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When installing new Exchange 2016 servers, for example for migration, you need to proceed with caution. Exchange servers feel compelled to respond to client requests immediately after installation. The background is as follows: As soon as a new Exchange Server is installed, SCP (Service Connection Point) entries are also created in the Active Directory. The SCP entries are ... Read more
In the last part of the Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 migration, the environment is cleaned up and Exchange 2013 is uninstalled.the first two articles can be found here HowTo: Migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 (Part 1) HowTo: Migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 (Part 2) The mailboxes and public folders have already been moved in Part 2. ... Read more
This is the second part of the Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 migration. The first part can be found here: https://www.frankysweb.de/howto-migration-von-exchange-2013-zu-exchange-2016-teil-1/ Now that we have 2 functional Exchange servers, it is now time to migrate the data. Migration of the public folders The first step is to migrate the public folders. In contrast to Exchange ... Read more
I already wrote about the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 here. Today it's the turn of the migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016. Foreword This guide describes the migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 and is intended to provide an overview of the necessary steps and is therefore deliberately kept simple. Certificates ... Read more
In the last 3 parts of the Exchange 2016 Loadbalancing articles I have already tested F5 and Kemp. Both solutions work great. In the fourth and final part, I would like to briefly introduce a free load balancer. Zen Loadbalancer Community Edition. First of all: In my opinion, Zen Loadbalancer is only suitable for demo or test environments, although I also use it in ... Read more
The third part of the Exchange 2016 Loadbalancing series is about Exchange 2016 in conjunction with the Kemp LoadMaster 7.1 (more precisely 7.1-30-75). The two previous parts deal with F5 BigIP LTM and can be found here: Exchange 2016: Loadbalancing with F5 BigIP LTM 11.6 (iApp) Part 1 Exchange 2016: Loadbalancing with F5 BigIP LTM 11.6 (iApp) ... Read more
Exchange 2016 does not make any major demands on a load balancer. Exchange 2010 still made a few demands on a load balancer (session persistence, affinity), but Exchange 2016 is far more modest in this respect. In principle, simple RoundRobin is sufficient here. I currently have an F5 BigIP LTM in version 11.6 to hand. Therefore there are ... Read more
Update 12.01.17: This article is outdated, here is an updated version: Exchange 2016: Free certificates from Let's Encrypt The new CA "Let's Encrypt" has been in the public beta phase for a few days now. The aim of Let's Encrypt is to issue SSL certificates easily. The certificates are also free of charge. The CA will ... Read more
Some applications or devices require an anonymous relay to be able to send mails. However, a distinction must be made here between internal relay and external relay. The internal relay, i.e. the anonymous sending of mails to the domains accepted by Exchange, works out-of-the-box: The external relay, i.e. the sending of mails to external users without authentication, however ... Read more
Here is the third and final part of the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. Part 1 and Part 2 can be found here: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 1 Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 2 In this part we clean up and uninstall Exchange 2010. Removing the Exchange 2010 databases ... Read more
