Items specifically related to Exchange 2016
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
Exchange 2016 CU14 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 CU14”
Exchange 2016 CU13 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 CU13 Released”
When looking at the details of objects in Exchange Management Shell, it is often useful to know when an object was created or modified. In a recent Office 365 engagement, the customer was convinced that one of the other administrators had made an unauthorised change to their environment as there was an apparent recent change to the Exchange Hybrid Object.
The details of the this object can be view… Read the rest “Incorrect or Misleading Exchange Attribute Date”
Many enterprises are moving forward with their digital transformation plans, and as part of this and server updates Domain Controllers are being updated to newer versions. The Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 end of support in January 2020 is also a business driver.
DC upgrades can happen independently of the Exchange team. In many cases the Exchange admins are not notified of the p… Read the rest “Exchange Not Using New Domain Controller”
One of the edge features in Exchange is the Cmdlet Extension Agent. You can find some documentation online for this component along with some previous blog posts on this site.
What can sometimes take people by surprise is that Exchange setup checks to see if the Cmdlet Extension Agent is enabled during setup. If it is enabled and the necessary configuration XML file is not present on the server b… Read the rest “Cmdlet Extension Agent Blocks New Exchange Server Install”