Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2019. Microsoft customers with a volume license contract can now download and use the new Exchange version. Source: Exchange Team Blog - Exchange Server 2019 Now Available As previously announced, Exchange 2019 is only available in the VL program, customers without Volume Licensing must continue to use Exchange 2016 or switch to Office ... Read more
Important information for Exchange administrators: KB2565063 must be reinstalled on all Exchange Server versions released before October 2018. This currently affects all available Exchange versions and CUs. The background is that the installation files (new installation and update installation) of Exchange have an unpatched version installed and Exchange is therefore still vulnerable to a remote code ... Read more
I am still receiving mails about the changeover from POP3 retrieval to direct receipt of mails via MX record in connection with various Exchange versions. I actually thought that retrieving mails from a provider via POP3 and delivering them to local Exchange servers was a thing of the past, but this seems to be happening even more frequently. Read more
Microsoft Ignite 2018 is over and the recordings of the sessions are now gradually being published. There are already a few recordings on the topic of Exchange Server, which you can now watch at your leisure: Ignite 2018 Exchange on Demand Sessions More sessions will certainly be put online bit by bit, there are ... Read more
In the last article, I published some information about Exchange 2019, and I have already received a lot of emails about this today. Many readers of the article are wondering whether at least 128 GB of RAM is really required for Exchange 2019. Here is a screenshot of the Exchange 2019 system requirements: Source: Exchange Server system requirements For the mailbox role ... Read more
Michel de Rooij summarizes the latest information on Exchange 2019 from Ignite 2018 on his blog. As was already known, Exchange 2019 is to be released this year, which is fitting as Microsoft has just released Office 2019 and therefore also Outlook 2019. It is also interesting to note that Exchange 2019 is only available in the volume licensing program ... Read more
I have received various questions in the comments and by email about the migration options for Exchange 2019. Judging by the messages, many people are wondering whether it will be possible to migrate from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019. The question is quite justified if you take a look at the version numbers: Exchange 2010: 14.0 Exchange 2013: 15.0 ... Read more
Exchange 2019 is currently only available as a Technical Preview, so I cannot publish detailed instructions on how to migrate from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 at this point. Nevertheless, I was interested to know whether migration is already possible. At the moment, of course, this is only recommended for testing in test environments, as the Technical Preview ... Read more
A reader pointed out a problem where an Exchange server was no longer sending OOF mails (out-of-office messages) after a migration. Kindly, the solution to the problem was also sent along, hence this short article. I think the problem should not occur too often and the error can no longer be fully reconstructed, ... Read more
Microsoft Ignite will take place this year from September 24 - 28, 2018 in Orlando. There will again be some interesting sessions on Exchange Server. With Exchange 2019 just around the corner, there will certainly be some interesting presentations on the new Exchange version. Ignite is already fully booked, so it is no longer possible to spontaneously ... Read more
