Exchange 2013
Exchange Server 2013 – Emails queuing with error: “421 4.4.2 Connection dropped due to SocketError.”
Scenario: Creating a connector for a site and breaking them out directly to the ISP resulted in the following error: "441 4.4.1 Error encountered while communicating with primary target IP address: “421 4.4.2 Connection dropped due to SocketError.” Attempted failover...
Exchange 2013 – Migration Batch Failure: MigrationRecipientNotFoundException
Scenario: Mailbox migrations from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013. Recently a batch of user migrations were created only to find some of them failing. The error is as follows: "Error: MigrationRecipientNotFoundException: A recipient wasn’t found for...
Exchange 2013: Mailbox Migration error – Exchange 2007/2010 to Exchange 2007/2010
Scenario: Mailbox Migrations: - You are trying to migrate a mailbox from a remote site that has Exchange 2007/2010 to another site that has Exchange 2007/2010 and you run the move from the Exchange 2013 EAC (Exchange Admin Center) or the EMS (Exchange Management...
Exchange 2013 – Set/Add Calendar Permissions
In Exchange 2013 you can Add/Set Calendar Permissions for a user. Lets step through each command. A colleague tried to run a command and it failed and in this exercise will show you what went wrong. In Exchange 2013 open up the Management Shell. At the prompt...
Exchange 2013 – Public Folders and the default rights
Exchange 2013 did away with the Public Folder Database and now you have a mailbox with folders. To setup your PF you can follow the following guide: https://www.collaborationpro.com/create-public-folder-mailbox-exchange-2013/ Accessing Public Folder in Outlook. Once...
Exchange MVP – 2015
Yesterday I received an email from Microsoft for being awarded the Exchange MVP - 2015 What an awesome email. Been working towards this for a long time and finally my dream has come true. Thanks to all the guys especially Morgan Webb.
Exchange 2013 – CU9 Upgrade
Microsoft Released CU9 for Exchange 2013 and recommend their customers to upgrade to this version as it has a lot of bug fixes in it. For more info on this release you can look here:...
Exchange 2013 – Changing the Maximum number of mailbox moves
In Exchange 2013 you can do batch mailbox moves, but you might not want to use the defaults to move 20 mailboxes at a time for example, you might want to only allow 2 or 5 mailboxes to move and these values can be changed quite easily. We can view the defaults by...
Exchange 2013: FAST Search Technology Failed
Recently one of the exchange servers had a unforeseen reboot and after that the content index state would not go healthy but kept reporting as failed. In event viewer the following was logged every few minutes: Event ID: 1012 Description:Exchange Server Information...
Outlook 2010 Clients not able to connect to Exchange 2013
Introducing Exchange 2013 into your environment can be a small nightmare for some admins especially when it comes to outlook clients not wanting to connect and showing as disconnected or when you create a new profile it gives you an error. Lets look into this further....