Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
Karsten Palmvig has created a script for analyzing the transaction logs. The script is very helpful for sizing the Exchange organization. You can find the complete article in the Exchange Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/03/07/now-available-getlogfileusage-ps1-script.aspx So if you are about to migrate to Exchange 2013, you should take a look at the script.
Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013 includes a new protocol for communication between Outlook and Exchange: MAPIoverHTTP. So far, MAPIoverHTTP is only supported by Outlook 2013 with SP1 and Exchange 2013 SP1. Therefore How does MAPIoverHTTP work? With Service Pack 1 for Office 2013 and MAPIoverHTTP enabled, Exchange now recognizes 2 protocols to ... Read more
Sometimes there is a requirement not to migrate an Exchange server in the traditional way. A PST migration, i.e. exporting the mailboxes from the source system and then importing the data into the target mailboxes, is then often chosen. This method is often chosen for cross-forest migrations, especially when the number of mailboxes is manageable. Read more
Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2013 has just been released. The Service Pack 1 now brings the long-awaited support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and the Edge Transport role is also available again. The biggest news, however, is probably a new protocol for Outlook: MAPIoverHTTP. Service Pack 1 requires an AD schema update. ... Read more
Today the Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 13 and the Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 5 were released
The URs can be downloaded here:
Update rollup 13 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2917522)
Update rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB2917508)
Unfortunately there is currently no exact description of which problems have been fixed, as soon as available I will link it here.
Today we are looking at the client side and what options there are for analyzing the RPCoverHTTPS connection. One of the best and easiest places to start is the Remote Connectivity Analyzer from Microsoft. The RCA provides an initial quick overview of whether Outlook Anywhere is working or where there are problems. Unfortunately, the RCA does not like self-created certificates, not even ... Read more
If you want to quickly reset a large number of passwords, you can use Powershell to do this. With a small adjustment, you can also read in a CSV file with users and reset the passwords to a default password: $userlist= @() do { $input = (Read-Host "AD User") if ($input -ne '') {$userlist += $input} } until ($input -eq '') ... Read more
As already announced in Part 1, we will now look at the Outlook Anywhere connection (RPCoverHTTPS) itself and why the certificates play a crucial role. As we saw in the first part, the Outlook profile was updated and the Outlook Anywhere settings were transferred to the client: My test computer is now no longer connected to the local ... Read more
I often receive questions about problems with Outlook Anywhere (RPCoverHTTPS) by email or here in the blog. However, the reasons why Outlook Anywhere does not want to work or does not work as expected can be very different. That's why I'm now providing a somewhat deeper insight into the configuration and error analysis of Outlook Anywhere. I have ... Read more
With its Web Application Firewall, Barracuda also offers a way to publish Exchange securely on the Internet. I have tried out the latest version and tested it with Exchange 2013. Barracuda offers a demo version for download. Here is the initial setup: After the VMware appliance has been started, you can log in with the user "admin" and the password "admin". Read more
