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Quick Tip – Download .NET Framework 4.5 Offline Installer

This post will attempt to resolve some download frustration if your are looking for an older version of the .NET Framework.  This is an issue with Exchange 2010 as the initial .NET framework for that platform has not been updated, whereas  .NET Framework support in Exchange 2013 and 2016 now leverage newer versions of .NET framework, at the time of writing 4.6.2 and 4.7.1 are supported for Exchang… Read the rest “Quick Tip – Download .NET Framework 4.5 Offline Installer”

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Arbitration Mailboxes – Lay of The Land

At this point in time, most Exchange administrators will have seen and worked with arbitration mailboxes.  Chances are that the first encounter was somewhat unexpected and revolved around an issue with Exchange 2013 health mailboxes or being unable to delete the default mailbox database in Exchange 2010.

To illustrate where the different arbitration mailboxes were first introduced, multiple version… Read the rest “Arbitration Mailboxes – Lay of The Land”

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Exchange 2010 Public Folder Migration

For so many years organisations have postponed the inevitable.  They have refused to clean up Exchange public folders, and content from 1996 is still present.  Those Outlook forms that someone wrote in 1999 are still present.  Stale Offline Address Book (OAB) folders and OWAScratchPad folders hang on for dear life.  None of these are needed, and its high time to remove them.

Prior to starting a pub… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Public Folder Migration”

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Save The Date – End of Exchange 2010 Support–T Minus 2 Years

Update 16-9-2019  Please note that Exchange 2010 support has been extended to the 13th of October 2020.  This does not mean that migration plans can be paused.  Also review the aspects of the support for the underlying OS.

January 2020 is going to be a very important month.  There are multiple large and important products which will exit out of their extended support lifecycle phase.  The list includ… Read the rest “Save The Date – End of Exchange 2010 Support–T Minus 2 Years”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU19 Released

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU19

The Exchange team today announced the availability of Update Rollup 19 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3.  RU19 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.

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU19 Download

This is build 14.03.0382.000 of Exchange 2010, and KB4035162 has the full details for the release.  The update… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU19 Released”

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Office 365 Pilot Group Mail Flow Issues

When initially deploying and configuring Office 365, one of the initial questions is to select the on-premises objects which will be replicated to Azure Active Directory.  It is strongly recommended that all of the required directory and user hygiene is fully completed prior to the installation of Azure AD Connect.  It is easier and simpler to remediate UPN, invalid SMTP domains and other issues p… Read the rest “Office 365 Pilot Group Mail Flow Issues”

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How To Compare Exchange Schema Changes

In the initial versions of Exchange, there was no Active Directory.  In this land before time, Windows NT directory services was available and Primary Domain Controllers and Backup Domain Controllers ruled the roost.  Exchange 4.0 to 5.5 maintained a separate directory in Exchange over and above the Windows NT directory.  This all changed with the advent of Active Directory and Exchange 2000.  I w… Read the rest “How To Compare Exchange Schema Changes”

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Automating Enable-Remote Mailbox

While operating in an Exchange hybrid model, users expect to see a consistent GAL no matter if they or other people to be contacted are on-premises or in Exchange Online.  In order for the Exchange on-premises servers to be able to build up a complete GAL there needs to be at least some mailbox information added to the AD user object.  If Exchange Online mailboxes are added by simply assigning an … Read the rest “Automating Enable-Remote Mailbox”

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July 2017 Exchange Security Updates–Have You Updated?

Patch Tuesday this month featured updates to address security issues in Exchange 2010, 2013 and 2016.   Two weeks ago today, July 11th heralded the arrival of Rollup Update Rollup 18 (RU18) for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 along with updates for Exchange 2013 and 2016.

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU18 is the latest rollup of customer fixes currently available for Exchange Server 2010.  All updates, bo… Read the rest “July 2017 Exchange Security Updates–Have You Updated?”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU17 Released

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU17

March 21st heralded the arrival of Rollup Update Rollup 17 (RU17) for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3.  RU17 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… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP3 RU17 Released”