Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Here's a little tip for people who often need test environments for Exchange 2019 servers. Until now, it was not so easy to get the installation files for Exchange 2019. The ISO for installation (or the CUs for the updates) were only offered for download in the VLSC, Visual Studio subscription or Action Pack. ... Read more
The Microsoft Office 365 Developer Program is not new, but perhaps some of you are not yet familiar with it. So if you want to try out Office 365, or even develop your own applications for or with Office 365, the Developer Program gives you 25 E3 plans for 90 days free of charge (see note at the end of the ... Read more
Here is another short article from the "Behind the scenes" series, this time about Exchange test environments. I often need an Exchange test environment, so what could be more obvious than automating the installation? Foreword Essentially, a test environment always consists of a domain controller ... Read more
In the fourth part of the expansion of the small Exchange organization, it's DAG's turn. The domain controller and Sophos UTM are already running redundantly and the second Exchange server has also been prepared. To ensure that the failure of an Exchange server or the failure of the Hyper-V / ESX server can also be intercepted, an Exchange DAG (Database ... Read more
Part 3 of the expansion of the small Exchange organization deals with the installation and configuration of the second Exchange server. Installing the second Exchange server The installation of the second Exchange server can almost be copied from this article, the configuration of the VM and the installation are completely identical: Setting up a small Exchange 2016 organization (part 2) The only ... Read more
In the last few days I have described the structure of a small Exchange organization as I use it privately. To make it easier to find the articles, here is an overview of the articles: Part 1: Installation Active Directory and configuration DNS Part 2: Installation Exchange Server 2016 CU 2 Part 3: Configuration Exchange Server incl. certificate ... Read more
The last part of this series of articles is about connecting the Exchange organization to the Internet. This requires a few more steps. I have already described the configuration of the Web Application Firewall of the UTM in detail here and the configuration is copied one-to-one from the article. A small note: This complete ... Read more
The setup of the small Exchange 2016 organization for small businesses and test environments is now quite advanced. The fourth part of this article series is about the Sophos UTM. The network configuration is as follows: The Fritzbox establishes the Internet connection, the WAN port of the UTM is connected to a LAN port of the Fritzbox ... Read more
In the first and second part of this series of articles, the AD and DNS of the Exchange organization have already been installed and configured. Exchange 2016 was then installed in part 2. This part is about the Exchange 2016 configuration. To make it a little easier, here is a description of the environment that will be installed: Preface Before it ... Read more
In part 1, the Active Directory and DNS have already been installed and configured. In the second part, the Exchange Server is now installed in the test environment. Here once again is the environment that will be set up: The IP addresses of the two servers for an overview: DC 172.16.100.12/24 Exchange: 172.16.100.13/24 In the first part, I already mentioned that I had installed the Windows ... Read more
