Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Today we are looking at the client side and what options there are for analyzing the RPCoverHTTPS connection. One of the best and easiest places to start is the Remote Connectivity Analyzer from Microsoft. The RCA provides an initial quick overview of whether Outlook Anywhere is working or where there are problems. Unfortunately, the RCA does not like self-created certificates, not even ... Read more
If you want to quickly reset a large number of passwords, you can use Powershell to do this. With a small adjustment, you can also read in a CSV file with users and reset the passwords to a default password: $userlist= @() do { $input = (Read-Host "AD User") if ($input -ne '') {$userlist += $input} } until ($input -eq '') ... Read more
As already announced in Part 1, we will now look at the Outlook Anywhere connection (RPCoverHTTPS) itself and why the certificates play a crucial role. As we saw in the first part, the Outlook profile was updated and the Outlook Anywhere settings were transferred to the client: My test computer is now no longer connected to the local ... Read more
I often receive questions about problems with Outlook Anywhere (RPCoverHTTPS) by email or here in the blog. However, the reasons why Outlook Anywhere does not want to work or does not work as expected can be very different. That's why I'm now providing a somewhat deeper insight into the configuration and error analysis of Outlook Anywhere. I have ... Read more
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
