Author: Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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Unable To Access OWA or Office 365 Portal On Servers

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Being unable to open OWA or the Office 365 portal is a common issue in test labs.  In these environments there may be a desire to use the browser installed on a lab server to quickly access the Office 365 portal or to test email by using OWA.

This is typically met with the below error:

For the search engines:

We can't sign you in

Your browser is currently set to block JavaScript. You need to allow Jav… Read the rest “Unable To Access OWA or Office 365 Portal On Servers”

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AAD Connect Express Installation Screenshots–March 2017

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is a reference post to illustrate the installation experience when installing Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect).  AAD Connect is often referred by its older name of DirSync as it rolls off the tongue slightly easier.  This post was written in March 2017, and installs AAD Connect version 1.1.443.0 which was the latest version at the time of writing.  The Express installation option i… Read the rest “AAD Connect Express Installation Screenshots–March 2017”

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Exchange Setup – Certificate Is Expired

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below is one of my Exchange 2013 lab servers which ran into an error when upgrading to Exchange 2013 CU13.  This was because I had deliberately broken Outlook Anywhere in order to replicate a customer situation where they had let the Outlook Anywhere certificate expire.    When running the CU upgrade process, setup failed when restoring the Mailbox Role Transport Service:

setup.exe /Mode:Upgrad… Read the rest “Exchange Setup – Certificate Is Expired”

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Exchange Message Tracking Log Examples

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Exchange Message Tracking Log Examples

The below post was promoted from the draft bin due to a recent customer engagements.  Exchange admins have grown very used to the message tracking UI tools that have shipped with the previous Exchange builds.  This is completely understandable since they are required to investigate and resolve numerous issues.  There may be a question of did Steve in accounting get that email last week, or why are… Read the rest “Exchange Message Tracking Log Examples”

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Quick Tip Windows 10 – Unable To Stop Device Notification

Posted on 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...

Eject, Eject, Eject !

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 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 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 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

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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 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”