After Microsoft switched over to Modern Public Folders, I never thought I would have to worry or dig into the underworkings as much as we did in Exchange 2010 and before. I have been proven wrong twice now. My current issue is a corruption issue where I am unable to currently move certain mailboxes, even…
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Microsoft Exchange Server
Unlimited, Auto Expanding Archiving (or is it?)
Microsoft recently made a change to their documentation on this Office 365 feature. The documentation can be found here Ironic pic of the day: So. The Auto-Expanding Archive part is true, it’s just not the unlimited buffet of storage that it used to be. Did you see an announcement on this? I doubt it. Tony…
Exchange Server Prerequisite Script Updates – 2013, 2016 and 2019
The last updates for these scripts occurred in June for all three versions. In this update, .NET 4.8 is now added as the default and .NET 4.7.2 is now removed as an option. The updated scripts can be found here: Exchange 2019 v1.12 Prerequisite Script Exchange 2016 v1.18 Prerequisite Script Exchange 2013 V1.21 Prerequisite Script…
Self Service Licensing for Users – Bad Idea!
** UPDATE ** Looks like Microsoft listened to all of the criticism and made some good changes. Is it perfect? No, but it is better than the original proposal by Microsoft: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/self-service-purchase-faq ** Back to the Original ** Microsoft is releasing a new ‘feature’ for the middle of November 2019 that will allow for user…
Public Folder Replica Script – Office 365 Preparation
Public Folders. Yes. Even in 2019 we are still talking about Public Folders. Whether this is so we can remove them, fix them or sync them to Office 365, they are still around. For the last option, syncing Public Folders to Office 365, first you may think ‘Why?’, but come to the conclusion that you…
Quick Powershell Stuff 30
Wanted to share an interesting find while using PowerShell in Exchange 2019. The cmdlet is ‘Get-OrganizationConfig’ and I Was looking over some information from a summary report I had exported for a client and noticed an interesting field called ‘OrganizationSummary’. So I did a little digging. We see this information about the Exchange environment:
Adding Exchange 2016 CU14 to Hybrid Exchange 2010/3
Recently Microsoft has made some changes where you are required to run a few extra commands prior to upgrading your Exchange 2016 servers to the latest Cumulative Update (CU) 14. The change relates to permissions needed for Exchange and the first change was made in CU12 for Exchange 2016 – KB4490059. A further change was…
New Book – Practical PowerShell Security and Compliance Center
UPDATED – Amazon and Barnes and Noble added the title For those of you who have read my blog over the past few years, you may have noticed that a lot of my posts concern PowerShell. Those who have read my books on Exchange 2016 and Exchange Online also know that I dabble in PowerShell…
Exchange 2019 Built-In Scripts – Quick Blog Post
First, let me address why I haven’t written a blog post in a while. As of now I am still deep into producing quite a few Practical PowerShell books. I am the solo author on three books that I am aiming to get out by end of December. There is also a fourth book I…
Updated Exchange 2016 and 2019 Prerequisite Scripts. AGAIN!
Yes, I know, too many updates. However, I want these scripts to be as useful as possible. So. Here is another update on TWO of my Exchange Prerequisite installation scripts: Exchange 2016 – Version 1.17 Exchange 2019 – Version 1.11 Leave feedback if you like them! and if not… add something to the Q&A or…
