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Am 22. Juli wurde erst die Preview veröffentlicht, heute gibt es bereits die finale Version zum Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49161 Somit liegt jetzt Exchange 2016 als auch der neue Standard Client Outlook 2016 in der finalen Version vor. Exchange 2016 ist 1,68 GB groß, und fällt damit ein wenig schlanker aus als die Preview mit gut 1,69 … Read more
At the weekend there is a PowerShell script that can be used to test a domain for mail problems: The script returns the MX, PTR, SPF and DMARC entries of a domain and checks whether one of the IPs is on a blacklist. It also checks whether port 25 (SMTP) is accessible. The script is simply executed with ... Read more
I have decided to publish a new major release for the Exchange Reporter, which requires a few fundamental changes to the structure. In the future, Exchange Reporter will be available in several languages, or the language will be selectable. Exchange Reporter 3.0 should not only be multi-language capable, but also offer even more ... Read more
The configuration of an Exchange 2016 DAG is almost identical to the configuration of a DAG with Exchange 2013. In principle, it is even a little easier, because the question of whether the roles should be separated or whether all roles can be installed on one server no longer arises with Exchange 2016. There is now only the ... Read more
In this article, I would like to focus less on the error analysis of mail problems and more on tools that provide a quick overview to determine the problem. First of all, there is the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer: https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/ This service offered by Microsoft can be used to test ActiveSync, EWS, Autodiscover and Outlook Anywhere as well as SMTP. The website helps ... Read more
After renewing the certificate for Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016 (think also for Exchange 2010), the following event occurs after restarting the IIS server: [OWA] Failed to load SSL certificate The login to OWA or ECP is then no longer possible, it appears after entering the user name and password ... Read more
Resource mailboxes are very popular to enable the booking of meeting rooms or company cars. With Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 it has become even easier to manage the rooms. Here is a small howto that works with Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 (For Exchange 2010 you can find the howto here) First of all, via ECP ... Read more
How SPF works SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a simple method for identifying forged senders and blocking them as SPAM. The way it works is simple: The domain owner (e.g. me with the domain frankysweb.de) publishes a TXT record (SPF record) in the DNS which contains the mail servers from which I send mails. For example, if my mail server ... Read more
Install Exchange 2016 Preview on Windows Server Preview. I admit, this is a gimmick... But it still works: Install Winows Server Technical Preview 2 with local admin tools After the installation, the server manager starts, but no desktop, so install the desktop later: Then install the prerequisites for Exchange 2016: Install-WindowsFeature Net-HTTP-Activation, Desktop-Experience, NET-Framework-45-Features, RPC-over-HTTP-proxy, RSAT-Clustering, RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface, RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt, ... Read more
If you also encounter the following errors when installing Exchange 2016, I can perhaps save you a bit of searching: Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); Set-WERRegistryMarkers; " was executed: "Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningBrokerException: Error initializing the provisioning level: '"Error initializing the scripting agent: "File not found: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\CmdletExtensionAgents\ScriptingAgentConfig.xml'.""' -> Microsoft.Exchange.Provisioning.ProvisioningException: "Error initializing ... Read more
