Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
The Microsoft Ignite digital event starts again tomorrow. As last year, participation is free of charge: https://myignite.microsoft.com/home So if you want to register quickly, you can do so via the link. However, the sessions at the last Ignite were also recorded and posted online on YouTube, for example. So the sessions can also be ... Read more
I found some time to test the preview of Windows Server 2022 and installed the new server operating system from Microsoft in a VM. The preview build 20298.1 was released yesterday. Unfortunately, there is not really much new to see, so there is only a short article here. Participants of the Windows Server Insider ... Read more
The last article on Sophos XG in conjunction with Exchange is a bit outdated, so here is an updated version. At the moment SFOS 18 is current, I tested version 18.0.4 MR-4. My small test environment is set up as follows: Exchange is set to the hostnames outlook.frankyswebweblab.de for ... Read more
Zevenet Loadbalancer is the successor to Zen Loadbalancer, for which I wrote a howto some time ago. Zevenet Loadbalancer is particularly suitable for test environments as it is quick to install and configure and is also free of charge. So here is an updated how-to on Zevenet and Exchange 2019. The Zevenet load balancer ... Read more
Microsoft has released new security updates for Exchange Server 2016 - 2019. This is a fix for the following vulnerability: CVE-2021-24085: Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability However, the vulnerability is listed as "Low" severity and an attacker must have Exchange Server credentials to exploit the vulnerability: An ... Read more
I recently fell into this trap, because with time-critical VMs, such as domain controllers, which are operated on VMware vSphere, you have to pay attention to a small peculiarity. Since an incorrect time can have far-reaching consequences, here is a short article on the subject. The following problem has occurred. An NTP server ... Read more
Windows servers may display the message "Why did the computer shut down unexpectedly" at every login if the server had previously crashed. Although the message can be confirmed for the current session, it reappears the next time the user logs on: This small problem occurs when a user who is not the "Administrator" logs on, ... Read more
Grafana, InfluxDB and Telegraf can also be used to create attractive dashboards for statistics or monitoring for the NoSpamProxy e-mail security gateway. For the dashboards, the Windows performance counters for NoSpamProxy can be sent to an InfluxDB using Telegraf. The data can then be displayed on a dashboard using Grafana. Here is an example ... Read more
Exchange transport rules can be used to perform certain actions when receiving or sending emails. For example, mails can be redirected, rejected or provided with a disclaimer using a transport rule. There are many ways to implement certain actions for mails using transport rules, but with many transport rules it can quickly become a little confusing and it is not always clear which ... Read more
2020 is finally over and welcome to 2021 - it can only get better! With this in mind: Happy New Year! I wish all visitors, readers, supporters and friends a happy and healthy new year, may all your wishes and resolutions come true. As the fireworks at the turn of the year had to be largely canceled, there are ... Read more
