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Exchange Support For Windows Server 2012 R2

Posted on 17th September 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Previously Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 were released to the TechNet subscriber download centre. Prior to Windows Server 2012 R2 being tested and validated by the Exchange Product Group, we had asked to pause deployments of 2012 R2 DCs into environments where Exchange was installed.

Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1, Exchange 2010 SP3 RU5 and Exchange 2007 SP3 RU13 were all released today, the 25… Read the rest “Exchange Support For Windows Server 2012 R2”

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Exchange Autodiscover & Lync

Posted on 11th September 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Via this blog we have discussed the fundamentals of Exchange Autodiscover, and also issues around the Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory cmdlet.

At this point the message should be out there with regards to how Outlook functions internally and externally to locate Autodiscover and the difference that having the workstation domain joined makes. Lync on the other hand is a different beastie!

Both the O… Read the rest “Exchange Autodiscover & Lync”

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Offline Defrag And DAG Databases, Oh My!

Posted on 23rd August 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Even though some of the very old KBs, which now refer to unsupported products, state that taking databases offline to run periodic offline defragmentation with ESEUTIL is not recommended some folks in the field still want to do this.

Previously when there was only a single copy of a database, running offline defragmentation would cause minimal impact, apart from the time required to do the defragm… Read the rest “Offline Defrag And DAG Databases, Oh My!”

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How To Check Database White Space In Exchange

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

From time to time we need to see how our Exchange databases are doing so that they are being managed proactively. One aspect is tracking size and the utilization of each database. At the simplest level we want to ensure that the database and transaction log LUNs do not run out of disk space. That would be bad.

Sometimes we want to take a peek at the database, and check that the size of the datab… Read the rest “How To Check Database White Space In Exchange”

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Exchange 2007 SP3 RU11 Released

Posted on 13th August 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange sustained engineering has released Exchange 2007 SP3 RU11 to the Microsoft download centre as update 2873746.

Just like with Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10, which was released on Patch Tuesday, SP3 RU11 is the same. And to increase the déjà vu, the security vulnerabilities are again related to the same 3rd party components.

Exchange 2007 SP3 RU11 will update these three areas:

The vulner

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Exchange And Hyper-V Replica Support

Posted on 29th July 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

After seeing several posts and some folks discussing whether or not Exchange supports the Hyper-V Replica feature I thought it would be prudent to address the following:

Does Exchange Support Hyper-V Replica?
Does Hyper-V Support Exchange?
How Do I use Exchange and Hyper-V Replica?

What Is Hyper-V Replica

For some background reading on Hyper-V and the Replica feature; the component poster and downloada… Read the rest “Exchange And Hyper-V Replica Support”

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Busting The Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory Myth

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

This is one of those long overdue posts (and yes there are certainly many more where it came from in my drafts folder) regarding some of the incorrect instructions about setting up Autodiscover which can be found on the Internet.

What am I wibbling about? Well repeatedly over the last 5 years or so since Exchange 2007 shipped, multiple sources have claimed that one *MUST* configure the InternalURL a… Read the rest “Busting The Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory Myth”

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Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 Released

Posted on 12th February 2013 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange sustained engineering has released Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 to the Microsoft download centre as update 2788321.

For the astute of you out there, you will notice that this is on the second Tuesday of February which makes it Patch Tuesday. It also happens to be Shrove Tuesday as well by happy coincidence so I’m having pancakes for dinner, but I think I’m digressing…..

Since it is Patch Tuesday,… Read the rest “Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 Released”

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RSS Feed For Recently Updated Exchange Articles

Posted on 13th November 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This could be a handy dandy addition to your RSS feed so you can keep track of the updated articles relating to Exchange.

The RSS feed contains a list of the recent KBs for a given version of Exchange, this is the Exchange 2010 feed for example:

Exchange 2007 feed can be found here.

Exchange 2003 feed is here.

Cheers,

Rhoderick

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Solving Additional Issues With Exchange OAB Download

Posted on 10th August 2012 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Frank Plawetzki posted a great article on issues that can affect how clients retrieve their Offline Address Book (OAB). This has also been the source of some recent work for myself, though with slightly different root causes. The issues that I have encountered were due to:

Invalid SSL Certificate
OAB web.config file
Incorrect process followed for HTTP redirect

Update 4-3-2014: Added link to KB 975341 Ho… Read the rest “Solving Additional Issues With Exchange OAB Download”