While taking a look at what information could be gleaned from the ‘Get-MailboxTrackingLog’ command in Exchange 2013 I ran into thousands of emails being sent back and forth between several ‘HealthMailbox’es:
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – Administration – Part 2
In the second part of this series we’ll examine some more of the new parts of the Exchange Admin Center. First we’ll start off with the Permissions tab in the console. Here we have the Admin Roles for Exchange Server 2013:
Exchange 20xx and ActiveSync Testing
Over the years I’ve worked in many Exchange environments for customers using Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010. One common task is to verify that ActiveSync is working. In the old days you had use a test phone or your own phone to do this. This meant using Windows 2003 SE, Windows 5 and…
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – Under the Hood – Part 1
Being a huge fan of PowerShell and the capabilities it gives those who administer, setup, monitor, troubleshoot, etc Exchange servers I thought I would unveil some of the new stuff that Microsoft has added under the hood in Exchange Server 2013 Preview. As this version of Exchange is a Preview, it could change when it…
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – Administration – Part 1
Exchange Server 2013 will probably be released in the next few months. As such I thought I would create a series of articles on how to do common tasks to help prepare Exchange Administrators for the new version of Microsoft’s Exchange product. The first change in your day to day management will be the new…
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – New PowerShell Cmdlets – Part 3
In the final part of the series on new PowerShell cmdlets in Exchange Server 2013 Preview I will cover any cmdlet outside of GET and SET commands. Here are the remaining commands: Here are some examples of the commands above. Browse TechNet for more information on each one.
Exchange 2010 Upgrade – OAB Error After Public Folders Moved
In the process of decommissioning Exchange 2003 after moving all the mailboxes to Exchange 2010 we experienced an issue with the OAB generation. A pair of events, 1028 and 1018, would appear in the event logs: (1028)
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – New PowerShell Cmdlets – Part 2
For Part 2 of this series I am concentrating on the new SET commands available in Exchange Server 2013 Preview. To get a list of the SET based commands simply type in (in the Exchange Server Management Shell): get-command set*
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – New PowerShell Cmdlets – Part 1
The Exchange Server 2013 Preview has been out for a month or so and I’ve been trying it out in a lab environment. At the same time I’ve been working on some complex PowerShell scripts for the consulting gigs I am working on. As such I thought I would spend some time on the new…
Exchange Server 2013 Preview – Services Overview
With the introduction of Exchange Server 2013 Preview, Microsoft has made some changes to the Windows Services that are required to run Exchange. Please remember this is a Preview (BETA) version of Exchange Server and anything written here could change once the product goes RTM (Released To Manufacturer). A couple of noticible changes are the removal of the…
