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In part 2 of this article series, I described the installation of the ELK stack on Debian 9.8. This part is about the configuration of the individual components and the data of the Exchange Server message tracking logs. Introduction In this article, the ElasticStack components and the Exchange Server are configured. This article refers directly to ... Read more
As already announced, I would like to realize dashboards for Exchange Server with Elasticsearch, more precisely, the Elastic Stack (ELK). This part is about the installation of the Elastic Stack on a Debian 9.8 VM. Introduction I have described the installation and configuration in this article so that the environment can be recreated if you are interested. When I ... Read more
Unfortunately, Exchange Server does not offer a build-in option to clearly display the status of the environment or certain performance parameters on a dashboard. Even many monitoring tools quickly reach their limits when it comes to clearly displaying the number of emails received or sent, for example. In this series of articles, I would therefore like to take a look at ELK, or the Elastic Stack ... Read more
Most users manage the absence notifications themselves via Outlook. Before a planned absence, such as vacation, the user enters the desired message and, if necessary, specifies a deputy. In addition, the helpdesk or a user's line manager should usually also be able to enter an absence notification for users; this is usually useful for an unplanned absence, ... Read more
New updates have just been released for all supported Exchange Server versions, which also fix the critical vulnerability from CVE-2018-8581. The updates should therefore be installed as soon as possible, as an exploit for this vulnerability has existed for some time. Click here to download the updates for Exchange 2010, 2013 and 2016: Cumulative Update 12 ... Read more
It can happen that the paths or the storage location of Exchange databases and log files have to be changed, for example when changing the storage system. This article is in response to a reader's question about how to do this with as little downtime as possible. There are several options for moving the database and log file paths, ... Read more
I have now received a lot of questions about Outlook on Windows 7 in conjunction with Exchange 2019. The error and solution have always been the same, so here is a short article about it. Outlook (regardless of the version) on Windows 7 cannot connect to Exchange Server 2019. Outlook then displays this message at startup ... Read more
There is currently a security vulnerability in all Exchange Server versions, which makes it possible to obtain domain administrator authorizations via EWS or, for example, to redirect emails. What makes this vulnerability particularly critical is that it can be exploited remotely. The attacker only needs to have access to a mailbox on the Exchange Server. Since the EWS API and often also ... Read more
Exchange 2019 has adopted the familiar principle of the Database Availability Group (DAG). There are no major changes to the DAG. However, something has changed in the databases. The index is now part of the database and no longer ghosts around separately in the file system. Exchange 2019 also offers the option of using SSDs as ... Read more
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
