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This short article is intended to list the most common causes of problems with the Outlook connection to Exchange during migration. Connection problems often occur after a mailbox has been moved to a newer Exchange version. Outlook then often displays one of the following messages: The Microsoft Exchange administrator has made a change that requires Outlook to be restarted. ... Read more
Yesterday, Microsoft released a security update for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019. The update is classified as "Important" and should therefore be installed promptly. Here is the description of the vulnerability: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited ... Read more
When creating new databases in an Exchange 2016 organization, I encountered the following problem. The databases could be created within EAC and Shell without any problems. However, after the databases were created, they could not be mounted and remained in the status "unmounted". Unfortunately, at first glance the error message in EAC ... Read more
Microsoft has released a security update for Exchange 2016 CU 10 and CU 11. The update fixes a tampering vulnerability that has been rated as "Important": A tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Server fails to properly handle profile data. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could modify a targeted user's profile data. To exploit the ... Read more
In the last part of the article series "Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019", the uninstallation of Exchange 2016 is prepared and the migration completed. The small Troubleshooting section is dedicated to the most common cause of failed or stopped MoveRequests. During migrations, problems can always occur that could not be ruled out beforehand. The causes can be ... Read more
In part 3 of the article series "Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019", it is now time to migrate the data. Specifically, it is about moving the various mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019. I am moving the various mailbox types individually here, if no public folders or shared mailboxes (shares) are used, you can ... Read more
Part 1 of the article series "Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019" only described the test environment and the installation of Exchange 2019. Now the more interesting steps follow. This part is about the configuration of Exchange 2019 for co-existence with Exchange 2016. The aim of this article is to create a functional Exchange 2019 server and ... Read more
Now that Exchange 2019 and Windows Server 2019 are available, there is nothing standing in the way of migrating from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019. Only the change in licensing could be problematic for some: Exchange 2019 is only available in the volume licensing program. This is the first part of the article series "Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019" ... Read more
A reader asked me if and how it is possible to add a link to the OWA login page. In this case, it was about adding a link to the password reset on the login page. At this point, it should be said that it is possible to change the login page, but these changes are made during installation. Read more
With Exchange Server 2016 CU11, the requirements have changed somewhat, so here is an updated HowTo for installing Exchange 2016 from CU11 on Windows Server 2016. This HowTo is not an update of an existing installation, but a new/first installation on Windows Server 2016. A HowTo for ... Read more
