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The new Exchange Server version is expected this year. It makes sense to start working on the migration of existing Exchange 2016 servers to Exchange SE now, as the time window for the migration is short. However, this is not a problem if you prepare in good time. This article is about the migration of ... Read more
Microsoft has now also released Exchange Server 2019 CU14 for Windows Server 2025. Originally, CU15 was to be released for Windows Server 2025 first, but this step has now been brought forward. The release of CU14 for Windows Server 2025 serves as preparation for the upgrade to Exchange Server SE. This means that existing Exchange Servers can now be upgraded to ... Read more
The latest Cummulative Update for Exchange Server 2019 has been postponed again Originally, CU 15 for Exchange 2019 was supposed to be released in December 2024, but the release was postponed to January 2025. On the last day of January, a message appeared on the Exchange Team Blog stating that CU 15 had been postponed again. The CU15 will be the ... Read more
Since the Exchange Server April 2024 Hotfix Update, Exchange Server 2019 also supports ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) certificates. However, there are a few things to bear in mind when using ECC certificates. In the following article, we take a look at what you need to consider. What are ECC certificates ECC certificates (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) are certificates that are based on ... Read more
It can happen that Exchange 2019 servers log the EventID 1006 (source: MSExchange Mailbox Replication). The text of the warning is as follows: The warning occurs approximately every 2 minutes. The warning occurs when a database has been deleted and is fortunately very easy to resolve. These are not problems with ... Read more
Today, mainstream support for Exchange Server 2019 has expired, so both Exchange Server versions that are still supported are now in extended support, which ends on October 14, 2025. While Exchange 2016 will only receive security updates, Exchange 2019 will receive two more CUs. The CU14 for Exchange 2019 will be released soon and CU15 will also be ... Read more
CU13 for Exchange Server 2019 was released yesterday. The CU13 contains all previous security updates and brings new features for Exchange Server 2019. The CU13 can be downloaded here: CU13 finally brings Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0) for on-prem Exchange Server. Until now, Modern Authentication was only available in conjunction with the hybrid configuration, i.e. ... Read more
During an Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 migration, no mailboxes could be moved to the new Exchange 2019 databases. The MoveRequests got stuck at 0% and showed the error StalledDueToSource_DiskLatency: No matter how big or small the mailbox was: No mailbox could be moved. Directly after creating the MoveRequest, the error StalledDueToSource_DiskLatency was displayed. Also ... Read more
Problems can occur on an Exchange 2019 server if a database is larger than 1 TB. On an Exchange 2019 Standard Server, the maximum database size is 1 TB, if the database is larger, there are problems with failover within the DAG. Also, databases that are larger than 1 TB can no longer be ... Read more
The Exchange Health Checker is an excellent tool to get a quick overview of the status of the Exchange Server. The PowerShell script provided by Microsoft is continuously updated and can generate a report in HTML format. For a fresh Exchange 2019 installation on a Windows Server 2022, the report looks like this, for example: ... Read more
