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Exchange Security Update Available For MS13-105

Posted on 10th December 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

To address the security issues present in bulletin MS13-105 all supported versions of Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013 are receiving updates to allow customers to address the security vulnerabilities. Depending upon the version of Exchange the delivery method will vary. Exchange 2007 and 2010 provides updates and security fixes via Rollup Updates (RUs). Exchange 2013 has a different servicing strat… Read the rest “Exchange Security Update Available For MS13-105”

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Exchange 2013 Support Lifecycle Dates And Status

Posted on 9th December 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When Exchange 2013 was released it heralded a different servicing strategy compared to Exchange 2007 and 2010 Rollup Updates (RU). Exchange 2013 uses Cumulative Updates (CU) to deliver the servicing updates to customers. As previously discussed, a CU is a different animal when it comes to the update methodology. CUs are larger, cannot be uninstalled and are a full product installation. This was… Read the rest “Exchange 2013 Support Lifecycle Dates And Status”

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6 Mistakes To Avoid With Exchange 2013 CU Command Line Installations

Posted on 5th December 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The syntax to install Exchange Cumulative Updates (CU) via the command line is pretty straight forward. However there are some common themes that still pop up in the TechNet forums, cases and customers that I speak with. So I wanted to discuss some of the issues that can and will arise. There are a range of issues in here from:

Setup can't continue with the upgrade because the PowerShell has open

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DAC And Should I Enable DAC For DAG In A Single AD Site

Posted on 4th December 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2010 introduced the concept of Datacentre Activation Coordination (DAC). DAC is a property found on a Database Availability Group (DAG). It still remains slightly mysterious to some folks out in the field, so its certainly worth bringing it back up for discussion.

Tim McMichael’s famous paper plate demo with lots of willing participants was one of my MCM 2010 highlights!

Typically we see t… Read the rest “DAC And Should I Enable DAC For DAG In A Single AD Site”

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How To Import Windows 2008 R2 VM To Windows 2012 or 8.1 Using Boot To VHD

Posted on 2nd December 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

One of the popular topics lately has revolved around the Hyper-V Did Not Find Virtual Machines To Import error. This issue can arise when we try and import a VM into Windows Server 2012 R2 or 8.1 which was originally exported from Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2. Such exported VMs from 2008 or 2008 R2 use a .exp file to hold the exported VM's configuration. The issue is discussed in detail in the… Read the rest “How To Import Windows 2008 R2 VM To Windows 2012 or 8.1 Using Boot To VHD”

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Exchange 2013 RTM CU3 Released

Posted on 25th November 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2013 RTM CU3 has now been released to the download centre.

CU3 includes fixes for customer reported issues, minor product enhancements and previously released security bulletins. A complete list of customer reported issues resolved in Exchange Server 2013 CU3 can be found in Knowledge Base Article KB2892464.

Note that the filename now reflects the actual CU!

There is also an accompanying KB … Read the rest “Exchange 2013 RTM CU3 Released”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU3 Released

Posted on 25th November 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The Exchange team today announced the availability of Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3. RU3 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010. The release contains fixes for customer reported issues and previously released security bulletins.

Update: 6-2-2014 Folder views are not updated when you arrange by categories in Outlook after you apply Exchange… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU3 Released”

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Free Microsoft Virtual Academy Courses For Server 2012 R2

Posted on 25th November 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

As announced on the Windows Server blog last month, the team has released Windows Server 2012 R2 for General Availability. Download the Windows Server 2012 R2 evaluation or use our free Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Labs to test the product online without installation.

Then, learn directly from Microsoft's product experts with a series of new Windows Server 2012 R2 courses on Microsoft Virtual Acade… Read the rest “Free Microsoft Virtual Academy Courses For Server 2012 R2”

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Creating RBAC Role To Delegate Editing Contacts

Posted on 21st November 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Previously we discussed how to customise Exchange 2010 RBAC to delegate creating mail enabled contacts. The intent of that original post was to allow for the for creation of simple mail enabled contacts that would facilitate sharing the SMTP address of a person outside the Exchange organisation.

Marc commented on that post as the provided solution did not fit his requirements which were different.… Read the rest “Creating RBAC Role To Delegate Editing Contacts”

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Exchange 2010 Tweaks

Posted on 20th November 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Kris Waters, one of my great colleagues from the US, originally posted a really neat list of items which can mitigate issues found in a lot of large scale Exchange deployments. Please take the time to review her post here. There are a lot of valuable pointers in her blog, so definitely check it out!

In addition there are a couple of other items listed below that you may also want to review.

As Kri… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Tweaks”