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Installing Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2012 R2

Installing Exchange 2010 onto Windows Server 2012 R2 is a request that frequently heard on the TechNet Exchange forums.  You may have seen posts from me in the past saying that this was not supported, and at the time that was the correct statement.  There has been a change though!  Exchange 2010 SP3 RU26 added support for installing Exchange 2010 onto Windows Server 2012 R2.

This post will step throu… Read the rest “Installing Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2012 R2”

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Exchange 2019 CU1 Released

Exchange 2019 CU1 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  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 2013 an… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU1 Released”

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Exchange 2016 CU12 Released

Exchange 2016 CU12 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 CU12 Released”

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Exchange 2013 CU22 Released

Exchange 2013 CU22 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  Exchange 2013 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 2013 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one.  Exchange 2013 Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU22 Released”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU26 Released

Today is patch Tuesday for February 2019 and contains a security advisory bulletin for Exchange 2010.  Due to the way that Exchange 2010 is serviced, security updates are released as a new update rollup (RU).  Separate updates were also released for Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019.

Download Exchange 2010 SP3 RU26

This is build 14.03.0442.000 of Exchange 2010, and KB 44687052 has the full details for the release.  The… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU26 Released”

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Checking Exchange SMTP Logs To Determine Usage

This week I was fortunate to return to one of my favourite customers, to help with Exchange 2010 migration activities.  As we all know, Exchange 2010 will exit out of extended support on the 14th of January 2020.

Fortunately they are progressing very well with moving all mailboxes off Exchange 2010, and one of the last remaining items was to review SMTP mail flow through the Exchange 2010 Hub trans… Read the rest “Checking Exchange SMTP Logs To Determine Usage”

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Save The Date – End of Exchange 2010 Support–T Minus 1 Year

End of Exchange 2010 SupportJanuary 2020 is going to be a very important month.  There are multiple large and important products which will exit out of their extended support lifecycle phase.  The list includes Exchange 2010.

We reviewed this a year ago, to provide additional warning and notification as many customers still run Exchange 2010 on-premises.  For those who are not in the middle of upgrade or migration activities t… Read the rest “Save The Date – End of Exchange 2010 Support–T Minus 1 Year”

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Script to Clear Credman

With my customer facing role, there are lot of demonstrations to enterprise customers.  Manually reverting machines back to the initial starting point for the next demo can be time consuming and error prone.

One example of this is clearing out the contents on Window's Credential Manager.  There is no option to do a block select to delete multiple entries at once.  Worse still is that Modern Authent… Read the rest “Script to Clear Credman”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU25 Released

Today is patch Tuesday for January 2019 and contains a security advisory bulletin for Exchange 2010.  Due to the way that Exchange 2010 is serviced, security updates are released as a new update rollup (RU).  Separate updates were also released for Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019.

Download Exchange 2010 SP3 RU25

This is build 14.03.0435.00 of Exchange 2010, and KB 4468742 has the full details for the release.  The up… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU25 Released”

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Most Popular Blog Posts For 2018

Hello to 2019!  Just like last year, let’s take a peek at the top 10 most popular blog posts based on hit count.

As previously noted, there is more of a demand for Office 365 and Exchange Online content.  The steps to run a manual sync cycle was the most popular post.  Remaining current on support life cycle is also critical, and the Windows 2008/R2 and Exchange 2010 aspect is an issue many compani… Read the rest “Most Popular Blog Posts For 2018”