Exchange Server and TLS 1.2

Three detailed articles on Exchange Server and TLS 1.2 have been published on the Exchange Team Blog. The articles are not only very worth reading, but also have an important background: From October 2018, Office 365 will require TLS 1.2 and will not accept mails from servers that only support TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1. In plain language ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Hybrid mode with Office 365 (part 4)

This is the fourth part of the series "Exchange 2016 Hybrid Mode with Office 365". In this part, Exchange Hybrid Mode is activated and initial tests are carried out. Here are the links to the previous articles: Exchange 2016: Hybrid Mode with Office 365 (Part 1) Exchange 2016: Hybrid Mode with Office 365 (Part 2) Exchange 2016: ... Read more

Sophos UTM 9: Web server protection and Outlook for Android / iOS

I was once again led astray. I had installed an update for Exchange when a short time later the Outlook app for iOS and Android stopped working. The app was no longer synchronizing data and there were no error messages. As I had carried out an update shortly before, I suspected this at first. ... Read more

Critical updates for Exchange Server published (CVE-2018-8154)

Critical updates for Exchange Server: There is a vulnerability in all supported Exchange Server versions that allows attackers to execute code on the Exchange Server using specially crafted mail. Microsoft describes the problem here: CVE-2018-8154 | Microsoft Exchange Memory Corruption Vulnerability A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange software when the software fails ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Hybrid mode with Office 365 (part 3)

This is the third part of the series "Exchange 2016 Hybrid Mode with Office 365". This part deals with the synchronization of local user accounts to Office 365 or Azure Active Directory. Here are the links to the previous articles: Exchange 2016: Hybrid mode with Office 365 (Part 1) Exchange 2016: Hybrid mode with Office ... Read more

Message Tracking GUI: New version

I have just uploaded a new version of the Message Tracking GUI for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013. The current version fixes the problem that no results were displayed for English operating systems when the start and/or end date was set. The problem was in the formatting of the date. There was a place in the script that changed the date format to ... Read more