Exchange Server 2019 CU15 ist verfügbar

Heute hat Microsoft das CU15 für Exchange Server 2019 freigegeben. Bei CU15 handelt es sich um ein wichtiges Update für Exchange Server 2019: Zum einen ist es das letzte CU welches für Exchange 2019 veröffentlicht wird und zum Anderen bringt es Exchange 2019 auf die gleiche Code Basis wie Exchange Server SE. Nach der Installation … Read more

Nützliche Tools für den E-Mail Admin

An dieser Stelle möchte ich mal wieder einen Überblick über meine favorisierten Tools für den Überblick der E-Mail relevanten Einstellungen und das Troubleshooting geben. Die Tools helfen mir oft dabei Probleme im Mailflow zu analysieren und zu beheben. Oft liegen die Probleme beim E-Mail Versand oder Empfang nicht bei einem selbst, sondern am Absender oder … Read more

Windows Server 2025 vmware Template: Anpassung funktioniert nicht

Bei einem neuen Windows Server 2025 Template für vmware, funktionierte die Anpassung des Betriebssystems mit einer „VM Customization Specifications“ nicht. Kurz zur Erklärung: Bei vmware vSphere können VMs aus einem Template erstellt werden. Das Temaplte ist eine Vorlage mit installiertem Betriebssystem und allen relevanten Grundeinstellungen. Aus diesem Template können neue VMs sehr schnell geklont werden. … Read more

FrankysWeb in English language

Thanks to artificial intelligence, FrankysWeb is now also available in English. Not all posts have been translated yet, but the number is steadily increasing. To read a post in English, you can now switch the language. There is a switch for the language in the ribbon: If the post has already been translated, it will ... Read more

Installation Exchange 2019 CU14 on Windows Server 2025

Microsoft has now also released Exchange Server 2019 CU14 for Windows Server 2025. Originally, CU15 was to be released for Windows Server 2025 first, but this step has now been brought forward. The release of CU14 for Windows Server 2025 serves as preparation for the upgrade to Exchange Server SE. This means that existing Exchange Servers can now be upgraded to ... Read more

Exchange 2019 CU15 postponed again

The latest Cummulative Update for Exchange Server 2019 has been postponed again Originally, CU 15 for Exchange 2019 was supposed to be released in December 2024, but the release was postponed to January 2025. On the last day of January, a message appeared on the Exchange Team Blog stating that CU 15 had been postponed again. The CU15 will be the ... Read more

Exchange 2019: Monitor the maximum size of the database

I had already reported on the 1TB limit for Exchange Server 2019 Standard Server in a previous article. Exchange Server Standard Edition no longer mounts a database above a size of 1 TB. Unfortunately, this is often only noticed when it is too late. For example, if a database reaches the 1TB limit during the normal ... Read more

An error occurred during the installation of assembly: Exchange Update and Windows January Update problems

Here in the forum and on the Exchange Team Blog there are indications that the installation of the November update for Exchange Server 2016 / 2019 may cause problems. It seems that once again there are problems with servers with German or non-English operating systems when the January update for the Windows Server is installed. ... Read more

Spam blacklist Nixspam switched off

The spam blacklist Nixspam (ix.dnsbl.manitu.net) from iX magazine and the hoster manitu has been switched off. Since 16.01.2025, the DNS blacklist no longer contains any entries. All blacklist responses now only return "no spam" as the result of the check. As the nixspam blacklist was used by many AntiSpam systems, it should now be checked whether the nixspam blacklist is still used for ... Read more

Tip: Switch Windows Server from BIOS to UEFI Boot and Secure Boot

Today I had the requirement to convert a Windows server from Legacy BIOS to UEFI with Secure Boot. It was a virtual machine on an ESXi 8 server. However, the method described should also work with other hypervisors and also with physically installed Windows servers. If in the BIOS of the server or in the ... Read more