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.
The customer was looking in Exchange Manag… Read the rest ““Unexpected” Exchange Certificate”
Update 26-4-2021: RDCMan is now available again!
Rejoice and be thankful - see this post for more details please. I'll leave the post below for historical context.
A perennial favourite subject on the blog has been the topic of Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan). This was an internal Microsoft tool which was made available to customers. Initially version 2.2 then version 2.7 was released.
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”
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”
Well, finally we are back online! It's been a long sorry saga over the last couple of years for the MSDN and TechNet blog platforms. In some ways this is not a new phenomena for bloggers at Microsoft. Things have not always been easy. Initially the culture was not so open and allowed staff to share externally. Really, it was not all that long ago when FTEs were able to sign up and create a blog… Read the rest “Back In Business”
Exchange 2019 CU5 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 CU5 Released”
Exchange 2016 CU16 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 CU16 Released”
Today is patch Tuesday for February 2020 and contains a security advisory bulletin for Exchange 2010. Due to the way that Exchange 2010 is serviced, security updates are released as a new update rollup (RU).
You can visit the Microsoft Security Response Center to read the details about this and the other released security updates.
This is build 14.03.0496.000 of Exchange 2010, and KB 4536989 has the… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU30 Released”
Hello to 2020! Just like last year, let's take a peek at the top 10 most popular blog posts based on hit count.
As previously noted, there is more of a demand for Office 365 and Exchange Online content. The steps to run a manual sync cycle was the most popular post. Remaining current on support life cycle is also critical, and the Windows 2008/R2 and Exchange 2010 aspect is an issue many compani… Read the rest “Most Popular Blog Posts For 2019”
Exchange 2016 CU15 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 CU15 Released”