Exchange Migration: Special case PST migration (550 5.1.1)

Sometimes there is a requirement not to migrate an Exchange server in the traditional way. A PST migration, i.e. exporting the mailboxes from the source system and then importing the data into the target mailboxes, is then often chosen. This method is often chosen for cross-forest migrations, especially when the number of mailboxes is manageable. Read more

Exchange 2007/2010: New update rollups

Today the Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 13 and the Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 5 were released

The URs can be downloaded here:

Update rollup 13 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2917522)

Update rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB2917508)

Unfortunately there is currently no exact description of which problems have been fixed, as soon as available I will link it here.

Exchange 2007/2010/2013: New updates

New security updates for Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013 were released yesterday. However, the update for Exchange 2013 was withdrawn today due to problems. Unfortunately, this seems to be happening more frequently recently. If you have already installed the update for Exchange 2013, you can find a workaround to fix the problems here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2879739

I'll probably wait a little longer until I install the updates...

If you can't or don't want to wait, you can find the packages here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/08/13/released-exchange-2007-and-exchange-2010-rollups-and-exchange-2013-security-updates.aspx

Exchange 2007/2010/2013: Set up Blackberry 10 for ActiveSync

To complete the setup of the Active Sync Clients, here are the instructions for the current Blackberry OS 10. The instructions for the other smartphone operating systems can be found here: Windows Phone 8: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=1232 Android 4: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=621 iOS, Android 2.X, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=302 But now for the setup: Select "Settings" on the start screen Then ... Read more

Exchange 2013 CU1 announced for April 2, 2013

I am curious whether the date will be kept. The CU1 for Exchange 2013 has been announced for 02.04.2013. CU1 enables Exchange 2007/2010 servers to coexist with Exchange 2013. CU1 will then also support the migration from Exchange 2007/2010 to Exchange 2013. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/03/25/exchange-2013-rtm-cu1-status.aspx Time to prepare the test environments

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) released

Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 has been released. The SP3 was probably most eagerly awaited for the migration or coexistence with Exchange 2013. However, we still have to wait for the CU1 for Exchange 2013. The SP3 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=36768 The CU1 for Exchange 2013 is also expected this quarter. So still ... Read more

Preconfigured load balancer for Exchange test environments

On Steve Goodman's website there is a VM available for free download that contains an almost fully configured layer-4 load balancer based on Ubuntu and HAProxy. It is very easy to set up and is ideal for test environments. Unfortunately, load balancing only works for the ClientAccess role and not for the Hub Transport role. Maybe ... Read more