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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
This article is a guest post by Sebastian Danisch. Many thanks to Sebastian for this article and the solution. Guest article by Sebastian Danisch A colleague of mine recently came up with the glorious idea of using Sophos UTM to modify the email header so that it removes the content ID from the header. His ... Read more
Just a little information on the side, the Exchange Server documentation has moved from Technet to Microsoft Docs. The documentation can now be found under the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/exchange/ The old URLs are still available, so there is no immediate need to update your favorites. The documentation and information on Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 can still be found ... Read more
Monitoring logging can be used to log certain actions for mailboxes. This function is particularly useful for mailboxes to which several users have access. For example, it is possible to track which user has replied to a specific mail or who has deleted which mail. Audit logging can also be helpful for normal user mailboxes. ... Read more
Size limits for emails can be set in several places with Exchange Server 2016. There are size limits for mails not only for receiving and sending connectors, but also for ActiveSync, Exchange Web Services (EWS) and OWA (or Outlook on the Web). The standard limit for ActiveSync clients is 10 MB, while the limit for EWS is 64 MB. Read more
This is the fourth part of the series "Exchange 2016 Hybrid Mode with Office 365". In this part, Exchange Hybrid Mode is activated and initial tests are carried out. Here are the links to the previous articles: Exchange 2016: Hybrid Mode with Office 365 (Part 1) Exchange 2016: Hybrid Mode with Office 365 (Part 2) Exchange 2016: ... Read more
This is the third part of the series "Exchange 2016 Hybrid Mode with Office 365". This part deals with the synchronization of local user accounts to Office 365 or Azure Active Directory. Here are the links to the previous articles: Exchange 2016: Hybrid mode with Office 365 (Part 1) Exchange 2016: Hybrid mode with Office ... Read more
Part 1 of this article series only dealt with the test environment for an Exchange 2016 / Office 365 hybrid scenario. This part now deals with the preparation of Office 365 and the frankysweb.org domain. What is hybrid mode I still need to explain a little about hybrid mode: What is hybrid mode anyway? Read more
I have now received a lot of inquiries about Exchange and hybrid mode with Office 365. I have therefore decided to focus more on the topic of Office 365 in conjunction with local Exchange servers in the future. Here is the first article on Exchange 2016 in conjunction with Office 365 and hybrid mode. In ... Read more
