Microsoft has again added new scripts to the Scripts directory for Exchange. This time we have 4 new scripts with the release of CU1. New Scripts Disable-OutsideIn.ps1 Enable-OutsideIn.ps1 FilteringConfigurationCommands.ps1 ManagedStoreDiagnosticFunctions.ps1
Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 – Changes – Part 3
For part 3 of this series we’ll look at the Exchange Administrators Console (EAC). While the changes here are not extensive, I believe most of the changes will make for a better experience using EAC to manage your environment. Let’s just dive into the changes in the console: Recipients – Mailboxes From the screenshots below,…
Sent Items Management – Followup
With the release of Service Pack 3 for Exchange 2010 Microsoft added a great feature called Sent Items Management. This feature centers around delegates and other users who have access to send email as or on behalf of other mailboxes. You can read about the announcement of this here and here. If you read my…
Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 – Changes – Part 2
In part two of this series I want to share the changes that have been made to PowerShell with the release of CU1 for Exchange Server 2013 RTM. As with many other releases by Microsoft, PowerShell also gets new commands and sometimes has commands that are deprecated or removed because they are no longer needed…
Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 – Changes – Part 1
I began writing this article to concentrate on the changes made in just OWA. Then I started to look at the EAC and noticed changes there as well. So this article the first in a series of posts over the next week or so that will cover changes that are in the new Exchange 2013…
Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 Prerequisites Script
A few months back I created a script to assist in the installation of Exchange 2013 RTM on Windows 2008 and 2012. This same script needed some slight modification now as the allowable version of UCMA (Unified Communications Managed API) has changed to a newer version then what was required in RTM. I’ve also had…
MEC 2014 – Date and Location
Looks like the next MEC, for 2014, will be in Austin, TX from March 31 – April 2, 2014. To get more information, go to this site.
Exchange Version Check – 2013 Cumulative Updates
With the change to Exchange 2013 Cumulative Updates, Microsoft has made finding your current Exchange server version much easier. No longer will you need a PowerShell script to see which Roll-up Update you are on if you have Exchange 2007 SP3 or Exchange 2010 SP2, for example. How do you find your Exchange version? The…
Exchange 2013 CU1 – Database Creation
In this post I am going to go through the steps on adding a new database to Exchange 2013 CU1. While this would seem like a very basic task for any Exchange environment, there is a bit of a surprise for those who were using the RTM version of Exchange Server 2013. Log into the…
Unified Communications Management API (UCMA) – Exchange 2013
Exchange 2013 RTM CU1 was released yesterday to the great delight of many Exchange engineers and consultants. One of the little noticed changes in the prerequisites that need to be installed. A while back I created a script to install all the requirements for an Exchange 2013 RTM server. This script included code for UCMA….
