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The Exchange Toolbox is a new project of mine to make my life a little easier. In my daily work with Exchange Server I usually only need a few commands or information to check configurations or identify problems. With the Exchange Toolbox I'm trying to create a small tool that will make ... 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
Gerade habe ich die neue Version der Message Tracking GUI für Exchange Server 2013 und Exchange 2016 hochgeladen. Hier ein Screenshot der neuen GUI: Folgende Funktionen sind derzeit verfügbar: Wenn kein Server angegeben wird, werden die Mail auf allen Exchange Servern gesucht Die Anzahl der Ergebnisse lässt sich einschränken (oder alle Ergebnisse anzeigen) Es können … Read more
A warning about Exchange Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 has appeared on the Exchange Team Blog. On Windows Server 2016, the IIS (specifically w3wp.exe) may crash. A fix for Windows Server 2016 is in progress. Until the update is released, it is not recommended to use Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016. 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
I now receive emails every day with questions about certificates and/or Outlook Anywhere. The questions about Outlook Anywhere are usually also related to the certificates. In most cases, the emails end with a sentence similar to this one: Certificates are a red rag for me! The sentence comes from a mail that I received today ... Read more
Thanks to Autodiscover, it is easy to set up Outlook profiles for Exchange Server. Users only have to click "Next" a few times and the corresponding profile is created. The following dialogs should therefore be familiar to most people: However, since no user interaction is required here in the case of Exchange Server and a correct Autodiscover configuration and ... Read more
