Author: Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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Update WAP Published Application Certificate

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

A base Web Application Proxy (WAP) provides AD FS proxy capability in addition to also publishing on-premises web applications to the Internet.  This can be used to publish services such as Exchange OWA and Autodiscover.

Publish Applications using AD FS Preauthentication can used in certain situations to pre-authenticate the incoming request before it is passed onto the internal server.  Alternative… Read the rest “Update WAP Published Application Certificate”

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Still Running DirSync and AAD Sync–Really Time To Update

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This post is for those customers who continue to run outdated and legacy versions of the synchronisation tools to connect on-premises Active Directory to Azure Active Directory.  It was noted back in April this year that legacy versions of the synchronisation tools should be updated to a supported version of Azure AD Connect.  Preferably the latest available version.

If for any reason this was not d… Read the rest “Still Running DirSync and AAD Sync–Really Time To Update”

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Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Working on multiple versions of Exchange means having multiple different labs.  Each lab will have different versions of Exchange, different update levels and also different Active Directory site layouts.  They are all required to test and validate different configurations.

These VMs are not always running.  As a result, DFS sometimes needs attention if the environment was powered off for an extend… Read the rest “Install DFSRDIAG On Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016”

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EOP Connectors – Old and New

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This post is a reference for the future.  It shows the older EOP connectors that were created by the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) and then the format of the newer connectors.  Note that the names etc. will likely be changed again at some point in the future - change is inevitable.

This is how things looked in late 2017 / early 2018.

EOP Connector Names - Circa 2015

The connector below w… Read the rest “EOP Connectors – Old and New”

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Reminder–End of Office 365 Outlook Anywhere Support October 31st 2017

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The end of Outlook Anywhere support in Office 365 is almost upon us.  In a weeks time support for Outlook Anywhere (OA) will be removed in Office 365.  Note that this does not impact on-premises deployments. This change is in Office 365.  The replacement client connectivity protocol is MAPI/HTTP.  MAPI/HTTP is not a new protocol, it was introduced with Exchange 2013 SP1 and Outlook 2013 SP1.

The Of… Read the rest “Reminder–End of Office 365 Outlook Anywhere Support October 31st 2017”

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End of Outlook 2007 Support

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Earlier this year we said goodbye to our friend, Exchange 2007.  Now that it is October the 10th, Outlook 2007 is also exiting out of extended support.

Customers who use Office 365 will have noted that there is a change to the supported client connectivity methods.  Outlook Anywhere is being replaced with MAPI/HTTP.  Outlook 2007 does not support MAPI/HTTP, and as such will be unable to connect.  T… Read the rest “End of Outlook 2007 Support”

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Office 365 Pilot Group Mail Flow Issues

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When initially deploying and configuring Office 365, one of the initial questions is to select the on-premises objects which will be replicated to Azure Active Directory.  It is strongly recommended that all of the required directory and user hygiene is fully completed prior to the installation of Azure AD Connect.  It is easier and simpler to remediate UPN, invalid SMTP domains and other issues p… Read the rest “Office 365 Pilot Group Mail Flow Issues”

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Exchange 2016 CU7 AD Forest Function Level Requirements

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In September 2016, just over a year ago from the time of writing, Exchange 2016 CU3 added support for Windows 2016.  Exchange 2016 CU3 added support for installing Exchange 2016 onto Windows Server 2016 and also to have Windows 2016 Domain Controllers (DCs) in the environment.  There is a nuance with the latter.  In order to be supported with Windows 2016 DCs, the Active Directory (AD DS) had to be… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU7 AD Forest Function Level Requirements”

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How To Compare Exchange Schema Changes

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

In the initial versions of Exchange, there was no Active Directory.  In this land before time, Windows NT directory services was available and Primary Domain Controllers and Backup Domain Controllers ruled the roost.  Exchange 4.0 to 5.5 maintained a separate directory in Exchange over and above the Windows NT directory.  This all changed with the advent of Active Directory and Exchange 2000.  I w… Read the rest “How To Compare Exchange Schema Changes”

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Exchange 2016 CU7 Released

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Exchange 2016 CU7 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 CU7 Released”