Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
In this article, I would like to focus less on the error analysis of mail problems and more on tools that provide a quick overview to determine the problem. First of all, there is the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer: https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/ This service offered by Microsoft can be used to test ActiveSync, EWS, Autodiscover and Outlook Anywhere as well as SMTP. The website helps ... Read more
New updates for Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013 were released yesterday: Exchange 2013 CU10: Exchange 2013 UM language packs: http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=49045 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR11: http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=49043 A list of the changes can be found here: Exchange 2013 CU10: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3078678 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR11: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3078674 Note: UR11 and CU10 are the minimum requirements for coexistence between Exchange 2010/2013 and ... Read more
Here again a small guide to fix the following error: 432 4.3.2 STOREDRV.Deliver; recipient thread limit exceeded The error often occurs in Exchange 2010 with journal mailboxes or databases that store a journal mailbox. The above-mentioned error can occur especially with journal mailboxes with a high load. Here you can ... Read more
I have just uploaded version 2.6 of the Exchange Reporter. Some new functions and modules have been added. Office 365 is now also supported, both as a hybrid scenario and exclusively Office 365. There have also been several bug fixes. Here is the changelog: New functions Office365 is now supported (see module o365report.ps1) Setting ... Read more
Some people are probably familiar with this problem: A user calls the helpdesk because their mailbox is full. Deleting it is of course not an option, because even the 10-year-old mails could be needed again. Discussion is usually pointless, so the limit for the mailbox is increased. Quite impatiently, the user now contacts the helpdesk every 15 minutes, ... Read more
I have just uploaded the Exchange Reporter 2.5. There are two new modules "bpreport" shows backpressure events, making it easier to identify performance bottlenecks. Similar to "dgreport", "dyndgreport" provides information on dynamic distribution groups. A few new functions and bug fixes have also been incorporated into the current version. My special thanks go to Ralph Andreas, who actively ... Read more
How SPF works SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a simple method for identifying forged senders and blocking them as SPAM. The way it works is simple: The domain owner (e.g. me with the domain frankysweb.de) publishes a TXT record (SPF record) in the DNS which contains the mail servers from which I send mails. For example, if my mail server ... Read more
I have just updated the Exchange Reporter, the list of changes is a little longer and two new functions have been added. You can now also attach the report as a PDF to the e-mail, please refer to the manual, because a prerequisite must be met for this, and with the "esareport.ps1" module there is now ... Read more
If you also need to make frequent DNS queries to the MX records or SPF and reverse records, this little script may help: Test-MXSettings.ps1 The script has a few parameters, which can quickly check all Exchange accepted domains, or any domain, also a DNS server for the query can be specified. The following parameters ... Read more
New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013. Click here to download Exchange Server 2013 CU9 ) UM language packs for Exchange Server 2013 CU9 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47678) Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR 10 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47676) Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 16(http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47677) Here is a description of the fixes: Exchange 2013 CU9 ... Read more
