The question “Does Exchange setup automatically run /PrepareSchema?” was something that came up many times in the recent Hafnium remediation activities. This was due to many customers not updating Exchange …
When installing Exchange updates, I place the server into maintenance mode and restart it prior to installing the actual Exchange update. This is due to have being burned many times …
The below is one of the cases where the “Zen of Exchange Management” is what fixes the issue. I’ve been know to say that sometimes you just need to wait …
When adding a TLS certificate on an Exchange server, the inevitable prompt will appear to enquire if you wish to overwrite the default SMTP certificate binding. While the UI in …
There was a request to fix the issue below when installing Exchange 2013 CU23. When running setup the error received was “Installing Exchange Error – Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed“.
If …
Today is patch Tuesday for April 2021 and there are critical Exchange server security updates in the release. You can review all of the affected products on the MSRC blog…
The below is an interesting result after installing Exchange. The act of installing Exchange will change how TCP/IP operates on the server with respect to ephemeral connections.
This may manifest …
The saying goes that nothing monitors AD better than Exchange. While the symptom is an Exchange issue, the underlying root cause is typically something else. Though as an added “feature” …
Exchange 2010 SP1 introduced the concept of block mode or granular replication. This minimised the time taken for transactions on the active node to be replicated to passive nodes. Since …
You will have seen the multiple posts and communications around the Hafnium Exchange security issue. One of the most disconcerting issues has been the number of Exchange installs that …