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Shared mailboxes are often used when several people need to have access to a mailbox, for example to work together in a team. However, there are a few things to bear in mind, so this article describes how to set them up and how they work. The following example shows how to set up a shared mailbox: The mailboxes specified under "Users (blue box)" ... Read more
The Exchange Toolbox is a new project of mine to make my life a little easier. In my daily work with Exchange Server I usually only need a few commands or information to check configurations or identify problems. With the Exchange Toolbox I'm trying to create a small tool that will make ... Read more
Just a small warning about the Sophos UTM update 9.408. This update causes several problems. If you run the UTM as a virtual machine on VMware ESXi, it is better not to install the update and wait. The update 9.408 mixes up the assignment of the virtual network cards, this was already a problem when in previous versions ... Read more
Foreword As in the first part of this article series, this is about manually removing an Exchange Server. This procedure may be necessary in "unclean" environments. This procedure should not be used after a migration. A clean uninstallation is the best way to go here. The following cases come into question for manual removal: There have already been ... Read more
The date for the next meeting of the Exchange User Group OWL (EUGO) has been set: Friday 10.02.2017 19:30 Hotel zur Spitze in Bielefeld Senne Windelsbleicher Str. 215 33659 Bielefeld Link: Google Maps Link: Website Hotel zur Spitze Andi and I accept registrations on the following pages: http://asichel.de/eugo/ https://www.frankysweb.de/eugo/ Andi and I are looking forward to ... Read more
Foreword This series of articles deals with the manual removal of an Exchange 2016 server from the Active Directory. This procedure should only be used in special cases. The following cases come into question: There was already an Exchange installation "in the past" that is incomplete or faulty The Exchange server has burned down and cannot be removed via ... Read more
Sophos UTM Email Protection contains a bug where recipient verification is simply skipped. In the case of recipient verification via Active Directory and the query via SSL, no verification of the recipients takes place. Here are the problematic settings: Recipient verification via Active Directory Query of the Active Directory with SSL In the live log of Email Protection ... Read more
True to the motto of the Exchange User Group Berlin: We all get better when we share The Exchange User Group Berlin and the Exchange User Group OWL are now partner communities. Both offline communities are still at the very beginning, but have the same goal: We want to promote direct exchange between administrators, consultants and ... Read more
I have just uploaded the new version of the Message Tracking GUI for Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange 2016. Here is a screenshot of the new GUI: The following functions are currently available: If no server is specified, the mail is searched on all Exchange servers The number of results can be limited (or all results can be displayed) It is possible to ... Read more
A warning about Exchange Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 has appeared on the Exchange Team Blog. On Windows Server 2016, the IIS (specifically w3wp.exe) may crash. A fix for Windows Server 2016 is in progress. Until the update is released, it is not recommended to use Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016. Read more
