Exchange 2010: Approve new ActiveSync devices before synchronization / Policies for ActiveSync

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"Bring-your-own-device" has long since become the standard in many companies, perhaps even unconsciously. A correctly configured Exchange Server is very sociable and makes it easy for users to connect any number of devices. Even less experienced users can synchronize their private smartphone with the company's Exchange Server via ActiveSync. However, this is not entirely uncritical. Private ... Read more

Preconfigured load balancer for Exchange test environments

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On Steve Goodman's website there is a VM available for free download that contains an almost fully configured layer-4 load balancer based on Ubuntu and HAProxy. It is very easy to set up and is ideal for test environments. Unfortunately, load balancing only works for the ClientAccess role and not for the Hub Transport role. Maybe ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Default settings for the receive connectors

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Today, for the first time in a long time, I came across an Exchange server that was configured as an open relay. I actually thought that such configuration errors were a thing of the past. Apparently, however, some people are still making this nasty mistake, so here are the default settings of the receive connectors so that the settings can be corrected. In the default setting there are ... Read more

Test Firefox OS with Exchange ActiveSync

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Even though there is no smartphone with Mozilla's Firefox OS yet, I was still interested in whether the ActiveSync functionality already works. Here is the setup: First, start the email app In the mail app, select "Other email" In the following dialog, enter the user information Autodiscover did not work for me, ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Backup with Windows Server Backup on Server 2012

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Windows Server Backup can be used to back up Exchange 2013 to Windows Server 2012. Although Windows Server Backup does not replace the backup and restore software of many large providers, it can be used in test environments or very small Exchange organizations. The setup is simple. First of all, the "Windows Server Backup" feature must be ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Where has the CAS array gone?

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In the Exchange 2013 preview, the CAS array could still be created using "new-clientaccessarray". In the RTM version of Exchange 2013, the CMDlet is no longer available. The reason is simple: A CAS array is no longer required. Previous Exchange Server versions used the MAPI protocol, which uses RPCoverTCP, to communicate with Outlook in the network. Unfortunately ... Read more

Exchange 2013 now available

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Exchange 2013 is now available to the general public. A 180-day trial version can be downloaded here: http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/hh973395.aspx Information on the system requirements can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/aa996719(EXCHG.150) Currently Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007 cannot yet be migrated to Exchange 2013, as Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 and the corresponding rollup for Exchange 2007 ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Move or delete system mailboxes

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The following commands can be used to move or delete the system mailboxes: Move system mailboxes to another database: Get-Mailbox -Arbitration -Database QUELLDB | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase ZIELDB Disable system mailboxes Get-Mailbox -Arbitration -Database QUELLDB | Disable-Mailbox -Arbitration Delete system mailboxes and delete AD account: Get-Mailbox -Arbitration -Database QUELLDB | Remove-Mailbox -Arbitration -RemoveLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed To create the system mailboxes again, even if ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Publish web services via Forefront TMG

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Greg Taylor has published a nice guide to publishing Exchange 2013 web services on the Exchange Team Blog. All nicely illustrated with pictures. Unfortunately, Forefront TMG has been discontinued and support for Forefront UAG and Exchange 2013 is not yet available. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/11/21/publishing-exchange-server-2013-using-tmg.aspx