Memory Management and the newest versions of Exchange. Any Exchange Server needs to have an appropriately sized Pagefile in order for the server to perform optimally. Microsoft has a series of Best Practices around the configuration of Windows Server for Exchange. Let’s start with the basics of the Pagefile on an Exchange server: The Pagefile…
Wildcard Accepted Domains and ActiveSync Issues
Recently had a customer who contracted us to fix some Exchange 2013 issues. They were having issues with ActiveSync and claimed that ActiveSync had never worked. They provided a few test mailboxes for me to work with and to help troubleshoot the issue. Troubleshooting Setup IIS Logs – First, I set up a couple mailboxes…
New Experience for Windows Azure PowerShell (1.1.160)
Your Office 365 tenant requires more than just the main website Microsoft provides for its admins. Being able to utilize PowerShell for management provides more depth and options for an administrator. Recently Microsoft changed the installation process and download of the PowerShell modules for Azure AD. It should not come as a surprise with the…
Hybrid Maintenance and Upkeep
Thinking of migrating to Office 365? Already migrated to the cloud? Think that because you’ve moved or are moving that there will be no maintenance required for your cloud infrastructure? Well, it’s mostly true. There are things that you can do to keep your environment running smooth now and in the future. What needs upgrading?…
Certificate Export Issue for Adding New Exchange 2016 Server
On a weekly basis, I perform upgrades from Exchange 201x to Office 365. Every once in a while I come upon an error or trick that has resolved the issue and allowed a project to proceed. Recently during a migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016, we experienced an issue exporting the SSL Certificate from…
Exchange Server 2016 – New-AddressList
While working with a customer to create some new Address Lists in Exchange 2016, I found that I was unable to use one of the examples listed in PowerShell to do it. This same example is present in Exchange 2013 as well. To see what examples are available, simply run ‘Get-Help New-AddressList -Examples’
Book Update
Over the past year my co-author and I have been hard at work getting a book on Exchange 2016 PowerShell completed. At this point, it is 99% done. All that is left is cleaning up the look and creating an accurate Index. It has been quite an adventure with it’s ups and its downs. I…
Microsoft Messaging and Collaboration User Group Meeting
Join myself and a co-worker of mine as we present information on Office 365 Hybrid maintainance and Office 365 EMS / E5. You can sign up for the meeting on my Meetup page for the user group. Just click on the Meetup icon below. Hope to see you there! Meeting Information Wednesday February 15, 2017…
Exchange Server 2016 Prerequisites v1.9 – Windows Server 2016
****UPDATE*** The script has been rewritten to shrink the amount of code in the script, added Windows defender exceptions, PageFile sizing, and fixed some bugs introduced with the recoding of the script. ***UPDATE*** Since Windows Server 2016 has now been released, I’ve updated my Exchange 2016 prerequisite script to include support for Windows Server 2016….
Book Release Information
This week during the Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta and the 20th anniversary of Exchange Server we proudly announce our new book “Practical PowerShell – Exchange Server 2016”! Authors and MVPs Damian Scoles and Dave Stork created a comprehensive book on how to use Exchange PowerShell with practical tips and tricks. A must have for…
