Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
A reader of my blog asked the following question, which I would like to answer briefly here: Hello Frank, I have a question if it can be solved with a script.(Exchange 2016)If employees have their out-of-office assistant active, ActivSync is automatically deactivated as soon as the out-of-office assistant is switched off again, ActiveSync is automatically activated. The whole thing is intended as work protection ... Read more
I haven't needed it for ages, but now I'm back in a situation where I need a POP connector for Exchange. The reason for this is a somewhat idiosyncratic configuration of my new hoster's mail server. Until the problem is solved, I have to pick up exactly one mailbox via POP3 and send it to the local ... Read more
It doesn't always have to be SCCM... I was looking for a way to automate as many of my boring tasks as possible for my own systems: Backing up or mirroring the website to the NAS, installing updates (Windows / Linux), installing test environments. Just repetitive, boring, time-consuming stuff, just made for the ... Read more
Today Microsoft has released new CUs for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange 2019. The CU 6 for Exchange 2019 can only be downloaded from the VLSC Portal, Action Pack or Visual Studio Portal. The CU 17 for Exchange 2016 is still available for regular download: Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 6 VLSC ... Read more
Does anyone remember the call for support for a proposal by Jeff Guillet regarding centrally managed Outlook signatures? I reported on Jeff's proposal in March 2018 and asked for support for the proposal. A total of 8754 votes were cast in favor of the proposal and in September 2019 the answer came that ... Read more
I have already written about DKIM in conjunction with Sophos UTM here. Here is an article about Exchange and DKIM. Mails can receive a DKIM signature directly on the Exchange server, so an additional AntiSPAM solution that adds the DKIM signature is not necessary. To add DKIM signatures directly on the Exchange ... Read more
I have already written about this problem here: OWA and ECP deliver: server error in the application. However, the problem that OWA and ECP are no longer accessible after an update seems to occur quite frequently. At least I receive mails on this topic from time to time after the release of CUs. A reader has now kindly ... Read more
This year is a milestone birthday, as this site has now been in existence for 10 years. This birthday is being celebrated with a proper clean-up and a new design. I have implemented the following optimizations and improvements in the last few days: Disposed of old data (deleted thousands of corpses from the web server) Deleted 6 plugins that were obsolete Database ... Read more
If user accounts are synchronized using Azure AD Connect, no Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) license is assigned by default. In the default setting, a corresponding license must therefore be assigned manually so that the users can use the Microsoft 365 services. However, this process can also be carried out automatically. So that users are automatically assigned a Microsoft ... Read more
In January of this year, I reported on free S/MIME certificates from WISeID. Unfortunately, I have since discovered that newly requested certificates from this CA are no longer considered trustworthy. I noticed this when I requested a new 1-year certificate from WISeID. The CA still issues the certificates, but ... Read more
