Exchange 2013: SAN certificate and internal certification authority (CA)

In this HowTo I describe how to install an internal certification authority and how to have a SAN certificate issued for Exchange 2013. This HowTo is not intended for a productive environment. The implementation of a certification authority must be planned carefully. In my test environment I have installed 2 Windows Server 2012 Datacenter, 1 DC + CA ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Test system with Database Availability Group (DAG) and Kemp load balancers (part 3)

Before we set up the DAG, we quickly configure the environment by first logging in to the ECP (https://exchangeserver/ecp) Under Message flow we add a new Accepted domain, in this example it is frankysweb.de Then we create a new send connector And now an e-mail address policy Now we can configure the DAG. ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Test system with Database Availability Group (DAG) and Kemp load balancers (part 2)

The Exchange servers have already been installed in part 1, in this part the Kemp load balancers are configured for HA operation. First, the default IP is changed to an address for the test network And then the default gateway: And the DNS servers I select "LB1" as the host name so that the devices can be identified more easily Then ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Test system with Database Availability Group (DAG) and Kemp load balancers (Part 1)

It's almost like Christmas: 2 new HP servers and 2 Kemp load balancers arrived today. The systems are actually intended for an Exchange 2010 cluster, but since there is still a little time left, it makes sense to test Exchange 2013 high availability with the systems. The following hardware is available for the test ... Read more

Migration Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010: 421 4.4.2 Connection dropped due to SocketError

Exchange 2010 cannot send mails to Exchange 2003 if it is not authorized to do so. In this case, the queue of the routing group is full with the following error: 451 4.4.0 Primary target IP address responded with: "421 4.4.2 Connection dropped due to SocketError." The problem can be solved by changing the IP address of the Exchange 2010 server on the ... Read more

Exchange 2010: The OWAEnabled property is not in a consistent state

WARNING: The OWAEnabled property of mailbox 'Mailbox' is not in a consistent state. Reset the OWAEnabled property using the Set-CASMailbox cmdlet. WARNING: Unexpected error. A Watson image is generated: The value 'HTTP§1§1§§§§§§' already exists in the collection... The value 'HTTP§1§1§1§§§§§§' already exists in the collection. + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-CASMailbox], InvalidOperationException + ... Read more

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 (SP3) released

Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 has been released. The SP3 was probably most eagerly awaited for the migration or coexistence with Exchange 2013. However, we still have to wait for the CU1 for Exchange 2013. The SP3 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=36768 The CU1 for Exchange 2013 is also expected this quarter. So still ... Read more

Exchange 2010: 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC) Services do not start or installation fails

I have already described the same error message here: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=1041 However, there seems to be another problem causing the same error: Source: MSExchange ADAccess ID: 2114 Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE (PID=2588). Error during topology detection. Error: 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Search for information on the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) error code specified in the event description. Use ... Read more

Professional firewall for private use

I've already told you a bit about what my private infrastructure looks like. I use a Sophos UTM as my firewall, which has replaced my old Fritzbox. Michel has kindly put the hardware configuration for the UTM online on his blog: http://networkguy.de/?p=269 I have the same hardware except for the SSD. My ... Read more

Exchange 2013: 2 articles about the new architecture

The Exchange Team Blog has published 2 nice articles about the new Exchange architecture: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/01/25/exchange-2013-client-access-server-role.aspx and http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/01/23/exchange-2013-server-role-architecture.aspx Both articles are well worth reading in my opinion. Currently the SP3 for Exchange 2010 is eagerly awaited so that the migrations can finally start. Unfortunately, there is still no news on when the service pack will be released. The date ... Read more