Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
A kind reader asked me if I knew of a way to reset or reinstall the MAPIoverHTTP protocol for Exchange 2016. Although there are ways to reset MAIPoverHTTP, it is questionable whether this would have helped in this case. So here is a little story about the compatibility of Trend Micro Worry Free(!?) 9 and Exchange 2016. ... Read more
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has updated its Exchange Server Sizing Tool so that Exchange 2016 servers can now also be planned. With the HPE Sizer it is very easy to find suitable hardware for an Exchange 2016 organization. Similar to the Mailbox Calculator, the parameters can also be defined quite precisely in the HPE tool. The Sizer recommends ... Read more
Anyone who is currently in the migration phase from Exchange Server to Exchange Server 2013/2016 and needs to migrate public folders should read the following article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161916 This article describes a problem that can result in data loss. The problem occurs when there are several public folder databases on the source servers and not all public folders are ... Read more
If you use a web hosting package from Strato and also operate your own Exchange server, you should pay attention to Autodiscover. In the default setting, autodiscover is activated at Strato, but as an SRV entry and reference to Strato: The activated setting at Strato then refers to the address autoconfigure.strato.de: However, if you operate your own Exchange server and use Strato as a smart host, ... Read more
Like Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 comes with a web interface for administration (EAC), which can be used to carry out basic administration tasks. However, simple administration via the web interface also entails risks. For example, anyone who makes Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013 servers accessible on the Internet in order to access OWA, ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere ... Read more
For Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013, I had already published articles for Sophos UTM Webserver Protection (WAF) here. However, since Exchange 2016 has now been released and the Sophos UTM is also available in a more up-to-date version, there is another update here. Environment (UTM and Exchange) Exchange Server 2016 CU1 ... Read more
New updates for Exchange Server 2007, 2010, 2013 and also for Exchange Server 2016 have been released today: Exchange 2016 CU 1 Exchange 2013 CU 12 Exchange 2010 SP3 UR 13 Exchange 2007 SP3 UR 19 New UM language packs are available here: UM language packs for Exchange 2016 CU 1 UM language packs for Exchange 2013 CU 12 A list of ... Read more
Mail spoofing is often used to persuade users to open dangerous attachments in emails. The aim is to make it look as if the email is coming from a colleague or a device such as a scanner or Fax2Mail. Mail spoofing is used to falsify the sender's address so that it looks to the user as if the email is coming from an internal ... Read more
VMware has published a document on best practices for Exchange 2016 on VMware vSphere: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmware-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-on-vsphere-best-practices-guide.pdf Most Exchange servers will probably be installed as VMs, so I think the document is well worth reading. I find the part about Exchange 2016 on all-flash storage quite interesting, but you can read that for yourself... HP has also ... Read more
ich habe gerade die Version 3.1 des Exchange Reporters hochgeladen. Diesmal habe ich hauptsächlich Fehler behoben die sich trotz vieler Tests in verschiedenen Umgebungen eingeschlichen haben. Folgende Änderungen habe ich vorgenommen: Bugfixes O365report.ps1: Der Report lieferte nur die ersten 1000 Ergebnisse zurück, Dank Kaari behoben Mbxreport.ps1: Bug in der Auflistung der Limits behoben, wenn mehr … Read more
