Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
In this HowTo I describe how to install an internal certification authority and how to have a SAN certificate issued for Exchange 2013. 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 2012 Datacenter, 1 DC + CA ... Read more
Before we set up the DAG, we quickly configure the environment by first logging in to the ECP (https://exchangeserver/ecp) Under Message flow we add a new Accepted domain, in this example it is frankysweb.de Then we create a new send connector And now an e-mail address policy Now we can configure the DAG. ... Read more
It's almost like Christmas: 2 new HP servers and 2 Kemp load balancers arrived today. The systems are actually intended for an Exchange 2010 cluster, but since there is still a little time left, it makes sense to test Exchange 2013 high availability with the systems. The following hardware is available for the test ... Read more
The Exchange Team Blog has published 2 nice articles about the new Exchange architecture: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/01/25/exchange-2013-client-access-server-role.aspx and http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/01/23/exchange-2013-server-role-architecture.aspx Both articles are well worth reading in my opinion. Currently the SP3 for Exchange 2010 is eagerly awaited so that the migrations can finally start. Unfortunately, there is still no news on when the service pack will be released. The date ... Read more
Windows Server Backup can be used to back up Exchange 2013 to Windows Server 2012. Although Windows Server Backup does not replace the backup and restore software of many large providers, it can be used in test environments or very small Exchange organizations. The setup is simple. First of all, the "Windows Server Backup" feature must be ... Read more
In the Exchange 2013 preview, the CAS array could still be created using "new-clientaccessarray". In the RTM version of Exchange 2013, the CMDlet is no longer available. The reason is simple: A CAS array is no longer required. Previous Exchange Server versions used the MAPI protocol, which uses RPCoverTCP, to communicate with Outlook in the network. Unfortunately ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is now available to the general public. A 180-day trial version can be downloaded here: http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/hh973395.aspx Information on the system requirements can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/aa996719(EXCHG.150) Currently Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007 cannot yet be migrated to Exchange 2013, as Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 and the corresponding rollup for Exchange 2007 ... Read more
An interesting article on public folders and Exchange 2013 was published in the Exchange Team Blog. I think it's well worth reading: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/11/08/public-folders-in-the-new-office.aspx The public folder database has always been a bit of a thorn in my side, but I can only welcome the removal and integration of public folders into the mailbox database. In my opinion, the biggest advantage is the integration ... Read more
To complete the setup of the Active Sync Clients, here are the instructions for Windows Phone 8. The instructions for the other smartphone operating systems can be found here: Android 4: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=621 iOS, Android 2.X, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=302 But now only setting up Windows Phone 8, by the way, I used the Windows Phone SDK ... Read more
I have already described the installation on Server 2012, but Server 2008R2 is also supported. My test environment looks like this: SRVDC01 is a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. I install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2 on SRVEX01. In order to be able to install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2, the prerequisites must first be installed, ... Read more
