New updates for Exchange Server available

New updates for Exchange Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 were released today. Click here to download directly: Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 18 Download Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 12 Download Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 11 Download The first updates for Exchange Server 2016 will be available with the next patchday in ... Read more

Exchange: Delete mails from mailboxes

Bad mails happen in the best of families. Sometimes it is a virus, or an email that should not have been sent. Exchange Server offers the possibility to delete mails from mailboxes. Especially with SPAM or virus waves, it can be very useful to know how to do this. This article applies to Exchange 2010, 2013 ... Read more

Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (Part 3)

Here is the third and final part of the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. Part 1 and Part 2 can be found here: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 1 Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 2 In this part we clean up and uninstall Exchange 2010. Removing the Exchange 2010 databases ... Read more

Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (Part 2)

Here is the second part of the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. The first part can be found here: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 1 In this article, the public folders and the mailboxes are migrated. The migration of the public folders can only be done with downtime, so read first, then plan :-) ... Read more

Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (Part 1)

Foreword Exchange 2016 has been available in its final version since 01.10. Many people will have skipped Exchange 2013 and are currently still using Exchange 2010, for those it is time to plan the migration to Exchange 2016. Exchange 2016 will be the last version to which you can migrate directly from Exchange 2010. This ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Information on coexistence

Two articles worth reading on Exchange 2016 coexistence in conjunction with Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 have been published on the Exchange Team Blog. The four articles can be accessed via the following links: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/10/26/client-connectivity-in-an-exchange-2016-coexistence-environment-with-exchange-2010.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/10/28/client-connectivity-in-an-exchange-2016-coexistence-environment-with-exchange-2013.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/10/30/client-connectivity-in-an-exchange-2016-coexistence-environment-with-mixed-exchange-versions.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/10/22/exchange-2016-coexistence-with-kerberos-authentication.aspx The articles cover the topic of coexistence in great detail. I am currently working on an article on the migration from Exchange 2010 to ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Management Shell does not connect

Something new every now and then, today the Exchange Management Shell under Exchange 2010 gave me this error: Warning: Export modules for the current session cannot be generated using Import-PSSession. The red error message also contained a path, but I blacked it out. The solution to the problem is to delete the ... Read more

Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2016 - Autodiscover

I am currently receiving a lot of emails from people complaining about problems with Outlook 2016 in conjunction with Exchange 2010. With Outlook 2016, a crucial function has apparently been removed for many people: Exchange accounts can no longer be configured manually. To be honest, I didn't think that many people had configured their Exchange accounts manually. Outlook ... Read more

PowerShell script for testing a mail domain

At the weekend there is a PowerShell script that can be used to test a domain for mail problems: The script returns the MX, PTR, SPF and DMARC entries of a domain and checks whether one of the IPs is on a blacklist. It also checks whether port 25 (SMTP) is accessible. The script is simply executed with ... Read more

Exchange Reporter 3.0: wish list for new functions

I have decided to publish a new major release for the Exchange Reporter, which requires a few fundamental changes to the structure. In the future, Exchange Reporter will be available in several languages, or the language will be selectable. Exchange Reporter 3.0 should not only be multi-language capable, but also offer even more ... Read more