New updates for Exchange 2010 and 2013 were released today. What does that mean for you? Testing. Fire up your test lab (yes, you should have a test lab) and perform the upgrade on your test Exchange 2010 or 2013 servers. If you need a reason why you should test, look no further than this:
Midwest Messaging and Collaboration User Group Meeting
The next meeting for Midwest Messaging and Collaboration User Group (MMCUG) will be on May 29, 2014 at the Microsoft building in Downers Grove, IL from 8:30 – 2 PM. We will have food as well as prizes to go along with the great content from our speakers. I will be speaking about Office 365…
Exchange 2013 Remote Powershell – SSL
A customer of mine called me and told me that he wanted a remote PowerShell connection to his brand new Exchange 2013 SP1 servers. The one caveat was that he wanted the connection to be secure. For those of you in the Office 365 world, your connections to the cloud, via PowerShell can be made…
Exchange 2003 Certificate Issue for Coexistence
Exchange Server 2003. Yes, that Exchange Server product. Corporations still have this messaging platform installed because it is as stable a platform for email as when it arrived over 10 years ago. However, now that support is over, you might be preparing to move to Exchange Server 2010 or 2013**? Perhaps you want to take…
Chicago Office 365 User Group Meeting
On May 1, between 6 and 8 PM, the Chicago Office 365 User Group will be meeting in the Microsoft offices of the AON Building located in downtown Chicago, IL. Please come and join us for some great content as well as networking opportunities. I will be there presenting about Office 365 Message Encryption. To…
LinkedIn App – Certificate Issue
If you use the LinkedIn App for Exchange 2013 then you might have noticed that this error message in Outlook Web Access (OWA): or this in Outlook:
Exchange 2013 SP1 Architectural Poster is here
Another Exchange Poster for your wall is now available. Introducing the Exchange 2013 SP1 Architectural Poster: Download it from here. Enjoy!
Office 365 Migrations – Helpful Tips (5)
In part 5 in my series on helpful troubleshooting tips and resolutions I cover my final troubleshooting tip for moving users to the cloud. This will be the last article on Office 365 for a while so I can concentrate on more on-prem topics which I typically cover in my blog. Issue When migrating users…
Office 365 Migrations – Helpful Tips (4)
In part 4 in my series on helpful troubleshooting tips and resolutions I cover another instance of why a mailbox won’t move to the cloud. The Scenario A customer moving mailboxes from 2003 to 2010 to Office 365 over a weekend. All mailboxes moved from 2003 to 2010 without an issue. However, moving mailboxes to…
Office 365 Migrations – Helpful Tips (3)
In part 3 in my series on helpful tips for Office 365 migrations, I cover what can be done for a successful mailbox migration but the end user is experiencing issues with their Calendar. The Issues Continue In my previous parts of this series I covered some issues that occurred with a bad Office 365…
