Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
With its Web Application Firewall, Barracuda also offers a way to publish Exchange securely on the Internet. I have tried out the latest version and tested it with Exchange 2013. Barracuda offers a demo version for download. Here is the initial setup: After the VMware appliance has been started, you can log in with the user "admin" and the password "admin". Read more
Actually useless, but I like to save my keys locally so that I don't have to log in all the time. The MSDN offers the possibility to export the product keys as an XML file, but I don't have Excel everywhere... With the following Powershell script the XML file can be converted into a CSV file: $keyfile = "c:\temp\KeysExport.xml" $csvfile = "c:\temp\productkeys.csv" ... Read more
If the Exchange Management Console or the Management Shell does not start with the following error, it helps to restart the IIS. Here is the error message that appears when this error occurs: The following error occurred while connecting to the remote server: The request cannot be processed by the WS-Management service. The system load quota of 1000 requests per 2 seconds ... Read more
On my forays through the Internet, I came across Zen. Zen is an OpenSource load balancer that is easy to install and has a nice web configuration interface. Reason enough for me to write a howto. So I quickly set up and install a VM The installation of Zen is identical to the minimal installation of Debian, a few ... Read more
To make my life a little easier, I have not only written the Exchange 2013 Configurator for my tests, but now also a script for the remote installation with which Exchange 2013 can be installed on several servers. To use the script, a few requirements must be met: A share in the network on ... Read more
By default, connections from Outlook to Exchange 2013 are authenticated with NTLM. However, in environments with several CAS servers and many clients, NTLM generates unnecessary load on the DCs, precisely because load balancers no longer have to worry about persistence. It is better to use Kerberos authentication here so that not every CAS server has to re-authenticate the connection ... Read more
At the end of last year, I started looking for a replacement for Forefront TMG and found a few very interesting solutions: Part 1: KEMP Edge Security Pack Part 2: Sophos UTM 9.1 Part 3: Windows Server 2012 R2 + ARR 2.5 Part 4: Windows Server 2012 R2 + Web Application Proxy Part 5: Debian 7 ... Read more
I was looking for a good and simple SPAM filter that also works with Exchange 2013. Of course, I prefer products that require little effort to get them up and running. Precisely because anti-SPAM can be a sensitive issue, I wanted a solution that was easy to administer and ... Read more
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And don't forget to drop by again in the new year. Frank PS: I will use the time between the holidays for a few revisions of the pages, so don't be surprised if FrankysWeb is offline from time to time
Exchange 2013 has the Managed Availability functions. Among other things, Managed Availability is able to put Exchange services into maintenance mode. This is important, for example, when updates or service packs are installed on Exchange 2013 servers. During the installation of CU3, however, it happened to me that the maintenance mode was not terminated again. Read more
