Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
The basic configuration of Exchange 2016 is not much different from the configuration of Exchange 2013. In this article there is a short guide that covers the essential points: After installing Exchange 2016, I got into the habit of first renaming the database and moving it to its destination, this is done via shell with the ... Read more
The preview (download) of Exchange is available for download and I have started testing it. This article will first deal with the installation on a Server 2012 R2. In the first step, my test environment only consists of a domain controller on Windows Server 2012 R2 and another VM, also with Windows Server ... Read more
The Exchange 2016 preview has been available for download since today: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48210 The preview is currently only available in English and is just under 1.7 GB in size. The preview even supports co-existence with Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010. More information about the new features can be found on the Exchange Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/07/22/announcing-exchange-server-2016-preview.aspx There is also documentation ... Read more
I have just updated the Exchange Reporter, the list of changes is a little longer and two new functions have been added. You can now also attach the report as a PDF to the e-mail, please refer to the manual, because a prerequisite must be met for this, and with the "esareport.ps1" module there is now ... Read more
Some programs require an anonymous relay to be able to deliver mails. To set up an anonymous relay with Exchange 2013, a new connector should be created that has the appropriate permissions and restrictions for IP addresses: In this example, the new connector "Relay" is created: The connector can either listen on all IP addresses of the Exchange server or only ... Read more
Here is a video about Exchange 2016 from Ignite with lots of information about the migration, I think it is very worth watching: video.ch9.ms/sessions/ignite/2015/BRK3129-mobile.mp4 And here is another good video about the architecture: Exchange Server Preferred Architecture
If you also need to make frequent DNS queries to the MX records or SPF and reverse records, this little script may help: Test-MXSettings.ps1 The script has a few parameters, which can quickly check all Exchange accepted domains, or any domain, also a DNS server for the query can be specified. The following parameters ... Read more
New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013. Click here to download Exchange Server 2013 CU9 ) UM language packs for Exchange Server 2013 CU9 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47678) Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR 10 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47676) Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 16(http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47677) Here is a description of the fixes: Exchange 2013 CU9 ... Read more
The update with the number KB3062157 fixes a critical vulnerability in Exchange 2013 CU8 and SP1, which makes it possible to gain higher permissions. other versions are apparently not affected. More information can be found here: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-064 It is not necessary to restart the server, but the Exchange services will be restarted. Click here to download the update: ... Read more
I have just released version 2.3 of the Exchange Reporter. Here are the changes: Extension Exchange Reporter with 3rd Party Module Compatibility New (First) 3rd Party Module by Igmar Brückner Auditreport.ps1 - Information about changes to the Exchange configuration New module rightsreport.ps1 - Information about mailbox permissions Revision mbxreport.ps1 Display of inactive mailboxes Many thanks to Igmar ... Read more
