When you want to delete the first and original Mailbox Database in an Exchange Server 2010 (SP1) environment, you will receive an error that you cannot delete the database because of the fact that there are still mailboxes present. When you look in the Exchange Management console you probably won’t see any mailboxes that use […]
READ MOREJust bumped into some nice cool Exchange Server 2010 SP1 installation features :). When installing Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 integrated into the source, an option is added to the installation. From now you can automatically install the Windows Server roles and features that are a prerequisite for the installation of Exchange Server 2010 SP1. Just hit […]
READ MOREThe function is there for ages, but I am always forget the following administrative feature. 😉 Sometimes when a employee is unavailable for a longer time, due an extended holiday or sickness, you often will get the request to give access to the mail of the employee. You can do this like mentioned in an earlier […]
READ MOREDuring a session I missed at TechEd 2010 in Berlin, the Microsoft Exchange Team announced that they for most circumstances don’t recommend Windows Network Load Balancing for the CAS role anymore. Instead of recommending their own solution, which is still recommended in the online documentation, Microsoft now recommends the use of Hardware Load Balancers. Steve […]
READ MOREIn Exchange 2010 a personal archive feature came available. The personal archive is an additional mailbox that’s enabled for a user, which you can store on a separate server (since SP1) with less expensive storage hardware. The Personal Archive must eliminate the need of pst files in your organization. With the release of Service Pack […]
READ MOREWhen installing Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 the Windows Firewall service must be enabled and the Windows Firewall must be running. If not, you will receive the following error and the installation of Exchange Server 2010 will fail. Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); Add-FirewallException -FirewallRule (New-Object Microsoft.Exchange.Security. WindowsFirewall.MSExchangeRPCByPortRule)” was run: “There […]
READ MOREDid you also create a Routing Group Connector between two Exchange systems with the -BiDirectional parameter of the new-routinggroupconnector cmdlet? When you try to remove the Routing Group Connector you receive the following error: Remove-RoutingGroupConnector : The operation could not be performed because ‘le gacy routing group connector’ matches multiple entries. At line:1 char:29 Just […]
READ MOREWhen disabling the light version of Outlook Web App, you are also disabling the blind and low vision experience feature. If a user chooses the “Use the blind and low vision experience” option when entering OWA for the first time, OWA will give an error that the user must update the browser to the latest […]
READ MOREIn Exchange Server 2003 it was easy to create addresslists based on AD groupmemberships. In Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 it’s more complicated to use this “feature”.
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