Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Microsoft has announced the timeline for the release of Exchange 2016, according to which there will be a public beta as early as the summer. The RTM version is then announced for winter 2015: Initial information has also been published on what is required to use the new "Document Collaboration" feature. According to this, in addition to Exchange 2016, SharePoint ... Read more
Information on the new Exchange Server 2016 architecture has been published on the Exchange Team Blog. One of the biggest changes is probably the elimination of the client access role. This means that there is now only one role, making deployment fairly simple. The Client Access role has now also been integrated into the Mailbox role. Read more
The first public preview of Office 2016 and therefore also Outlook 2016 has been released. Office 2016 Preview can be downloaded here: https://products.office.com/en-us/office-2016-preview Reason enough to take a first look at the upcoming Outlook 2016 Not much has changed visually at the first start of Outlook 2016, first the account is set up After setting up the ... Read more
Certificates from an Active Directory integrated certification authority can be easily requested via MMC. However, if you want to buy a certificate, you need a certificate request that can be submitted to the CA. Unfortunately, ECP offers few options for configuring the request and the subsequent certificate. The way via the Exchange Shell works much better. The command is ... Read more
All certificates have an expiration date, which is usually a long time in the future. Who remembers a certificate that was purchased 2 years ago or even longer? Some CAs send reminder e-mails, but not all. For internal CAs, the CA reporter may be able to help. If you only have a few purchased certificates, you can use Excel ... Read more
A first look at the upcoming Exchange version (Exchange 2016) will be available at Microsoft Ignite. Some information about Exchange 2016 is already available on the Exchange Team Blog. The release of Exchange 2016 is planned for the second half of this year. The Ignite session on Exchange 2016 is expected to start on 07.05. ... Read more
This article describes the basic configuration of Exchange Online Protection with Exchange Server 2013. https://products.office.com/de-de/exchange/microsoft-exchange-online-protection-email-filter-and-anti-spam-protection-email-security-email-spam These instructions are also valid for Exchange 2016. Once you have an account, you will be taken to the Office 365 dashboard. The basic configuration can be carried out under "Setup": Step 1: Add domain. I use "frankysweb.com" for testing: My domain hosts ... Read more
Nice error during Exchange 2013 installation (I think sandbox assembly sounds kind of funny): [03.26.2015 17:17:52.0050] [0] [ERROR] An attempt was made to load an assembly from a network address, which in previous versions of .NET Framework would have resulted in the assembly running as a sandbox assembly. In this version of .NET Framework, the CAS policy is not enforced by default. Read more
From 01.01.2016, Microsoft will declare SSL certificates with SHA1 as the hash algorithm invalid. Web servers or services that use certificates with SHA1 will therefore trigger certificate warnings in the user's browser. Therefore, SHA1 certificates should be replaced slowly but surely. In order for an internal CA to issue certificates with SHA256 (SHA2), the CA must ... Read more
New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, 2010 and 2013. Click here to download directly: Cumulative Update 8 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB3030080) Updaterollup 9 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB3030085) Updaterollup 16 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB3030086) Here is a list of the changes: Cumulative ... Read more
