Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
With Exchange Server 2019 CU15, a new function called "Feature Flighting" was introduced. In future, Feature Flighting will enable the administrators of an Exchange organization to control which new Exchange features are activated in the company and when. Microsoft hopes that Feature Flighting will provide an easier way to make new functions available in the company than having to ... Read more
The Exchange Health Checker returns an error if the Exchange Server was not installed in the default path. For example, if the Exchange Server was installed on the D: drive, a path is missing in the configuration for the automatic cleaning of the UnifiedContent directory. The directory then gets bigger and bigger and clutters up the hard disk. This can now be cleaned up automatically. Read more
In the second part of the migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 CU15, Exchange 2019 was configured. This part now deals with the migration of the mailboxes to the new server. Finally, the old Exchange 2016 server can be uninstalled and the migration completed. Migrating the mailboxes The mailboxes can be migrated via the Exchange Admin Center ... Read more
In the first part of this article series, I briefly introduced the environment, the Exchange 2019 server has now been installed and the configuration and migration can begin. The second part deals with the configuration of the installed Exchange 2019 server. Here is an overview of the environment: If it is a larger Exchange ... Read more
The current CU15 for Exchange Server 2019, like the CU14, has been released for Windows Server 2025. The CU15 supports the inplace upgrade to Exchange Server SE RTM. However, the Inplace Upgrade only supports the upgrade of the Exchange installation. The operating system cannot be upgraded via Inplace Upgrade. So if you want to upgrade from October 2025 ... Read more
I am now having problems updating to CU15 on the second Exchange 2019 CU14 server. The CU15 setup aborts in my environment on a Windows Server 2022 with January updates at step 4 of 16 with the following error: On the first server, I wasn't quite sure whether the server wasn't still ... Read more
The new Exchange Server version is expected this year. It makes sense to start working on the migration of existing Exchange 2016 servers to Exchange SE now, as the time window for the migration is short. However, this is not a problem if you prepare in good time. This article is about the migration of ... Read more
CU15 for Exchange Server 2019 was recently released, heralding the end of Exchange 2019 servers and the beginning of Exchange Server SE. This article is generally about preparing for the migration and the options for the introduction of Exchange Server SE. Background and facts Microsoft already recommends ... Read more
Today Microsoft released CU15 for Exchange Server 2019. CU15 is an important update for Exchange Server 2019: Firstly, it is the last CU to be released for Exchange 2019 and secondly, it brings Exchange 2019 onto the same code base as Exchange Server SE. After the installation ... Read more
At this point I would like to give you an overview of my favorite tools for the overview of e-mail relevant settings and troubleshooting. The tools often help me to analyze and fix problems in the mail flow. Often the problems with sending or receiving emails are not caused by you, but by the sender or ... Read more
