM feature. Log in to the Office 365 portal (Sign in to Office 365) and click on "Exchange" Now click on the "Spam filter" tab under "Protection" and edit the "Default" policy or create a new policy In the new window under the item ... Read more
The problem does not really fit here, but maybe it will help someone. The following problem occurs with users who have not logged on to VMware View Horizon Desktops for a long time: The logon of the Group Policy Client service has failed. Access denied The error occurs because the NTUser.dat file within the user profile is corrupt. ... Read more
Install Exchange 2016 Preview on Windows Server Preview. I admit, this is a gimmick... But it still works: Install Winows Server Technical Preview 2 with local admin tools After the installation, the server manager starts, but no desktop, so install the desktop later: Then install the prerequisites for Exchange 2016: Install-WindowsFeature Net-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, ... Read more
If you also encounter the following errors when installing Exchange 2016, I can perhaps save you a bit of searching: Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); Set-WERRegistryMarkers; " was executed: "Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningBrokerException: Error initializing the provisioning level: '"Error initializing the scripting agent: "File not found: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\CmdletExtensionAgents\ScriptingAgentConfig.xml'.""' -> Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningException: "Error initializing ... Read more
The basic configuration of Exchange 2016 is not much different from the configuration of Exchange 2013. In this article there is a short guide that covers the essential points: After installing Exchange 2016, I got into the habit of first renaming the database and moving it to its destination, this is done via shell with the ... Read more
The preview (download) of Exchange is available for download and I have started testing it. This article will first deal with the installation on a Server 2012 R2. In the first step, my test environment only consists of a domain controller on Windows Server 2012 R2 and another VM, also with Windows Server ... Read more
The Exchange 2016 preview has been available for download since today: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48210 The preview is currently only available in English and is just under 1.7 GB in size. The preview even supports co-existence with Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010. More information about the new features can be found on the Exchange Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/07/22/announcing-exchange-server-2016-preview.aspx There is also documentation ... Read more
I have just updated the Exchange Reporter, the list of changes is a little longer and two new functions have been added. You can now also attach the report as a PDF to the e-mail, please refer to the manual, because a prerequisite must be met for this, and with the "esareport.ps1" module there is now ... Read more
Some programs require an anonymous relay to be able to deliver mails. To set up an anonymous relay with Exchange 2013, a new connector should be created that has the appropriate permissions and restrictions for IP addresses: In this example, the new connector "Relay" is created: The connector can either listen on all IP addresses of the Exchange server or only ... Read more
Here is a video about Exchange 2016 from Ignite with lots of information about the migration, I think it is very worth watching: video.ch9.ms/sessions/ignite/2015/BRK3129-mobile.mp4 And here is another good video about the architecture: Exchange Server Preferred Architecture
