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Beware the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard Doppelganger

Posted on 27th July 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Perhaps the best thing to come to Exchange over the last 10 years was the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW). While many take this feature for granted, if you had to manually deploy Exchange 2010 SP1 hybrid to Exchange Online you will shudder at the mention of the Service domain. But let’s not dredge up those memories…

Recently an update was released to the HCW, and initially the update looke… Read the rest “Beware the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard Doppelganger”

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Previously Working Now Unable To See Exchange On-Premises Free/Busy – Redux

Posted on 18th July 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When deploying Exchange hybrid, one of the aspects that can prove to be the most challenging is Exchange Online mailboxes trying to view calendar information for on-premises mailboxes.

This is because there are multiple potential issues which can be caused due to management of Exchange on-premises, firewall rules and reverse proxy configuration issues. What was slightly interesting with this custo… Read the rest “Previously Working Now Unable To See Exchange On-Premises Free/Busy – Redux”

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Remove-HybridConfiguration Cmdlet

Posted on 15th July 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

For various reasons, the aforementioned Remove-HybridConfiguration cmdlet has been something that has been something I've had to review recently.

This cmdlet is not present in Exchange 2010, it is only available in newer versions of Exchange. For example if we try to find this cmdlet on an Exchange 2010 server, it is not present.

Only the Get, New, Set and Update-HybridConfiguration cmdlets are avai… Read the rest “Remove-HybridConfiguration Cmdlet”

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Exchange 2019 CU6 Released

Posted on 16th June 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2019 CU6 has been released to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Center! Exchange 2019 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 2019 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU6 Released”

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Exchange 2016 CU17 Released

Posted on 16th June 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU17 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 h… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU17 Released”

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Exchange 2007 Outlook Anywhere White Paper

Posted on 12th May 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is one of those older documents, that for many reasons I seem to keep coming back to over the years. Even as we transition away from classic Outlook Anywhere to MAPI/HTTP, knowing some of the features/limitations of Outlook Anywhere and why MAPI/HTTP is a better replacement is something that will be around for a long time to come.

Since TechNet is dead, even though I know exactly what I'm loo… Read the rest “Exchange 2007 Outlook Anywhere White Paper”

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Office 365 Welcome Pages – Circa 2015

Posted on 24th April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below are some of the older Office 365 welcome pages, thought it might be fun to make the screenshots available for reference. They are from an old blog post that never made its way out of the draft folder. So it was repurposed for this post.

I used to call this one the California Highway

Once signed in, the Office 365 admin portal is shown below.

Cheers,

Rhoderick

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“Unexpected” Exchange Certificate

Posted on 8th April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When reviewing a customer’s Exchange server to appraise the current state of their certificates, they saw an "unexpected" certificate on the Exchange server.

The below is an Exchange 2010 SP3 RU24 server with a repro of the issue. There was nothing wrong, but the reason for seeing the additional certificate was not readily apparent to them.

Background

The customer was looking in Exchange Manag… Read the rest ““Unexpected” Exchange Certificate”

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Expediting NET Framework Install For Exchange

Posted on 6th April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Managing and maintaining an Exchange server requires multiple actions. Not only do the Exchange CU and security updates need to be installed along with the Windows OS updates, it is also required to update and maintain the .NET Framework. This is not a new requirement, and has been a required task for many years now. With that being said, there is now a tighter requirement and is enforced by Ex… Read the rest “Expediting NET Framework Install For Exchange”

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Exchange CAS Namespace Planning

Posted on 2nd April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

CAS Namespace planning is frequently an issue with Exchange deployments. Why? For the simple reason that it is either totally skipped or glossed over.

Any Exchange design worth its salt must have careful attention applied to the CAS role. While it is possible to drop in the HUB role, and it works well in the default configuration this is not also true for CAS. Unless your org… Read the rest “Exchange CAS Namespace Planning”