Exchange 2019
Exchange 2019 CU7: One of the quickest installs.
I have done so many Exchange installs in the past 16+ years and I have never seen an installation go as quick as CU7 for Exchange 2019. In unattended mode of the installation, normally you have to wait in the section "Copying Exchange Files" and 16% seems to just stay...
Exchange/Active Directory – all versions: Why you should have strong passwords.
Weak passwords is a common mistake with many email users or even admins that manage domains. I recently had the opportunity to demo the zerologon exploit and how it breaks your domain controllers in your environment. This means that Exchange will be broken as well. I...
Get excited:- New version of Exchange coming and so much more…
Ignite has started with a bang and with it new information about the next version of Exchange and how coexistence will work. Head over to the tech community below and watch the video on demand. Exciting new changes coming to Microsoft 365 as well and Hybrid and so...
The best way to setup Exchange 2019 is from the command line
For all those wondering what an Exchange 2019 Setup looks like on Windows Server 2019 Core, here is a snippet of what I did in my lab: If you look at the setup line, you will notice that there is a switch /InstallWindowsComponents and that is exactly what it is....
Exchange 2019/2016:- Toolbox -> Queue viewer keeps getting stuck
In Exchange 2016 and 2019 you have an option to view your queues with Queue Viewer from the Exchange Toolbox as shown below: What I have noticed with the new Cumulative Updates (CU) in both Exchange 2019 and Exchange 2016 is they get stuck loading each time the Queue...
Exchange 2016/2019:- Patch your Systems, it’s now critical.
Exchange Admins don't always like patching and they say, well it's working so why fix something that ain't broken. Well, if you are on a CU earlier than CU15, you should really consider upgrading. CU14 and CU15 have a number of fixes in them but not only that, you...
Exchange 2010/2016: DAG member showing as down in Failover Cluster Manager
In Exchange whether it is Exchange 2010 or 2016 or maybe even 2019, when you setup a Database Availability Group (DAG) requires Failover Cluster Manager to be installed and when the DAG is formed you can see it in Failover Cluster Manager. In normal circumstances your...
Exchange 2019:- Podcast with Fellow MVP – Dave Rendon
Recently I was invited to talk about Exchange 2019 in a session with Dave Rendon (Azure MVP). You can listen over here: https://wwwpodcast.wikiazure.com/episode-08-exchange-2019/?fbclid=IwAR3pnLscw9EpOsJUx0O-vygNaRPnUw8mFIFAH3rLCOmorTfmI66ZP7OLApw
Exchange 2019 CU4:- Unattended Installation Video
In this video on YouTube, we walk through doing an unattended Exchange 2019 CU4 installation. The following was done prior to the installation to ensure a shorter video: Download: Visual C++ 2013Download: .NET Framework 4.8Download: UCMA Runtime 4.0Copy prerequisites...
Exchange 2019:- Building an Exchange lab in Azure
I have been getting requests on how to build an Exchange Test lab in Azure. In this video series, I step through each section as follows: Creating a Virtual Machine in Azure. (Part 1)Installing the Active Directory Domain Services and creating a new Forest. (Part...