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With a new Windows Server 2025 template for vmware, the customization of the operating system with a "VM Customization Specifications" did not work. Brief explanation: With vmware vSphere, VMs can be created from a template. The template is a template with the operating system installed and all relevant basic settings. New VMs can be cloned very quickly from this template. ... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In an Active Directory domain, the problem occurred that no new computers could be added to the Active Directory. The error message when adding the client was as follows: In the domain, an Identity Manager was able to create the computer before it was added to the Active Directory (pre-staged) and not only when it was added ... Read more
I wish all visitors, readers, supporters and friends a happy and healthy new year. I wish you good luck with all your good intentions and may all your wishes come true. Thank you for your support and interest in this blog. I am already looking forward to the new year and the new Exchange version and ... Read more
