Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
When migrating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, there are often problems with the replication of public folders. However, I have frequently encountered problems with the replication of the free/busy times of Exchange. Exchange also reports this with an error in the event log of the Exchange 2010 server. The following event log entry ... Read more
The Exchange 2010 SP1 Update Rollup 5 has been released, an overview of which problems have been fixed can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2582113 The UR5 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=731d0ebd-f094-4a37-aafa-78e1052780c5&displaylang=de
Exchange 2010 installs a whole range of new services during installation. I will explain here what each service is used for. 21 New services are installed on an Exchange Multi Role Server Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology This service is used to retrieve the topology information of the Active Directory. With this service, the Active Directory location and ... Read more
#In this article I have described how to restore an Exchange database, but this should only be the last choice of an administrator to restore Exchange functionality. If the complete database has to be restored from the backup, the Dial-Tone procedure can be used. What is the difference between a normal ... Read more
In this HowTo I describe how to install an internal certification authority and how to have a SAN certificate issued for Exchange. This HowTo is not intended for a productive environment. The implementation of a certification authority must be planned carefully. In my test environment I have installed 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, 1 DC + CA ... Read more
An updated version of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 was released this morning. The update is available for download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=4c4dfa39-0f30-4462-a7d6-3c5c782f355d&displaylang=de More details about the update can be found here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/07/27/announcing-the-re-release-of-exchange-2010-sp1-rollup-4.aspx and here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/07/27/an-update-on-exchange-server-2010-sp1-rollup-update-4.aspx If you have already installed the original Rollup 4, you should read these two articles.
Mailboxes can be exported and imported quickly and easily using the Exchange Management Shell. First we need the authorization for the import and export of mailboxes, this is done with the following command New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Mailbox Import Export" -User "administrator" After the command has been executed, the user "administrator" has the authorizations for the import and export. ... Read more
If you frequently install Exchange 2010 in different environments, you can download a really great Powershell script here, it installs all the necessary prerequisites for the selected Exchange roles. I like to use it to quickly set up a test environment. http://www.ucblogs.net/files/folders/powershell/entry125.aspx The script was written by Pat Richard, the corresponding blog post can be found here: http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/archive/2009/12/12/Automated-prerequisite-installation-via-PowerShell-for-Exchange-Server-2010-on-Windows-Server-2008-R2.aspx Many thanks to ... Read more
The update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 has been removed from the Microsoft Download Center. The reason for this are problems with the update, when moving folders it can happen that the content of the folder is deleted. The problem will be fixed with the update rollup 5, which is expected to be released in August. Who ... Read more
If the Exchange database needs to be restored from the backup, there is one important point to note when restoring it. The database should first be restored to a separate folder; exactly how this works depends on the backup software used. Once the database has been restored to a folder on the server, the Exchange administration console ... Read more
