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Microsoft is looking for Exchange Beta Testers

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Microsoft is again looking for courageous companies who want to test beta versions of Exchange Server. The TAP program (Technology Adoption Program) has been around for quite a long time and is looking for companies that want to use early versions of Exchange Server in their productive environment: Exchange On-Premises TAP Program accepting nominations That's right, it's about the production environment, not ... Read more

Exchange: Out-of-office messages are not sent

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From time to time there are problems with the out-of-office assistant. I recently had an interesting problem with the out-of-office messages, and I would like to share the solution with you. The out-of-office assistant was set up correctly by the user and the mail tips were also visible in Outlook for internal users. However, no e-mail was sent about the absence, neither to internal users nor ... Read more

Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 in Darmstadt

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The Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 will take place again this year in Darmstadt. You can already block the date from 06.12. to 08.12.2016 in your calendar. The largest German Microsoft conference for developers and IT professionals is entering its third round. In December, national and international experts will once again take to the stage at the ... Read more

Exchange Configurator 2016 published

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I have just uploaded a new version of the Exchange Configurator for Exchange 2016. The new version is very similar to the version for Exchange 2013 and only fixes minor bugs. As in the version for Exchange 2013, a few settings are queried and Exchange is configured accordingly. The following settings are made: Outlook Anywhere URL ActiveSync ... Read more

RIP R@y!

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Ray Tomlinson died of a heart attack on Saturday. Without him, we probably wouldn't have an @ sign on our keyboards. Ray Tomlinson was the first person to use the @ sign to send an e-mail in 1971. The Wikipedia article is unfortunately very thin: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson Heise writes a nicer obituary: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Ray-Heaven-zum-Tode-von-Ray-Tomlinson-3129308.html Rest in peace R@y! (Source: http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/ka10.html)

Protect Windows file servers from ransomware (Update 2)

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I have already published some approaches to getting the ransomware plague under control here: https://www.frankysweb.de/windows-fileserver-vor-ransomware-crypto-locker-schuetzen/ https://www.frankysweb.de/windows-fileserver-vor-ransomware-schuetzen-update/ https://www.frankysweb.de/locky-verseuchte-clients-identifizieren/ https://www.frankysweb.de/clients-vor-infektion-mit-ransomware-schuetzen-locky-cryptolocker/ However, I also receive many emails every day asking what else is possible. I have to say: It depends... The scripts in the articles don't work in every environment, but probably have to be ... Read more

Protect clients from infection with ransomware (Locky, Cryptolocker)

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We should slowly give ransomware the finger, we can already protect file servers and identify infected clients: https://www.frankysweb.de/windows-fileserver-vor-ransomware-crypto-locker-schuetzen/ https://www.frankysweb.de/windows-fileserver-vor-ransomware-schuetzen-update/ https://www.frankysweb.de/locky-verseuchte-clients-identifizieren/ Something can also be done on the clients to prevent infection. However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution here, but with GPOs you have a powerful tool at hand to at least react to current situations ... Read more