Exchange 2013
Exchange 2013 – legacyexchangeDN attribute
There seems to be a number of questions asked about the Exchange 2013 - legacyexchangeDN and RpcClientAccessServer attribute when migrating from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013. In Exchange 2010 when you had a CAS Array, the above two attributes where...
Exchange 2013 – Recreating Health Mailboxes
Exchange 2013 has a feature called "Managed Availability", it is a built-in monitoring system in Exchange. A quick overview as per the Technet site regarding Managed Availability: Managed availability, also known as Active Monitoring or Local Active...
Exchange 2013 – CU16 Installation and Tasks.
With the release of Exchange 2013 CU16, this one is not just a simple run and install. If you are on an earlier version other than CU15, this setup is a 2 step process, why?, because you need to firstly install .NET 4.6.2 Take note that you would need to do the...
Exchange 2010/2013: Tarpitting with a 3rd party layer
In Exchange 2010 or 2013 you have a feature called Tarpitting. Lets briefly understand what tarpitting is all about: What is Tarpitting?This is a method to stop a mail sender sending you multiple mail requests. What does it apply to: Directory Harvest Attack.NDR...
Exchange 2013: Cumulative Rollup (CU) fails at Readiness Check
Exchange 2013 CU upgrades, for the most part run smoothly without issues but you do get an error sometimes that can seem like a curve ball but isn't actually. In my environment, running an upgrade from CU11 to CU13 for Exchange 2013, the following error came up on the...
Exchange 2013: Install failed on Frontend Transport
Scenario: When we introduce a new version of Exchange the first thing that needs to be done is that the Schema and AD need to be prepared for the new version. Run this from a domain controller or from a server with the RSAT-Tools installed: As shown above everything...
Exchange 2013: 404 Error when accessing the Exchange Admin Center(EAC)
Scenario: Exchange 2013 CAS role installs perfectly, after a reboot when you open the Exchange Admin Center you are presented with the login screen however once you enter in your admin account details you receive the HTTP 404 error as shown below: Solution: The reason...
Exchange 2013: Client Access Role install error (Part 2)
In my lab, while installing Exchange 2013 on another server, the following error was thrown: "The Registry Key "Software\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Pickup" does not exist under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"" Navigating to that registry key, sure thing that the key doesn't...
Exchange 2013: Client Access Role install error
In my lab, while installing Exchange 2013 on another server, the following error was thrown: "The Registry Key "Software\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Transport" does not exist under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"" Navigating to that registry key, sure thing that the key doesn't...
Exchange 2013: CU11 upgrade error
In my lab I was installing a new Exchange 2013 Server on CU11 and it failed. The GUI setup did not provide much info so looking at the ExchangeSetup.log i came across this error: "Failed [Rule:LangPackBundleCheck] [Message:The language pack bundle could not be...