Exchange 2010: Overview of the Exchange Schema Extensions

Microsoft has published a document which describes the Exchange schema extensions to the Active Directory. The Word document (packaged in an MSI file) can be downloaded here. The document also shows that Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 makes changes to the schema. The document contains the schema changes for Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and 2010. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5401

Exchange 2010 SP1: Event 1053 in the event log (MSExchange ActiveSync)

Error 1053 (source: MSExchange ActiveSync) is logged if an attempt is made to access a mailbox of a domain administrator via Active Sync, or if inheritance has been deactivated on the Active Directory object for other reasons. To resolve the problem, inheritance must be re-enabled for the respective user account or the correct permissions must be ... Read more

Exchange 2010 SP1: Update Rollup 6 released

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Rollup 6 was released today. The problems that have been fixed can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2608646/de Rollup 6 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de-de/details.aspx?familyid=9e6738ca-645d-4f97-88fe-55f18e8a7d07&displaylang=de The update is just under 32 MB in size, please also note this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2638351

Exchange 2010: Script for the basic configuration

Anyone who frequently installs and configures Exchange Server likes to have the work done for them. I have written a Powershell script for the basic configuration of Exchange, which makes the following settings: Change the name of the mailbox database Change the path of the mailbox database Change the name of the EDB file of the mailbox database If required Change the name of the public folder database If required ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

More and more companies now want to migrate to Exchange 2010. In my opinion, the most common case is the migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Exchange 2007 was left out by many companies. In this article I describe how Exchange 2003 is migrated to Exchange 2010. The test environment FWDC01 is a Windows Server 2003 R2, this server ... Read more

Exchange 2010 SP1: Repair of errors in mailboxes and databases

Prior to Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1, errors in the database could be rectified using the ISINTEG tool. To do this, the database in question had to be offline. With Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2010, ISINTEG has been replaced by a CMDlet in the Exchange Management Shell. The new CMDlet is called "New-MailboxRepairRequest" and can be executed while ... Read more

Exchange 2007/2010: Hotfix for problems with Internet Explorer 9 and Exchange Management Console

In this post I described that there is a problem with Internet Explorer 9 and the Exchange Management Console. The following error message appears when trying to close the console: A hotfix is now available for this problem, which can be requested here. This patch is not yet being distributed via Windows Update. ... Read more