Category: Exchange

While working in my lab I ran into an issue where if I tried to use option 98 to force a reboot of a Windows Server 2012 box I would get and error about other users logged in. This would stop the reboot and I would have to reboot manually. I’ve now modified the script…

As an administrator for Exchange, knowing what service pack or roll-up update has been released is important if you want to keep Exchange version current. A quick way to find out what has been released by Microsoft in terms of updates, is listed here. This page currently contains the service pack and rollup list for…

Just like in Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 has Database Availability Groups. Creating them now relies on two methods – PowerShell and the Exchange Administration Center. This article will cover the process for creating a DAG in the EAC since the 2007/2010 style GUI is no longer available. First we need to log into the EAC:

After doing some testing with this script and Windows 2012 RTM, I noticed that certain features were not installing properly. I’ve had to take eah step (CAS and Mailbox) and break it out into two separate steps. The updated script is here. Don’t forget to rename it to the .ps1 extension. Please feel free to…

As a part of a normal install for Exchange I like to remove any of the default databases that are created during the mailbox role install. This process is no different than in Exchange Server 2013 Preview. So let’s go through the process in Exchange 2013. After you’ve installed the Exchange 2013 mailbox role a…

While taking a look at what information could be gleaned from the ‘Get-MailboxTrackingLog’ command in Exchange 2013 I ran into thousands of emails being sent back and forth between several  ‘HealthMailbox’es:

In the second part of this series we’ll examine some more of the new parts of the Exchange Admin Center. First we’ll start off with the Permissions tab in the console. Here we have the Admin Roles for Exchange Server 2013:

Over the years I’ve worked in many Exchange environments for customers using Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010. One common task is to verify that ActiveSync is working. In the old days you had use a test phone or your own phone to do this.  This meant using Windows 2003 SE, Windows 5 and…

Being a huge fan of PowerShell and the capabilities it gives those who administer, setup, monitor, troubleshoot, etc Exchange servers I thought I would unveil some of the new stuff that Microsoft has added under the hood in Exchange Server 2013 Preview. As this version of Exchange is a Preview, it could change when it…