Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 23 for Exchange Server 2010. This is a security update which should be installed promptly. Click here to download the UR 13 for Exchange 2010: Update Rollup 23 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB4340733) Here you can find more information about the update: CVE-2018-8302 | Microsoft Exchange ... Read more
Here is another short article from the "Behind the scenes" series, this time about Exchange test environments. I often need an Exchange test environment, so what could be more obvious than automating the installation? Foreword Essentially, a test environment always consists of a domain controller ... Read more
Sophos has released two new update packages for the UTM today. The original update to version 9.510-4) has been withdrawn and is no longer available for download. Users of version 9.510-4 can now update to version 9.510-5 (second download link), this version should now also fix the bug in Mail Protection regarding TLS negotiation. Read more
Exchange Server 2019 will be the first Exchange version that can be installed and operated on a Windows Server Core (Windows without GUI). Windows without a graphical interface may seem strange to many at first, but it certainly has advantages: Fewer updates required Smaller installation Faster boot Less attack surface Very effective protection against "click-click-click-break" admins A Server Core installation requires ... Read more
In the first part of the article, I installed the Exchange 2019 Preview. The setup is almost identical to Exchange 2016. Here is the second part of my first impression of Exchange 2019. Configuration After installation, the Start menu contains the familiar entries from Exchange 2016: A small note in passing: As with ... Read more
The Exchange 2019 preview has been publicly available since today. I have just installed the preview on a Windows Server 2016 Full GUI, here is my first impression of the new version. The preview can be downloaded here: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 - Preview Here are my personal first impressions of the new Exchange version. ... Read more
The new Exchange 2019 version has been available as a public preview since today. The preview is of course not yet ready for use in a productive environment, but anyone who wants to take a look at the new version can now do so. Click here to download the preview (6GB): Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 - ... Read more
After almost 4 months, Sophos has released an update for the UTM. The update to version 9.510-4 closes various security gaps and fixes some functional problems. Long-awaited features, such as support for Let's Encrypt and IKEv2, are still a long time coming. Here is the list of changes: [NUTM-8273]: [Basesystem] Inconsistent reporting ... Read more
There are currently problems with Exchange Server and the July updates for Windows Server. Microsoft has now withdrawn the faulty update and provided an updated version via Windows Update. The current update is KB4345418, Exchange Server should be updated as soon as possible to avoid problems with the MSExchangeTransport service. Here you can find ... Read more
Since yesterday evening, my site has only been available very sporadically. As of noon today, the site was almost completely offline. In most cases only the error code HTTP 500 was delivered. The entire website including all subpages was affected. Unfortunately, I was only able to address the problem now. The culprit was a WordPress plugin, which actually ... Read more
