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Unable To Run Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity – Error Code 1

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The below is an error which an Exchange administrator brought up on an Exchange 2010 engagement.  They were trying to use the Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity cmdlet to validate the Exchange infrastructure.  However, the cmdlet was not working as expected.  In the below image you can see that it starts to perform the test, and then errors out.

Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity -TrustAnySSLCertificate | Format-

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Reminder – Upcoming Change in Office 365 EOP Connectors

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

There is an upcoming planned change in Office 365 to restrict relaying email messages in certain scenarios.  This change has been scheduled many, many months in advance.

 

This post is just a reminder to raise awareness and to hopefully ensure that everyone who needs to update their Exchange Online Protection (EOP) connectors has done so.

 

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How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
MAPI/HTTP Mailbox

This is one of those handy little tricks to keep in a toolbox to narrow down issues when troubleshooting.  It can be useful to understand if the client is connecting via Outlook Anywhere or MAPI/HTTP.  To troubleshoot such issues MAPI/HTTP can be disabled on the client, and then re-tested to see if the issue continues.  Note that permanently disabling MAPI/HTTP is not an acceptable solution, and t… Read the rest “How To Disable MAPI/HTTP For A Single Mailbox”

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Exchange 2013 CU15 Released

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2013 CU15 has been released to the Microsoft download centre!  Exchange 2013 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 2013 and can be used to install a fresh server or to update a previously installed … Read the rest “Exchange 2013 CU15 Released”

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Exchange 2010 SP3 RU16 Released

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Exchange 2010 SP3 RU16

Today heralded the arrival of Rollup Update Rollup 16 (RU16) for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3.  RU16 is the latest rollup of customer fixes available for Exchange Server 2010.  All updates are delivered via a RU for Exchange 2010 and 2007.  Exchange 2013 and 2016 have a different release model, where security updates are decoupled from the standard cumulative updates.

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Exchange 2016 CU4 Released

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Exchange 2016 CU4 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 ha… Read the rest “Exchange 2016 CU4 Released”

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Enable-RemoteMailbox – Is It A Chicken Or An Egg

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

This post is to answer a recent customer question regarding if there is a requirement to perform a directory sync cycle after creating a new remote mailbox enabled AD user object before it could have an Office 365 mailbox created.

They believed that the on-premises Exchange tools were directly reaching out to Exchange Online and immediately creating the necessary mailbox in the service.   This is w… Read the rest “Enable-RemoteMailbox – Is It A Chicken Or An Egg”

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Exchange Management Shell Pipeline Not Executed Because a Pipeline Is Already Executing

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

When running operations in the Exchange Management Shell, you may run into the situation where the commands do not complete and the error “Pipeline not executed because a pipeline is already executing” is reported.  An example of this is shown below.  This is an Exchange 2010 SP3 RU15 lab server.  In this case a PowerShell one-liner was used to iterate through the Exchange 2010 servers, and to sta… Read the rest “Exchange Management Shell Pipeline Not Executed Because a Pipeline Is Already Executing”

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Save The Date – End of Office 2007 Extended Support

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Please be aware and plan for the upcoming end of extended support Office 2007.   For those who were working in IT back in 2006 when Office 2007 was released, do you remember the catchy title that was used? L.O.V.E.  - Launch of Office Vista and Exchange.  Office 2007 brought us Outlook 2007 which was a welcome change from the 2003 version of the product.  Some features are still with us, others no… Read the rest “Save The Date – End of Office 2007 Extended Support”

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Exchange 2010 OAB Recommended Configuration

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

The Exchange 2010 OAB needs some love and attention after it has been created with the default settings.  While things may not be broken, they are less than ideal.

The Exchange OAB was last really overhauled with Exchange 2003 SP2 and Outlook 2003 SP2.  This was the move to the fourth generation of OAB and was done for many good reasons.  They included:

  • Ability to generate local specific indexes
  • New
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