Author: Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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Beware the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard Doppelganger

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Perhaps the best thing to come to Exchange over the last 10 years was the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW).  While many take this feature for granted, if you had to manually deploy Exchange 2010 SP1 hybrid to Exchange Online you will shudder at the mention of the Service domain.  But let’s not dredge up those memories…

 

Recently an update was released to the HCW, and initially the update looke… Read the rest “Beware the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard Doppelganger”

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Unable to Edit WAP Published Application in Mixed Mode Farm

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

During the upgrade process it is expected that there will be multiple versions of AD FS and WAP servers operating in a farm at a given time.  This is actually a good option as it allows us to easily upgrade from AD FS 2012 R2 to a newer version such as 2016 or 2019.  We can do this without having to build a brand new farm from scratch and then cutting over applications to the new farm wi… Read the rest “Unable to Edit WAP Published Application in Mixed Mode Farm”

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Previously Working Now Unable To See Exchange On-Premises Free/Busy – Redux

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Exchange Federation Metadata Update

When deploying Exchange hybrid, one of the aspects that can prove to be the most challenging is Exchange Online mailboxes trying to view calendar information for on-premises mailboxes.

This is because there are multiple potential issues which can be caused due to management of Exchange on-premises, firewall rules and reverse proxy configuration issues.  What was slightly interesting with this custo… Read the rest “Previously Working Now Unable To See Exchange On-Premises Free/Busy – Redux”

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Remove-HybridConfiguration Cmdlet

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

For various reasons, the aforementioned Remove-HybridConfiguration cmdlet has been something that has been something I've had to review recently.

This cmdlet is not present in Exchange 2010, it is only available in newer versions of Exchange.  For example if we try to find this cmdlet on an Exchange 2010 server, it is not present.

Only the Get, New, Set and Update-HybridConfiguration cmdlets are avai… Read the rest “Remove-HybridConfiguration Cmdlet”

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Exchange 2019 CU6 Released

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Volume Licensing Download Site

Exchange 2019 CU6 has been released to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Center!  Exchange 2019 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously.    CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2019 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU6 Released”

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Exchange 2016 CU17 Released

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU17 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  Exchange 2016 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously.    CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2016 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange 2013 h… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU17 Released”

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Unable To Access WAP AD FS Proxy Instance Externally

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When deploying AD FS and Web Application Proxy it is common to run into some networking issues.  Normally this is due to firewall rules not being set correctly.

However we need to be aware of the default behaviour of WAP and factor that into our deployment.

When WAP is installed, it will write additional firewall rules into the Windows firewall.  However, the default rules do not cover all monitorin… Read the rest “Unable To Access WAP AD FS Proxy Instance Externally”

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Exchange 2007 Outlook Anywhere White Paper

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is one of those older documents, that for many reasons I seem to keep coming back to over the years.  Even as we transition away from classic Outlook Anywhere to MAPI/HTTP, knowing some of the features/limitations of Outlook Anywhere and why MAPI/HTTP is a better replacement is something that will be around for a long time to come.

Since TechNet is dead, even though I know exactly what I'm loo… Read the rest “Exchange 2007 Outlook Anywhere White Paper”

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Office 365 Welcome Pages – Circa 2015

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below are some of the older Office 365 welcome pages, thought it might be fun to make the screenshots available for reference.  They are from an old blog post that never made its way out of the draft folder.  So it was repurposed for this post.

I used to call this one the California Highway

Office 365 Logon Page - California Highway

 

Once signed in, the Office 365 admin portal is shown below.

 

Office 365 Admin Portal

 

Cheers,

Rhoderick

 

 

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How To Set NSLookup to Use TCP

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One of the great things at Microsoft is the interaction with very smart colleagues.  A question was posed regarding DNS.  Most admins will know that DNS uses port 53, but is that TCP or UDP?

The answer is Consultant’s answer #1 "It depends"…

From a client resolver perspective this old TechNet documents:

During DNS resolution, DNS messages are sent from DNS clients to DNS servers or between DNS servers… Read the rest “How To Set NSLookup to Use TCP”