Exchange 2007: Support ends on April 11, 2017

Support for Exchange 2007 ends after 10 years on 11.04.2017. From April there will therefore no longer be any technical support, bug and security fixes or time zone updates for Exchange 2007. Anyone still using Exchange 2007 should therefore migrate as quickly as possible. Exchange 2007 cannot be migrated directly to Exchange 2016. The ... Read more

Exchange Migration: Caution with public folders (data loss)

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

Exchange Server: Quota cache / limits are only applied after a longer period of time

Some people are probably familiar with this problem: A user calls the helpdesk because their mailbox is full. Deleting it is of course not an option, because even the 10-year-old mails could be needed again. Discussion is usually pointless, so the limit for the mailbox is increased. Quite impatiently, the user now contacts the helpdesk every 15 minutes, ... Read more

Sender Policy Framework (SPF): How it works and when you shouldn't use it

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

New updates for Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013

New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013. Click here to download Exchange Server 2013 CU9 ) UM language packs for Exchange Server 2013 CU9 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47678) Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR 10 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47676) Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 16(http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47677) Here is a description of the fixes: Exchange 2013 CU9 ... Read more

New updates for Exchange 2007 / 2010 / 2013

New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, 2010 and 2013. Click here to download directly: Cumulative Update 8 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB3030080) Updaterollup 9 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB3030085) Updaterollup 16 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB3030086) Here is a list of the changes: Cumulative ... Read more