Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Prior to Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1, errors in the database could be rectified using the ISINTEG tool. To do this, the database in question had to be offline. With Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2010, ISINTEG has been replaced by a CMDlet in the Exchange Management Shell. The new CMDlet is called "New-MailboxRepairRequest" and can be executed while ... Read more
In this post I described that there is a problem with Internet Explorer 9 and the Exchange Management Console. The following error message appears when trying to close the console: A hotfix is now available for this problem, which can be requested here. This patch is not yet being distributed via Windows Update. ... Read more
Exchange 2010 installs several virtual directories in the IIS. These directories are of central importance for the operation of Exchange 2010. It is therefore important to know which directory is used for what: The virtual directories /Autodiscover This directory contains the autodiscover function of Exchange 2010. Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010 and some other clients (smartphones) call the ... Read more
A migration always involves a lot of work for the administrators. It becomes difficult when, in addition to Exchange, the entire overall structure has to be set up again. I was asked how Exchange 2007 can best be migrated to Exchange 2010 if Exchange 2010 is already running in a new overall structure. The situation: It ... Read more
Given the occasion, I would like to express my displeasure about "mail messies". Why do some users make it so difficult for the administrators and think their mailbox is a big garbage dump? 10% of users often occupy 90% of the database. I simply cannot understand why so many companies are so vehemently opposed to hygiene guidelines. Newsletters from the ... Read more
When migrating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, the e-mail address policies must be converted to the current Exchange version so that they can be edited from the Exchange 2010 Management Console. If the policies have not yet been converted, you will receive this error message "The specified email address policy could not be edited. Email address policies that were created with a previous version ... Read more
Update Rollup 5 has been released for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3. It fixes a number of problems, which can be read here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2602324 The update rollup can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=cdcb86a9-3339-4dc4-88aa-a0ac2b83ad09&displaylang=de
I have already described my first contact with Windows 8 in this article. Of course, I am particularly excited about the new features of the Active Directory. So I set about installing my first Windows 8 Server domain controller. According to Microsoft, the new version of Active Directory will bring some very interesting new features. For ... Read more
What is the mailbox database cache? The database cache stores a subset of the mailbox database in the main memory of the mailbox server. This has the advantage that frequently used data does not have to be read again and again from the relatively slow hard disks of the servers, but instead comes from the fast working memory. Furthermore, this reduces the I/O processes on the hard disks. Memory requirements for ... Read more
As of today, Windows Server 8 is available for download as a preview for MSDN subscribers. I have downloaded the new Microsoft operating system and installed it in a VM. The installation is extremely fast. The operating system is installed in less than 10 minutes. Here are a few screenshots: In the preview, you can not only switch between server ... Read more
