Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
I recently fell into this trap, because with time-critical VMs, such as domain controllers, which are operated on VMware vSphere, you have to pay attention to a small peculiarity. Since an incorrect time can have far-reaching consequences, here is a short article on the subject. The following problem has occurred. An NTP server ... Read more
Grafana, InfluxDB and Telegraf can also be used to create attractive dashboards for statistics or monitoring for the NoSpamProxy e-mail security gateway. For the dashboards, the Windows performance counters for NoSpamProxy can be sent to an InfluxDB using Telegraf. The data can then be displayed on a dashboard using Grafana. Here is an example ... Read more
2020 is finally over and welcome to 2021 - it can only get better! With this in mind: Happy New Year! I wish all visitors, readers, supporters and friends a happy and healthy new year, may all your wishes and resolutions come true. As the fireworks at the turn of the year had to be largely canceled, there are ... Read more
Once again, the year is drawing to a close. To be honest, I don't look back on 2020 with a single tear, and the reason for that is probably well known. Next year will definitely be better! For now, however, I'll be celebrating Christmas with my family, as far as this is safe and possible. I therefore wish all friends, readers and ... Read more
Microsoft has released security updates for a number of vulnerabilities in Exchange Server today, and there is also an update for Exchange 2010. The following vulnerabilities are closed for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019: CVE-2020-17117 | Microsoft Exchange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2020-17132 | Microsoft Exchange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2020-17141 | Microsoft Exchange Remote Code ... Read more
Here is another error that can lead to despair, as there are some suggestions for a solution on the net, but they didn't help me. I had to install Exchange 2016 CU 17 for a customer and, as many people know, .NET Framework 4.8 is required for this. However, as the customer still ... Read more
I have just uploaded an updated version of the Exchange Certificates Whitepaper. The updated version is available under the same download link: The topic "Multiple Exchange Servers and Certificates" is now a bit more detailed, a short part on certificate revocation lists has been added. Furthermore, a few spelling mistakes have been corrected. Many thanks to Marcel for the hints. If ... Read more
Today at the Ignite online conference, Microsoft announced the next version of Exchange, SharePoint, Project Server and Skype4Business for the second half of 2021. So the cat is out of the bag, there will be another Exchange Server version for on-prem use next year. A new Office version is also planned for next year. Read more
The annual Microsoft Ignite conference will take place online this year. Participation is even free of charge this year, interested parties can register for free at the following link and take part in the online conference between 22.09 and 24.09.2020: https://myignite.microsoft.com/home In addition to many other interesting presentations, there will also be a few sessions on Exchange Server. ... Read more
I haven't needed it for ages, but now I'm back in a situation where I need a POP connector for Exchange. The reason for this is a somewhat idiosyncratic configuration of my new hoster's mail server. Until the problem is solved, I have to pick up exactly one mailbox via POP3 and send it to the local ... Read more
