Following on the Exchange 2013 script that I have for installing prerequisites, I’ve completely revised the code for Exchange 2016. The code has also been streamlined for the Windows 2012 (R2) Operating System. I’ve removed some older options such as Filter Packs and disabling IPv6. There is now an option to change the power plan…
Office 365 and no On Premises Exchange
Most, if not all, of my Office 365 migrations to this point in my career have involved migrating Exchange or Lotus Notes to Office 365’s Exchange Online. Recently I worked on a migration that involved a third-party to Office 365 mail move. I wanted to provide a lessons learned from the migration, as well as…
Using Outlook for Cross Forest (Office 365 OR Exchange 2013) Public Folder move
Why? Recently a client of mine wanted to consolidate their Public Folder infrastructure, or at least reorganize the existing 2007 version before upgrading to Exchange 2013 with the possibility of Office 365. Cross forest migrations (Exchange 2013 or Office 365) can be tedious to plan, execute and support. Mailbox moves are relatively easy with PowerShell…
Exchange CU9 Migration Issues
It seems that with every migration I do I see unique errors, quirks or bugs that I have not seen before. Recently I was working with a customer who was upgrading from Exchange 2007 to 2013. A pretty common scenario now that Exchange 2013 has been out for two years and Exchange 2007 is creeping…
Organizational Forms and Office 365
Outlook Templates. Forms. Public Folders. Office 365. Yes, this article is about adding Organizational Forms to your Office 365 tenant. In all previous versions of Exchange (2010 and before), if you have Public Folders, you had Organizational Forms. This folder was included by default in System Folders. With the new modern public folders, this has…
Public Folders Visibility and Access – Exchange 2013 and Office 365
Public Folders are still around in Exchange 2013 and they have been incorporated into Office 365 (it is Exchange Online after all!). During a recent migration, a client of mine was consolidating multiple organizations. While doing so, mailbox and Public Folder data will be consolidated to a single DAG cluster. While the entities were to…
Public Folder Migration – Exchange 2007 SP3 RU15 Required *UPDATED*
Quick note on the migration process. Microsoft has recently updated their Public Folder documentation and require higher levels of Exchange 2007 and 2010: The Exchange 2010 server needs to be running Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8 or later. The Exchange 2007 server needs to be running Exchange 2007 SP3 RU15 or later. I was going through…
Office 365 Admin – Windows Phone App – Part 2 – Feature Ideas
In a previous article I wrote about the Office 365 Admin app, specifically the one for the Windows phone. If you have the app on your phone (regardless of phone OS), you will notice the continually updating process that Microsoft has going for this app. Currently the app is at version 2.1 according to its…
Importing PSTs Into Exchange Online – Part Two
In this post, I will cover the PowerShell part of the PST Import process as well as some troubleshooting steps. PowerShell CmdLets The basic premise of the Azure PST Import is an Exchange Online Mailbox Import Request. This means that the same cmdlets that you would use to import your PST files for on-premises Exchange…
Importing PSTs Into Exchange Online – Part One
PST Files. Bane of a messaging engineers’ existence. PST files stored away on home drives, local computers, USB sticks, you name it, its out there. Ingesting PST files takes up disk space. To some, valuable disk space. However, as a long time user of Exchange, I would rather spend the money to store these emails…
