Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
The latest Cummulative Update for Exchange Server 2019 has been postponed again Originally, CU 15 for Exchange 2019 was supposed to be released in December 2024, but the release was postponed to January 2025. On the last day of January, a message appeared on the Exchange Team Blog stating that CU 15 had been postponed again. The CU15 will be the ... Read more
I had already reported on the 1TB limit for Exchange Server 2019 Standard Server in a previous article. Exchange Server Standard Edition no longer mounts a database above a size of 1 TB. Unfortunately, this is often only noticed when it is too late. For example, if a database reaches the 1TB limit during the normal ... Read more
Here in the forum and on the Exchange Team Blog there are indications that the installation of the November update for Exchange Server 2016 / 2019 may cause problems. It seems that once again there are problems with servers with German or non-English operating systems when the January update for the Windows Server is installed. ... Read more
The spam blacklist Nixspam (ix.dnsbl.manitu.net) from iX magazine and the hoster manitu has been switched off. Since 16.01.2025, the DNS blacklist no longer contains any entries. All blacklist responses now only return "no spam" as the result of the check. As the nixspam blacklist was used by many AntiSpam systems, it should now be checked whether the nixspam blacklist is still used for ... Read more
Basic maintenance tasks for Exchange Server administrators Regular maintenance of an Exchange Server is critical to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Although Exchange Server is usually stable, regular maintenance tasks can help prevent potential problems before they occur. In this post, we'll cover some basic maintenance tasks that Exchange Server administrators should perform on a regular basis. These ... Read more
Today I had the requirement to convert a Windows server from Legacy BIOS to UEFI with Secure Boot. It was a virtual machine on an ESXi 8 server. However, the method described should also work with other hypervisors and also with physically installed Windows servers. If in the BIOS of the server or in the ... Read more
In an Active Directory domain, the problem occurred that no new computers could be added to the Active Directory. The error message when adding the client was as follows: In the domain, an Identity Manager was able to create the computer before it was added to the Active Directory (pre-staged) and not only when it was added ... Read more
I wish all visitors, readers, supporters and friends a happy and healthy new year. I wish you good luck with all your good intentions and may all your wishes come true. Thank you for your support and interest in this blog. I am already looking forward to the new year and the new Exchange version and ... Read more
The announced move from FrankysWeb to a new hoster has been completed. As the site now has significantly more resources and effective caches (Redis Object Cache and FastCGI Page Cache), the site now loads faster. Availability should also be better now that the web server is no longer reaching its performance limits. In the near future I will ... Read more
I wish all friends, readers and supporters a merry and peaceful Christmas, take care of yourselves and stay healthy. I wish all admins who are looking after the well-being of the systems during or between the holidays every success. Take a few days off as soon as possible and treat yourselves and your loved ones to something nice. ... Read more
