Exchange 2019: March update could cause problems with Outlook search

Yesterday, security updates were released for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. In connection with Outlook and Exchange Server 2019, there are now increasing reports of problems with the search. Admins are reporting problems on the Exchange Team Blog and in the comments to my post. The search apparently produces the error message ... Read more

Exchange 2019: Problems with the search / search index

With Exchange 2019, something has changed in the search index, the search index for the Outlook and OWA search is no longer separate from the mailbox database in the file system, but has been moved to the database as part of the mailbox. Resetting the search index by deleting the search index files in the file system works with Exchange ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Noderunner.exe high memory consumption and CPU load

I have already received the following questions about the Noderunner process or statements in one form or another by e-mail: Noderunner.exe consumes almost all the RAM and almost always has 100 % CPU load, what can I do? Here's something more desperate: From day one, the noderunner has been eating up resources we ... Read more

Exchange 2013/2016: Recreate index

If the search in Outlook Web Access, or Outlook on the Web, no longer works, a broken index is usually to blame. However, the index can be recreated quite easily and in most cases this solves the problem. You can find out whether the index should be recreated using the Exchange Management Shell: Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus ... Read more