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Beware the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard Doppelganger

Posted on 27th July 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Perhaps the best thing to come to Exchange over the last 10 years was the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW). While many take this feature for granted, if you had to manually deploy Exchange 2010 SP1 hybrid to Exchange Online you will shudder at the mention of the Service domain. But let’s not dredge up those memories…

Recently an update was released to the HCW, and initially the update looke… Read the rest “Beware the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard Doppelganger”

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Remove-HybridConfiguration Cmdlet

Posted on 15th July 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

For various reasons, the aforementioned Remove-HybridConfiguration cmdlet has been something that has been something I've had to review recently.

This cmdlet is not present in Exchange 2010, it is only available in newer versions of Exchange. For example if we try to find this cmdlet on an Exchange 2010 server, it is not present.

Only the Get, New, Set and Update-HybridConfiguration cmdlets are avai… Read the rest “Remove-HybridConfiguration Cmdlet”

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Exchange 2016 CU17 Released

Posted on 16th June 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU17 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2016 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2016 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange 2013 h… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU17 Released”

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“Unexpected” Exchange Certificate

Posted on 8th April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When reviewing a customer’s Exchange server to appraise the current state of their certificates, they saw an "unexpected" certificate on the Exchange server.

The below is an Exchange 2010 SP3 RU24 server with a repro of the issue. There was nothing wrong, but the reason for seeing the additional certificate was not readily apparent to them.

Background

The customer was looking in Exchange Manag… Read the rest ““Unexpected” Exchange Certificate”

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Expediting NET Framework Install For Exchange

Posted on 6th April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Managing and maintaining an Exchange server requires multiple actions. Not only do the Exchange CU and security updates need to be installed along with the Windows OS updates, it is also required to update and maintain the .NET Framework. This is not a new requirement, and has been a required task for many years now. With that being said, there is now a tighter requirement and is enforced by Ex… Read the rest “Expediting NET Framework Install For Exchange”

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Exchange CAS Namespace Planning

Posted on 2nd April 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

CAS Namespace planning is frequently an issue with Exchange deployments. Why? For the simple reason that it is either totally skipped or glossed over.

Any Exchange design worth its salt must have careful attention applied to the CAS role. While it is possible to drop in the HUB role, and it works well in the default configuration this is not also true for CAS. Unless your org… Read the rest “Exchange CAS Namespace Planning”

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Exchange 2016 CU16 Released

Posted on 17th March 2020 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU16 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2016 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2016 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange 2013 h… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU16 Released”

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Exchange 2016 CU15 Released

Posted on 17th December 2019 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU15 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2016 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2016 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange 2013 h… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU15 Released”

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Outlook 2016 Autodiscover Implementation

Posted on 9th December 2019 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

It’s time that we revisited the implementation of Autodiscover in current builds of Outlook, as there have been some changes that are worth noting.

The latest public article which discusses Outlook and Autodiscover is: Outlook 2016 implementation of Autodiscover.

You can take a look at the previous posts on the blog which feature the #Autodiscover tag. They show the "classic" Outlook 2007 impl… Read the rest “Outlook 2016 Autodiscover Implementation”

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Managed Availability Resources

Posted on 8th November 2019 by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The Managed Availability (MA) feature provides 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 human. The requirement for this feature was born out of necessity for Exchange Online. MA was one of the things released with Exchange 2013 but not every Exchange admin was im… Read the rest “Managed Availability Resources”