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Exchange 2019 CU4 Released

Exchange 2019 CU4 has been released to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Center!  Exchange 2019 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 2019 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU4 Released”

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Outlook 2016 Autodiscover Implementation

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

Exchange Managed Availability Overview

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”

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Exchange 2019 CU3 Released

Exchange 2019 CU3 has been released to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Center!  Exchange 2019 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 2019 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU3 Released”

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Exchange 2019 CU2 Released

Exchange 2019 CU2 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  Exchange 2019 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 2019 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed o… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU2 Released”

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Incorrect or Misleading Exchange Attribute Date

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”

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Exchange Not Using New Domain Controller

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”

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Exchange 2019 CU1 Now On Visual Studio Downloads

Exchange 2019 CU1 was recently released as part of the February 2019 patch Tuesday updates.  This was originally discussed here on the blog.  Exchange 2019 is intended for large enterprise customers, and as such is distributed through the Volume License Centre.

Exchange 2019 CU1 is now available for evaluation on the Visual Studio download centre.

Visual Studion Exchange 2019 CU1 Download

In my Visual Studio this is file:

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Exchange 2019 CU1 Released

Exchange 2019 CU1 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  Exchange 2019 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 2019 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed one. Exchange 2013 an… Read the rest “Exchange 2019 CU1 Released”

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Exchange 2019 Released

Exchange Server 2019 Released

Exchange 2019 has been released and is now available from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.  This is the latest version of the Exchange Server on-premises product with the most up to date feature set.

There are some significant changes, see the details below.

Exchange 2019 Released

OS Support Exchange 2019 requires Windows Server 2019.  Older versions of Windows Server are not supported.

Windows Server Core For … Read the rest “Exchange 2019 Released”