Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
On my forays through the Internet, I came across Zen. Zen is an OpenSource load balancer that is easy to install and has a nice web configuration interface. Reason enough for me to write a howto. So I quickly set up and install a VM The installation of Zen is identical to the minimal installation of Debian, a few ... Read more
To make my life a little easier, I have not only written the Exchange 2013 Configurator for my tests, but now also a script for the remote installation with which Exchange 2013 can be installed on several servers. To use the script, a few requirements must be met: A share in the network on ... Read more
By default, connections from Outlook to Exchange 2013 are authenticated with NTLM. However, in environments with several CAS servers and many clients, NTLM generates unnecessary load on the DCs, precisely because load balancers no longer have to worry about persistence. It is better to use Kerberos authentication here so that not every CAS server has to re-authenticate the connection ... Read more
At the end of last year, I started looking for a replacement for Forefront TMG and found a few very interesting solutions: Part 1: KEMP Edge Security Pack Part 2: Sophos UTM 9.1 Part 3: Windows Server 2012 R2 + ARR 2.5 Part 4: Windows Server 2012 R2 + Web Application Proxy Part 5: Debian 7 ... Read more
I was looking for a good and simple SPAM filter that also works with Exchange 2013. Of course, I prefer products that require little effort to get them up and running. Precisely because anti-SPAM can be a sensitive issue, I wanted a solution that was easy to administer and ... Read more
Exchange 2013 has the Managed Availability functions. Among other things, Managed Availability is able to put Exchange services into maintenance mode. This is important, for example, when updates or service packs are installed on Exchange 2013 servers. During the installation of CU3, however, it happened to me that the maintenance mode was not terminated again. Read more
The Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange 2013 has been released. As with all Exchange 2013 updates, this is the complete installation package with which new servers can also be installed. The update can be downloaded here: With CU3, Internet Explorer 11 is now also supported as a premium client for OWA. A complete ... Read more
Forefront TMG has now been discontinued and a replacement will have to be found sooner or later. There are now several manufacturers who are filling the gap left by Forefront TMG. I will test some promising solutions and publish a howto for each of them. Finally, there will be an article comparing the solutions with each other. Read more
Forefront TMG has now been discontinued and a replacement will have to be found sooner or later. There are now several manufacturers who are filling the gap left by Forefront TMG. I will test some promising solutions and publish a howto for each of them. Finally, there will be an article comparing the solutions with each other. Read more
Ich möchte an dieser Stelle ein paar Best Practice Anleitungen zum Thema Storage / SAN und Exchange Server 2013 veröffentlichen, bisher habe ich diese Dokumente gefunden: EMC: http://www.emc.com/collateral/white-papers/esrp-white-paper-emc-vnx5700-unified-storage-60000-users-virtualized-microsoft-exchange-server-2013-mailbox-resiliency-storage-solution.pdf Netapp: http://www.netapp.com/us/system/pdf-reader.aspx?pdfuri=tcm:10-113952-16&m=tr-4221.pdf HP MSA: http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA4-7540ENW&doctype=white%20paper&doclang=EN_US&searchquery=keywords=(OR)%20san%20&cc=us&lc=en Hat vieleicht noch jemand Links zu anderen Herstellern / Dokumenten die man hier aufnehmen könnte?
