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I am currently receiving a lot of inquiries about ActiveSync and Apple devices. Apple devices do not want to establish an ActiveSync connection with Exchange using the integrated Mail app. So if you find your environment in the following description, you will run into the problem described: Apple devices with the integrated mail app (iPhone, iPad) The SSL certificate comes from StartCom / StartSSL ... Read more
Unfortunately the Exchange 2010 Shell is not reliable, if you want to find out which patch level the Exchange Server has, the Exchange Shell always returns the build 123.4: In the Exchange 2010 Shell only the last service pack for Exchange 2010 is displayed (SP3), but not the update rollup packages: A better method ... Read more
RPCoverHTTP, better known as Outlook Anywhere, was introduced with Exchange Server 2003. RPCoverHTTP is used to connect Outlook to Exchange Server without a VPN, but it was not always easy to realize or implement. Essentially, RPCoverHTTP tunnels the remote procedure calls via the http protocol to transport RPC over the Internet. The ... Read more
New updates for all Exchange Server versions were released today. Click here to download directly: Exchange Server 2016 CU4 Exchange Server 2013 CU15 Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR16 Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 22 Click here for details of the changes: Exchange Server 2016 CU4 Exchange Server 2013 CU15 Exchange Server 2010 SP3 ... Read more
Foreword As in the first part of this article series, this is about manually removing an Exchange Server. This procedure may be necessary in "unclean" environments. This procedure should not be used after a migration. A clean uninstallation is the best way to go here. The following cases come into question for manual removal: There have already been ... Read more
Foreword This series of articles deals with the manual removal of an Exchange 2016 server from the Active Directory. This procedure should only be used in special cases. The following cases come into question: There was already an Exchange installation "in the past" that is incomplete or faulty The Exchange server has burned down and cannot be removed via ... Read more
Sophos UTM Email Protection contains a bug where recipient verification is simply skipped. In the case of recipient verification via Active Directory and the query via SSL, no verification of the recipients takes place. Here are the problematic settings: Recipient verification via Active Directory Query of the Active Directory with SSL In the live log of Email Protection ... Read more
I have just uploaded the new version of the Message Tracking GUI for Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange 2016. Here is a screenshot of the new GUI: The following functions are currently available: If no server is specified, the mail is searched on all Exchange servers The number of results can be limited (or all results can be displayed) It is possible to ... Read more
This is the last part of the series of articles "Configuring certificates" for Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange 2016. The previous parts can be found here: Configuring certificates Part 1 Configuring certificates Part 2 Note: This part also builds on Part 1 and Part 2, so please be sure to read the first two parts first. This part is about ... Read more
This is the second part of the article series. As already announced in the first part, this article deals with the configuration. Important: Be sure to read the first part first, as this article builds directly on it. Exchange 2016 configuration The first part ended with the considerations for the URLs to be used to access Exchange. For the sake of simplicity ... Read more
