Today the Microsoft Exchange Product Team released the public Preview of Exchange Server 2016! See the announcement on the EHLO blog. Now everybody can install, investigate and test the latest iteration of Exchange Server, which is part of the Wave 16 of all Office applications (such as Office 2016, Skype for Business, SharePoint 2016 etc.). Some … Continue reading "Test it yourselves: Exchange Server 2016 Preview is now available!"
Month: July 2015
Cheat Sheet: Setting Exchange Mailbox User Permissions via PowerShell
One of the things I get asked about quite a lot, is how you can set specific permissions in Exchange Server and Exchange Online. Most cases the Management Console (in 2010) or the Exchange Admin Center (EAC, Exchange 2013 & 2016 and Online) provide most basic permissions like Full Access, Send As and Send On … Continue reading "Cheat Sheet: Setting Exchange Mailbox User Permissions via PowerShell"
AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 3: Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG)-generated Private Keys
Because Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) rely heavily on certificates, you’ll want the most straightforward certificates as the Service Communications Certificate throughout your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementation. Notice however, that I’m not recommending to use the strongest certificates for your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementation… That’s right, you won’t … Continue reading "AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 3: Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG)-generated Private Keys"
Which version of ADMT is most appropriate for your migration scenario?
Microsoft has released various versions of the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) in the last couple of years. With it, you can migrate user accounts and groups from one domain (the source domain) to an Active Directory target domain. However, when looking closer at the various versions of ADMT, you’ll notice that Microsoft has not … Continue reading "Which version of ADMT is most appropriate for your migration scenario?"
AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 2: Key size
Because Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) rely heavily on certificates, you’ll want the most straightforward SSL/TLS certificate as the Service Communications Certificate throughout your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementation. Notice however, that I’m not recommending to use the strongest certificates for your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementation? You won’t hear … Continue reading "AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 2: Key size"
AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 1: Hashing Algorithms
Because Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) rely heavily on certificates, you’ll want the most straightforward SSL/TLS certificate as the Service Communications Certificate throughout your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementation. Notice however, that I’m not recommending to use the strongest certificates for your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementation? You won’t hear … Continue reading "AD FS Certificates Best Practices, Part 1: Hashing Algorithms"
Yay! Renewed as an Exchange MVP
Today was a nerve racking day (a lot of F5/F9 to refresh my MVP profile page and to see if I got that one mail in Outlook), but eventually I received some good news: Dear Dave Stork, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2015 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to … Continue reading "Yay! Renewed as an Exchange MVP"