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Quick Tip – Download .NET Framework 4.5 Offline Installer

Posted on 23rd March 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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

Posted on 19th March 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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

Posted on 14th January 2018 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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

Posted on 19th December 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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.

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

Posted on 9th October 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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

Posted on 3rd October 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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

Posted on 27th July 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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?

Posted on 25th July 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

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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I Am Zorg – CASArray Destroyer

Posted on 23rd May 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This is an interesting tale, and is something I have never seen done before in all my time working with Exchange. The client had managed to tweak the configuration of Exchange and modify the CAS configuration so significantly that Exchange was absolutely confused. Specifically, the CAS Array was modified so much that Autodiscover was no longer handing out the CASArray name to clients. This was … Read the rest “I Am Zorg – CASArray Destroyer”

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Decomissioning Exchange 2007 – Public Folder Migration

Posted on 4th April 2017 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The end of support date for Exchange 2007 is fast approaching. At this time all of your migration projects to transition to a newer version should be done. Note that Exchange 2007 will exit out of extended support on the 11th of April 2017. The Office 2007 suite has a slightly later end of extended support date which is the 10th of October 2017.

It is necessary to properly decommission Exchange … Read the rest “Decomissioning Exchange 2007 – Public Folder Migration”