In part two of this series on migrating mailboxes to Office 365, I want to explore a situation that my client experience with mailboxes that migrated, but were not acting properly. The scenario is the client had Exchange 2003 SP2 on-prem. We put in the usual full monty of ADFS, DirSync, and a Hybrid Exchange…
Office 365 Migrations – Helpful Tips (1)
In part one of my series on migrations to Office 365 (from Exchange On-Prem) tips, I will explore what can be done to quickly remediate licensing issues. The Setup I have a client that is moving their entire Exchange 2003 Organization to the cloud. This move requires an Exchange 2010 server to provide Hybrid connectivity…
Exchange Server 2013 SP1 – Edge and BPA
Microsoft has now created a link to the ExBPA (Exchange Best Practices Analyzer) in the EAC (Exchange Admin Console) for Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1. We can now download it without an Office 365 tenant. However, the software has not been updated to be aware of changes made in Service Pack 1. The version is…
Exchange 2013 SP1 Transport Issue
When Microsoft released Exchange 2013 SP1, the hope was that quality had become the priority. However, we know now that several bugs were allowed to slip thorough QA unnoticed. This has been highlighted especially with the Transport issue that is referenced in KB2938053. So what is the issue. Direct from the Kb article: Symptoms After…
Exchange 2013 – Database Deletion – the Saga continues
I’ve posted a couple of articles on issues with database deletions and there are plenty on the web as well. Recently I had a client that needed to remove a database to free up a set of drives for another project. We went through the normal removal process and verified that no mailboxes were present…
Exchange Server 2013 SP1 – MISC
Along with the major features of Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013, there are a host of smaller features that have been added as well. This article concentrates on these smaller additions to Exchange Server 2013: EAC Command Logging OS and AD Support changes S/MIME OWA Enhancements SSL Offloading Under the hood
Exchange Server 2013 SP1 – EDGE Role – Part 2
How To Add an Edge Server to your Exchange 2013 Environment Install Windows 2008 R2, 2012 or 2012 R2 for you base Operating System (OS). Patch your server using you internal patch server or Windows update. Prerequisites for Exchange Server 2012 Edge (source)
Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1 – Best Practices Analyzer (Updated)
Previous to Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2013, the only way to get to the Best Practices Analyzer for Exchange was to log into an Office 365 Tenant and download it from the Tools tab. Now we have this option directly in the Exchange Admin Console (EAC). After your servers are upgraded, you will…
Exchange Server 2013 SP1 – Edge Role is Back – Part 1
Looking to upgrade from Exchange 2007 or 2010 and you want to deploy the Edge Role from 2013? Well, Microsoft has just released this role with Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2013. Although it is a bit different from the Exchange 2007 and 2010 version of the role. Previously, form RTM to CU3, this…
Exchange Server Updates 2013 / 2010 / 2007
Today Microsoft Released three updates for the Exchange Server Family. These updates are: Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1 Exchange 2010 SP3 RU5 Exchange 2007 SP3 RU13 Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 Over a year ago Microsoft released Exchange Server 2013. Now we’ve gone through a full patch cycle of Cumulative Updates and Microsoft released…
