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The second article in this series is about restoring a mailbox from the data backup that was created in part 1 with the Windows Server backup. The procedure is the same for many backup tools and essentially consists of writing the mailbox database back to a restore database and restoring the required data from it. The procedure described here ... Read more
This series of articles is about backing up and restoring Exchange databases and mailboxes using Windows Server Backup. The test environment consists of a Windows Server 2016 with Exchange 2016 on which the Windows feature "Windows Server Backup" has been installed. The Windows Server Backup is a simple tool with which Windows Server and Exchange can be backed up and ... Read more
Support for Exchange 2007 ends after 10 years on 11.04.2017. From April there will therefore no longer be any technical support, bug and security fixes or time zone updates for Exchange 2007. Anyone still using Exchange 2007 should therefore migrate as quickly as possible. Exchange 2007 cannot be migrated directly to Exchange 2016. The ... Read more
I admit it. In one of my test environments, I've now been caught out too. I've forgotten the password... But it's actually a good thing, because I can see if the good old workaround via "Utilman" still works. The good news: Yes, it still works! Here again the way how ... Read more
I am currently configuring the base template for Windows Server 2016. I would like to create Windows Server 2016 VMs based on this template in the future. Please feel free to post any tips on useful settings for the standard installation in the comments. I will gradually expand this article until the template is complete. ... Read more
As promised, I'm adding the Jetstress test here to compare ReFS and NTFS. I tested once with a database and logs on one volume and 4 databases with separate log and database volumes (8 volumes). All volumes of the Windows VM were stored on the same XtremIO LUN. There were no other changes. ... Read more
I have already carried out a speed comparison between ReFS and NTFS. Exchange 2016: Testing storage performance with Jetstress (comparing NTFS to ReFS) Part 1 Exchange 2016: Testing storage performance with Jetstress (comparing NTFS to ReFS) Part 2 Exchange 2016: Testing storage performance with Jetstress (comparing NTFS to ReFS) Part 3 I have performed the test ... Read more
Problems with the system mailboxes are often only noticed when new Exchange servers are to be installed, and the installation then usually fails. Faulty system mailboxes can also occur if a database containing the mailboxes has been deleted. Normally Exchange will not delete a database if system mailboxes are still present. In the case of a corrupt database that has been manually ... Read more
When migrating to Exchange 2016, you may come across the following problem: For smartphones or other ActiveSync devices, the domain was previously optional and was left blank, as can be seen in the following screenshot of an iPhone: If the CAS proxy function is now used for coexistence between Exchange 2010/2013 and ... Read more
On Friday, February 10, 2017, the second meeting of the Exchange User Group OWL (EUGO) took place. This time we met at the Allegro Habichtshöhe to discuss current IT topics. With 19 participants, we were again a good group and the room was almost full. From my point of view, the evening was again a complete success: ... Read more
