In part three of this series, I will cover some additional commands needed for checking the health status of various components of Exchange 2013. The commands for this article are as follows:
Testing Exchange Server Updates – Part 2
In part two of this series I will cover some more advanced testing of Exchange 2013 for purposes of testing a new update, like CU7. PowerShell One Liners Exchange 2013 comes with a series of prebuilt PowerShell commands that allow for a basis of testing various Exchange. One command in particular ‘get-OwaConnectivity’ has been removed…
App Bug in Exchange 2013 CU6
Exchange 2013 RTM introduced the concept of Apps. Apps are basically plugins or add-ons for OWA and Outlookk that are used to enhance the user’s overall experience. These apps can be disabled completed or enabled selectively in an organization. However, the selective enable function does not work properly in Exchange 2013 CU6. Prior to CU6…
Adventures in Custom DLP Rules – Part Three
In the last part of my series I will explore some more advanced options that can be applied or configured in the XML template that can be imported to Exchange 2013 / Office 365 for DLP. The additional values can be configured in the DLP matching criteria – Confidence, Proximity and Keywords. (See the TechNet…
Testing Exchange Server Updates – Part 1
So. Another update. Another bug. Another pulled update. More irate customers. More headaches for the IT guy/gal. Finally a re-posting of the Update (v2 of course). What do you do?
Exchange Quarterly Updates Are Now Available!
Exchange 2013 CU7, Exchange 2010 SP3 UR 8 and Exchange 2007 SP3 UR15 are now available from Microsoft today. Microsoft has also released a set of UM Language packs for Exchange 2013 CU7 as well. Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 7 Download link for CU7 ** Note this update includes Security Update MS014-75 More information on…
Automating OWA and ActiveSync Access
When I began writing this blog article I was focused on automating just ActiveSync and OWA access for end users. It dawned on me that there are quite a few settings that need to automated since the removal of previous management features like System Policies. I have also address this in some previous blog articles…
Exchange 2013 and Deprecated PowerShell Get Commands
One of my pet peeves when it comes to PowerShell is to write a good script that does what I need with the commands I have at my disposal, only to find the command deprecated in some future release of Exchange. Usually the only way to find out is run a proper query with the…
Exchange 2013/2010 ActiveSync Coexistence and iPhones
As a consultant I tend to perform more migrations in a year than most engineers will see in 10. Every few migrations I will run into something that is ‘not normal’ or expected. For Exchange 2013 I’ve run into a few more than in migrations to previous versions of Exchange and ActiveSync has seemly cause…
Exchange 2013 CU6 – OWA – Something Went Wrong?!?
Brand new Exchange 2013 CU 6 server. Shiny. All URLs configured. OWA works? Not so much. “Something went wrong”.
