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Exchange 2016 Preview Now Available

The Exchange 2016 preview is now available for download! 

Exchange 2016 Download

Note that the downloaded file is Exchange2016-x64-preview.exe and the build of Exchange is 15.0.1.0225.017

At this time there are already some resources available to you – see below for details. 

 

Exchange 2016 TechNet Documentation

TechNet has some pre-release documentation available.  If you have feedback, we'… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 Preview Now Available”

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Unable to Reply to Old Emails Due to legacyExchangeDN

This is one of those ye olde issues that keep coming back up in Exchange.  Have you every removed a mailbox, re-created it with the exact same SMTP address and then some people complain that they cannot send to the mailbox?

This can happen in a few circumstances.  For example if the Exchange administrator has an “oops”  and accidently deletes the account.  If they do not use the AD DS recycle bin f… Read the rest “Unable to Reply to Old Emails Due to legacyExchangeDN”

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Quick Tip: What Restarts Has Managed Availability Issued

Exchange 2013 introduced the Managed Availability feature to provide a very capable automated monitoring and management framework.  Managed Availability allows Exchange to self diagnose and to self correct issues without having to escalate to a carbon life based unit for every issue.  Whilst Managed Availability may still have to page humans, the frequency is certainly reduced compared to Exchange… Read the rest “Quick Tip: What Restarts Has Managed Availability Issued”

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Exchange ServerName Points To Wrong Or Decommissioned Server

This post was promoted from the draft bin to production after a customer visit a couple of weeks ago.  When onsite we were looking at how the environment was configured.  The admins had written a series of scripts to determine the environment state which was excellent to see!  One thing that they had assumed though was that the ServerName attribute on a mailbox was where the database was currently … Read the rest “Exchange ServerName Points To Wrong Or Decommissioned Server”

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Exchange and AntiVirus Exclusions – A Critical Conversation

Scanning Exchange databases with file system antivirus is a recipe for disaster.  This really should not come as a surprise for admins running Exchange services within the enterprise, since this has been the field requirement for a long time.  The documentation provided by Microsoft is very clear in what exclusions are required for file system antivirus and Exchange to coexist.  For reference the … Read the rest “Exchange and AntiVirus Exclusions – A Critical Conversation”

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6 Mistakes To Avoid With Exchange 2013 CU Command Line Installations

The syntax to install Exchange Cumulative Updates (CU) via the command line is pretty straight forward. However there are some common themes that still pop up in the TechNet forums, cases and customers that I speak with.  So I wanted to discuss some of the issues that can and will arise.  There are a range of issues in here from:

  • Setup can't continue with the upgrade because the PowerShell has open
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Quick Tip – Sending Multiple Test Emails Using PowerShell (AKA Mailstorm)

Mailstorm.exe was a utility to send multiple test emails to validate and test Exchange in the 5.5 timeframe, and was used on some of the Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) courses.

The utility is no longer used since relied upon a local Outlook install, and my fuzzy brain recalls issues with moving to "current" versions of Outlook such as Office XP.

This is no great loss as it is easy to send test … Read the rest “Quick Tip – Sending Multiple Test Emails Using PowerShell (AKA Mailstorm)”

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Exchange Support For Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 And Exchange Support 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”