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Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification

Posted on 14th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is one of those little things that make life much, much easier. Imagine the scenario; you go to eject a USB disk drive or USB flash and Windows tells you that it is still in use. How to track down which application is using the drive?

Eject, Eject, Eject

In the below example, the USB flash drive E: will be ejected. Or at least, we will try...

Alas, no! There is a problem ejecting the USB mas… Read the rest “Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification”

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End of DirSync and AAD Sync Support

Posted on 13th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Today marks the end of support for the legacy synchronisation tools which are used to connect on-premises Active Directory to Office 365 and Azure AD. Specifically Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) and Azure AD Sync are the tools which are transitioning out of support at this time. Note also that version 1.0 of Azure Active Directory (AAD Connect) is also transitioning of support. … Read the rest “End of DirSync and AAD Sync Support”

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End of Exchange 2007 Support

Posted on 11th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Today’s the day to say goodbye to our old friend, Exchange 2007. At this point you should have completed the project to move all mailboxes and resources from Exchange 2007 to a supported version of Exchange, and uninstall the Exchange 2007 servers.

Thanks to Exchange 2007 I went to MCM, and discovered just how badly Greg Taylor and accomplices can break an Exchange environment and turn it into a qu… Read the rest “End of Exchange 2007 Support”

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Transport Rule To Force On-Premises Terminology In a Not So Subtle Way

Posted on 7th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

There are many memes doing the rounds inside Microsoft which are sent out when someone uses the term on-premise rather than on-premises. Note the extra"S" in the latter. This is not new, and the last rant on this subject was a year ago Friday Morning Rant – Premise and Tenents.

For another bit of Friday morning fun, how about we provide some rather unsubtle feedback via an Exchange transpor… Read the rest “Transport Rule To Force On-Premises Terminology In a Not So Subtle Way”

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How To Enable AAD Connect Sync Cycle

Posted on 6th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When installing Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect), it is sometimes required that the initial synchronisation is not initiated until additional configuration has been performed. This may mean that rules have to be edited, or that certain filtering options are to be applied.

AAD Connect will inform you that synchronisation will not occur until you enable it. This is highlighted along the… Read the rest “How To Enable AAD Connect Sync Cycle”

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Decomissioning Exchange 2007 – Public Folder Migration

Posted on 4th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The end of support date for Exchange 2007 is fast approaching. At this time all of your migration projects to transition to a newer version should be done. Note that Exchange 2007 will exit out of extended support on the 11th of April 2017. The Office 2007 suite has a slightly later end of extended support date which is the 10th of October 2017.

It is necessary to properly decommission Exchange … Read the rest “Decomissioning Exchange 2007 – Public Folder Migration”

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Blog Code Examples Not Running Due to Smart Quotes

Posted on 31st March 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

During an excellent trip to see a local customer *, it was noted that some of the script examples on the blog were not working as expected. The post we were looking at was the Check Exchange 2013 Schema and Object Information in AD. When the sample commands were copied, the Exchange administrator was not able to immediately use them, even after editing to suit their environment.

The sym… Read the rest “Blog Code Examples Not Running Due to Smart Quotes”

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Unexpected Exchange AD Object Values

Posted on 29th March 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Imagine this scenario; you have deployed an Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016 Cumulative update successfully in your environment and you think that all is fine. However you then receive an unpleasant surprise when you go to verify the details of the Exchange Schema and Exchange AD object versions. You can review the process to review the Exchange AD Objects and Schema in addition to the different b… Read the rest “Unexpected Exchange AD Object Values”

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Exchange 2013 CU16 and Exchange 2016 CU5 .NET Framework Requirement

Posted on 27th March 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As mentioned in the release posts for Exchange 2013 CU16 and Exchange 2016 CU5, both of these Exchange versions now require .NET framework 4.6.2 on all supported OS platforms. This post focusses on Windows 2012 and 2012 R2 installations, see note below about Windows 2016.

Update 25-1-2018 Since the older versions of Exchange 2013 and 2016 CUs are no longer available, the Exchange Support Matrix has be… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU16 and Exchange 2016 CU5 .NET Framework Requirement”

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Exchange 2016 CU5 Released

Posted on 23rd March 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU5 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 ha… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU5 Released”