Exchange 2010
Exchange 2016 – Failover Active Mailbox Database to another Server
In my previous post we looked at redistributing the active databases and copies in a DAG. Today we will be taking a look at moving an active mailbox database to another server in the DAG. We will be using the Exchange Management Shell to perform this action. Why you...
Exchange 2010 – Redistribute DAG's
In your Exchange 2010 environment you will need to re-balance your DAG's after you perform maintenance or if you had a failure on a Server of if you copies moved to another server. You can manually move the databases from the Exchange Management Console but PowerShell...
Exchange 2010 – Updating the Offline Address Book (OAB)
In your Exchange Organization, there may have been a time when new users don't show up in the Offline Address Book (OAB/GAL) immediately and you are required to ensure that it is fully populated without waiting the default time periods in Exchange. Here are some of...
Exchange 2016 – Quickly create new internal Certificate
In any organization running Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2013, the internal certificate that is part of Exchange once you have done an installation will expire after 5 years. Sometimes Admins remove these certificates but can lead you to issues down the...
Exchange 2013 – Checking the URL's
In Exchange you need to configure your URL's like OAB, ActiveSync,ECP,POP,IMAP and Autodiscover to ensure it is fully operational and matches what you have on your SSL Certificate. Many times on the forums, we noticed that someone posts a question only to be asked...
Exchange 2010: Recover Exchange Server Setup Fails.
In my previous blog we looked at Recovering Exchange using the /m:RecoverServer switch. The challenge is that when it fails what steps are required to get the install to complete. Here is the link to the blog for recovering:...
Exchange 2010: Recover an Exchange Server
Scenario: Exchange 2010 Server in your environment crashes, is hit with a virus or malware or any other situation. There may come a time when you need to recover an Exchange Server and as daunting as the task seems it's not that difficult. Here are the steps we will...
Exchange 2010: Outlook Web Access (OWA) Error – Couldn't find a base theme
Scenario: You install a new Exchange 2010 Client Access Server (CAS) and after a reboot all seems to be working. Outlook is connecting fine but you open Outlook Web Access (OWA) and are presented with the following error: Outlook Web App didn't initialize. If the...
Exchange 2010: Exchange Management Console (EMC) Initialization failed.
Scenario: Exchange 2010 EMC works fine until a day when you launch it and get the error as shown below: There are 2 steps to fix this and a workaround to troubleshoot further. Solution: Step 1 is to open up the registry and navigate to the following key:...
Exchange 2010: No Exchange servers are available in the active directory site.
Scenario: Exchange 2010 Management Tools are installed on a server/s and when launched the following error is presented: "No Exchange servers are available in the active directory site. Connecting to an Exchange Server in another Active Directory Site" Solution: As...