Exchange 2010: Management Console / Shell does not start

If the Exchange Management Console or the Management Shell does not start with the following error, it helps to restart the IIS. Here is the error message that appears when this error occurs: The following error occurred while connecting to the remote server: The request cannot be processed by the WS-Management service. The system load quota of 1000 requests per 2 seconds ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Switch authentication to Kerberos

By default, connections from Outlook to Exchange 2013 are authenticated with NTLM. However, in environments with several CAS servers and many clients, NTLM generates unnecessary load on the DCs, precisely because load balancers no longer have to worry about persistence. It is better to use Kerberos authentication here so that not every CAS server has to re-authenticate the connection ... Read more

The search for a Forefront TMG replacement (The conclusion)

At the end of last year, I started looking for a replacement for Forefront TMG and found a few very interesting solutions: Part 1: KEMP Edge Security Pack Part 2: Sophos UTM 9.1 Part 3: Windows Server 2012 R2 + ARR 2.5 Part 4: Windows Server 2012 R2 + Web Application Proxy Part 5: Debian 7 ... Read more

Merry Christmas

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And don't forget to drop by again in the new year. Frank PS: I will use the time between the holidays for a few revisions of the pages, so don't be surprised if FrankysWeb is offline from time to time

Exchange 2013: SMTP 421 4.3.2 Service not active

Exchange 2013 has the Managed Availability functions. Among other things, Managed Availability is able to put Exchange services into maintenance mode. This is important, for example, when updates or service packs are installed on Exchange 2013 servers. During the installation of CU3, however, it happened to me that the maintenance mode was not terminated again. Read more

Exchange 2010: determine required licenses

Unfortunately, the standard license overview of Exchange 2010 does not provide much information. You cannot see what Enterprise licenses are required for, so if you have activated an Enterprise feature by mistake, you will have to search for a long time before you can deactivate it again. In the Technet, however, there is a script that breaks down the licenses in more detail. This means that you can ... Read more

Exchange 2013: CU3 available

The Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange 2013 has been released. As with all Exchange 2013 updates, this is the complete installation package with which new servers can also be installed. The update can be downloaded here: With CU3, Internet Explorer 11 is now also supported as a premium client for OWA. A complete ... Read more