Exchange 2010: Installation of Service Pack 2 not possible

The following problem occurred during the installation of Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010: Remove Exchange Files Error Error: Unable to remove the product with code 4934d1ea-be46-48b1-8847-f1af20e892c1. Fatal error during installation. Error code: 1603. Last error issued by the MSI package: 'Error writing to the file C:\Config.Msi\818feddf.rbf. Check if you can access this ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Public folders

I have to admit that I have always been a little wary of public folders. Especially since the release of Exchange 2010 and the introduction of the DAG, public folders were rather annoying because they could not be included in the DAG. However, most companies like to use public folders frequently. Even entire applications for ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Write mailbox sizes and limits to CSV file (V2)

In this article, I already described how the mailbox sizes and the send and receive limits can be written to a CSV file. Here is a slightly modified version that converts the values into MB so that they can be better evaluated: "Name;LANID;Database;IssueWarningQuota;SendQuota;SendReceiveQuota;MailboxSize" | set-content "postfaecher.csv" $mbxlist = get-mailbox -resultsize unlimited foreach ($mbx in $mbxlist) { $size ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Partition/disk of the database is full, what to do?

What can I do if the partition/hard disk on which the Exchange database is stored is full and the information store refuses to work due to insufficient free memory? Experience has shown that it is not the size of the Exchange databases that causes a partition to fill up, but the log files of the databases take up the free memory over time. Read more

Exchange 2010 SP2: WinRM error 500 when starting the Management Console

A customer encountered the following problem when starting the Exchange Management Console: Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The WinRM client received an HTTP server error status (500), but the remote service did not include any other information about the cause of the failure. For more information, see the ... Read more

Exchange 2013: The basic configuration

Exchange 2013 no longer has an MMC-based console like Exchange 2010. Exchange 2013 is now configured either via the Exchange Management Shell or via a web interface; the ECP has been significantly improved for this purpose. The Metro interface of Server 2012 only contains the Management Shell and an Exchange Toolbox. The new administration console can be accessed at https://Servername/ecp. ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Preview released

The Exchange Server 2013 preview was released today. An overview of the new features can be found here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/07/23/the-new-exchange.aspx The Exchange Server 2013 preview can be downloaded here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973395.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_116_1_33 The download is 1.36 GB in size. I am of course very excited about the new version and will start the installation tomorrow morning. Of course on ... Read more