Best IT blog 2015? Help us and win!

Franky's Web is taking part in Dice's "Who will be the best tech IT blog 2015": You can vote who should win, for your participation you have the chance to win a 25 EUR Amazon voucher: Among all participants of the voting we raffle a 25 € Amazon voucher. If you would like to take part in the prize draw, please enter your ... Read more

Active Directory and Exchange automation with Softerra Adaxes

I was looking for a tool for the administration and automation of Active Directory and Exchange, and I got stuck with Softerra Adaxes, which I am currently testing in more detail. So here are a few impressions. First of all, a few screenshots from the installation: An account must be created for the service, which ... Read more

Exchange: Delete mails from mailboxes

Bad mails happen in the best of families. Sometimes it is a virus, or an email that should not have been sent. Exchange Server offers the possibility to delete mails from mailboxes. Especially with SPAM or virus waves, it can be very useful to know how to do this. This article applies to Exchange 2010, 2013 ... Read more

Microsoft Technical Summit 2015: Presentations are available

All presentations from the Microsoft Technical Summit 2015 are available online. The videos can also be downloaded directly: http://www.microsoft.com/germany/technical-summit/nachlese-2015.aspx The presentations are also available for most of the talks. So if you missed the MSTS or would like to watch the tracks again, you now have the opportunity to do so.

Exchange 2016: Allow anonymous relay (5.7.54 Unable to Relay)

Some applications or devices require an anonymous relay to be able to send mails. However, a distinction must be made here between internal relay and external relay. The internal relay, i.e. the anonymous sending of mails to the domains accepted by Exchange, works out-of-the-box: The external relay, i.e. the sending of mails to external users without authentication, however ... Read more

Microsoft Technical Summit 2015 - A summary

The Microsoft Technical Summit 2015 in Darmstadt ended yesterday. Here is my personal conclusion As last year, there were some exciting presentations in which some in-depth information and insights into Microsoft technologies were given. I personally thought the location was better than last year and I think this time everyone ... Read more

Howto: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016

To make the series of articles "Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016" easier to find and in the right order, here are the direct links: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 1 Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 2 Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 3 Please note that this is only ... Read more

Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (Part 3)

Here is the third and final part of the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. Part 1 and Part 2 can be found here: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 1 Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 2 In this part we clean up and uninstall Exchange 2010. Removing the Exchange 2010 databases ... Read more

Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (Part 2)

Here is the second part of the migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. The first part can be found here: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 1 In this article, the public folders and the mailboxes are migrated. The migration of the public folders can only be done with downtime, so read first, then plan :-) ... Read more