Exchange 2019
Exchange 2013/2016 – Updated support for Active Directory environments
At the MEC event that recently took place, it was announced that you can now introduce Windows Server 2022 domain controllers if you are using the latest Cumulative Updates for Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016. Below is a snippet from the supportability matrix on the...
Exchange 2019:- Server 2022 strange install errors
I was experimenting with running Exchange 2019 on Windows Server 2022 Core and after going through the standard part of getting the bits installed such as Visual C++ 2012/2013, UCMA runtime 4.0 and enabling the file share option on the firewall with PowerShell (Didn't...
Quickly update the Exchange 2019 DKIM Signer
In a previous article, we worked through implementing the Exchange DKIM Signer. Here is the article for reference: https://www.collaborationpro.com/exchange-2016-2019-implementing-dkim/ I was running V3.3.4 at the time and checking my lab today, there is an update...
Exchange 2013/2016/2019:- Health Checker a must have for Exchange Admins
In March 2020 when we had many Exchange servers world wide attacked, the Team at Microsoft put together a nice PowerShell script that provides plenty of output but the most important part is it gives you an overview of CVE vulnerabilities on the Exchange Server. The...
Exchange 2019: CU12 requires a domain prep
When running Exchange updates, whether it is Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019, I always prepare the Schema and AD before updating, however with some Cumulative Updates (CU) in the past have not required it, however the latest CU for Exchange 2019 does. If...
Prevent spam reaching mailboxes with an email filter Appliance
Over the period of time, I have been experimenting with SPAM solutions in my lab. Obviously not paid solutions like ProofPoint, Mimecast, Symantec, Spam Experts or other top companies as this is just a lab, but I came across an email filter appliance called eFA. This...
Add extra security to stop email spam by implementing DKIM
In some of my articles, I have made mention of implementing SPF, DMARC and DKIM records for your Exchange environment but many ask the question on how do you setup DKIM for Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019? (Applies to 2013 as well). There are a couple of steps involved...
Exchange 2019:- Cannot delete Shared Mailbox in Hybrid scenario
If you are running Exchange 2016 and Hybrid or Exchange 2019 and Hybrid, generally managing items are done on-premise and then synced up to Office 365 with AD Connect. I had a Shared Mailbox that was synced to Office 365 and in the Office 365 Portal, I went to Shared...
Exchange 2016:- A reboot from a previous installation is pending.
I am sure many of you have come across the above error when you trying to either upgrade Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019 and a simple reboot fixes it. However, I had a situation the other day in my lab where the above error kept coming up as seen below: The install is...
Exchange 2016:- X-OWA-Error Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.AccountDisabledException
Provisioning accounts in Active Directory and Exchange is not a new task for Admins. However when you provision something and it does not want to work is where the troubleshooting starts. You may have come across an error like the following: The error itself is a bit...