Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
I have already described the installation on Server 2012, but Server 2008R2 is also supported. My test environment looks like this: SRVDC01 is a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller. I install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2 on SRVEX01. In order to be able to install Exchange 2013 on Server 2008 R2, the prerequisites must first be installed, ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is already available to MSDN subscribers for download. However, it is not yet possible to migrate from previous Exchange versions. Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 and an update rollup for Exchange 2007 SP3 (announced for the first quarter of 2013) are still missing. A direct migration from Exchange 2003 will not be possible. ... Read more
Exchange 2013 is available in MSDN and can be downloaded. Here is the link for the download (valid MSDN subscription required) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/#searchTerm=&ProductFamilyId=490&Languages=de&PageSize=10&PageIndex=0&FileId=0 Attention: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 is currently not yet supported. Migration and coexistence will only be supported with Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010. The Service Pack 3 for Exchange ... Read more
This small script sets permissions for all mailboxes within a database on a folder in the mailbox. For example, a user "boss" can be given read access to all "Calendar" folders for all users in a mailbox database. The permissions that can be set are listed below: # Written by Frank Zoechling # www.frankysweb.de clear-host write-host "Please ... Read more
The new Office 2013 has been available for download for a few days now, so I downloaded and installed it. Here are a few impressions of the new Outlook 2013 Even the installation is simple and the update from Office 2010 to Office 2013 took me about 5 minutes. The first start is done and ... Read more
A bug between iOS6 and Active Sync has been published on the Exchange Team Blog. It is recommended not to update to iOS6. The bug affects meetings in which iOS changes the owner of the meeting. The problem has already been reported to Apple, here is the complete article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/10/23/ios6-devices-erroneously-take-ownership-of-meetings.aspx When the problem will be fixed by Apple is ... Read more
Not new, but still a great thing for all those who deal with Exchange Server and HP hardware. HP has a tool for the hardware configuration of Exchange 2010 on HP servers for free download. The "HP Sizer for Exchange Server 2010" can be downloaded here: http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/us/en/sizers/microsoft-exchange-server-2010.html I think it's a great tool that is easy to ... Read more
The following situation arose at a customer: The inclusion of clients in the Active Directory was not possible at one location. It took some time to analyze the error. To make matters worse, there were other DNS problems that first had to be resolved. The Active Directory was to be extended by one location. The new location ... Read more
My blog has now moved to a new hoster, availability and performance have made this step necessary (primarily availability). My blog is now hosted at Strato and Strato offers a nice feature that makes it much easier for me to use the Exchange web services. First, let me tell you a bit about the technology that ... Read more
I have just finished the new Exchange Reporter version, I have fixed 2 bugs from version 1.1 that occurred especially in environments with high mail volume. Also the update notification is working again. If you find any bugs, please post in the forum. Thank you very much. Here you can download the current version: https://www.frankysweb.de/?page_id=706 Thank you very much ... Read more
