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Reminder – Upcoming Change in Office 365 EOP Connectors

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

There is an upcoming planned change in Office 365 to restrict relaying email messages in certain scenarios. This change has been scheduled many, many months in advance.

This post is just a reminder to raise awareness and to hopefully ensure that everyone who needs to update their Exchange Online Protection (EOP) connectors has done so.

For all the details please refer to these two … Read the rest “Reminder – Upcoming Change in Office 365 EOP Connectors”

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How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox

Posted on 25th January 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is one of those handy little tricks to keep in a toolbox to narrow down issues when troubleshooting. It can be useful to understand if the client is connecting via Outlook Anywhere or MAPI/HTTP. To troubleshoot such issues MAPI/HTTP can be disabled on the client, and then re-tested to see if the issue continues. Note that permanently disabling MAPI/HTTP is not an acceptable solution, and t… Read the rest “How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox”

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Most Popular Blog Posts For 2016

Posted on 31st December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

2016 is done, and that is a wrap! As in previous years, it’s always fun to take a look back and see what content was popular and compare trends to prior years…..

There is an increased requirement and demand for both Azure and Office 365 content. The steps to run a manual DirSync/AAD Sync/ AAD Connect surfaced to the #1 position. The RDC Manager post remains a perennial favourite. Exchange on-pre… Read the rest “Most Popular Blog Posts For 2016”

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Exchange 2013 CU15 Released

Posted on 14th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2013 CU15 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 … Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU15 Released”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU16 Released

Posted on 13th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Today heralded the arrival of Rollup Update Rollup 16 (RU16) for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. RU16 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010. All updates are delivered via a RU for Exchange 2010 and 2007. Exchange 2013 and 2016 have a different release model, where security updates are decoupled from the standard cumulative updates.

To update Exchange 2007… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU16 Released”

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Exchange 2016 CU4 Released

Posted on 13th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU4 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 CU4 Released”

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Azure RM VM Connect Button Greyed Out

Posted on 9th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below is a repro of a customer issue where they were unable to RDP to an Azure RM VM from the Internet. Previously this was not something they had setup as connecting to VMs was provided by a site to site VPN. There was no requirement to provide RDP access from the Internet, until they wanted to allow connectivity from one specific business partner to some VMs. The partner is not part of th… Read the rest “Azure RM VM Connect Button Greyed Out”

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Load Balancing AD FS Services In Azure RM

Posted on 7th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As mentioned in this blog's previous posts on deploying AD FS, one option is to deploy all or part of the AD FS solution in Azure. This is very valuable if there is insufficient capacity on-premises or if you only have a single datacentre and wish to increase resiliency.

Deploying the AD FS solution or connecting it to Azure is pretty straight forward. However, if you not correctly plan the Azure… Read the rest “Load Balancing AD FS Services In Azure RM”

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Change AD FS 2012 R2 Service Account Password

Posted on 6th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One of the added features in AD FS 2012 R2 was the ability to leverage group managed service accounts (gMSA) which obviated the requirement to manually change the password associated with the service account. See Getting Started with Group Managed Service Accounts for some background on gMSA. You may also see the term sMSA which is a standalone managed service account.

Managed service accounts and … Read the rest “Change AD FS 2012 R2 Service Account Password”

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New Netstat Options

Posted on 5th December 2016 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

New? Well some options are not that new really. Others are however!

Sometimes it is the little things in life that can help immensely. Take our venerable friend, netstat! Even though it has been around for many moons folks often get into the habit of using only certain options, switches or parameters. For reference purposes, the Windows XP Netstat options are doc… Read the rest “New Netstat Options”