Exchange 2010: Which users connect to the Client Access Server?

If you want to find out which users connect to the Client Access Server, you will find a corresponding log file on the CAS server under the path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Logging\RPC Client Access" Here you will find corresponding logs which also contain the SID of the user who has connected to the CAS server This information can be important if, for example, ... Read more

HowTo: Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013

In this article I describe the migration from Exchange Server 2010 to Exchange Server 2013. I have created the following test environment for the migration: Test environment DC01 is a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller that provides the Active Directory forest "frankysweb.local". Exchange 2010 SP3 on Server 2008 R2 is installed on Server EX2010. The Service Pack 3 ... Read more

Exchange 2013: CU1 released, migration and coexistence supported

As previously announced, CU1 for Exchange 2013 was released today. The update now also supports coexistence between Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2007/2010. Details about the CU1 can be found here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/04/02/released-exchange-server-2013-rtm-cumulative-update-1.aspx The Technet articles have not yet been updated. The CU1 includes the complete Exchange setup package. This means that existing Exchange 2013 ... Read more

Exchange 2013 CU1 announced for April 2, 2013

I am curious whether the date will be kept. The CU1 for Exchange 2013 has been announced for 02.04.2013. CU1 enables Exchange 2007/2010 servers to coexist with Exchange 2013. CU1 will then also support the migration from Exchange 2007/2010 to Exchange 2013. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/03/25/exchange-2013-rtm-cu1-status.aspx Time to prepare the test environments

Reverse proxy for Outlook Anywhere via Sophos UTM Web Application Firewall

I have already reported on the Sophos UTM Firewall, which is even free for private use. Unfortunately, there was the restriction that the Web Application Firewall previously did not provide Outlook Anywhere support. But now that Forefront TMG has been discontinued, other manufacturers seem to be jumping on the bandwagon and adding Outlook Anywhere support to their products. Read more

Exchange web services are becoming increasingly important!

Exchange Web Services (EWS) are becoming increasingly important. With the EWS, applications are able to access many of the Exchange functions. The EWS interface has been implemented since Exchange 2007. I know many applications that still access Exchange via MAPI, all these applications will no longer be Exchange 2013 compatible, as the protocol will only be ... Read more

Mail-enabled public folders are not displayed in the address list after migration

Some time ago I already described a problem with the value "MailNickname", which leads to the address lists not being updated. The same problem can occur with e-mail activated public folders. The background is that in Exchange 2003 times the mail nickname (alias) was still allowed to contain special characters such as spaces etc.. With Exchange 2010 ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Jetstress for Exchange 2013 released

The popular Jetstress tool has been released for Exchange 2013. It can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36849 Jetstress can be used to analyze database performance so that bottlenecks or performance problems can be identified before the server goes live. Unfortunately, Loadgen is not yet available for Exchange 2013.