Recently I upgraded our hosted exchange 2013 CU1 servers to CU4 (aka SP1). I didn’t do an in-place upgrade but I chose rather to build an Exchange 2013 CU4 environment and then migrate all mailboxes. The migration process went relative well, except for one peculiar problem: Mac users with Outlook for Mac:2011 couldn’t send e-mails … Continue reading "Exchange 2013 CU4 (SP1) and Outlook for Mac 2011 Error 19721"
Author: Sergio Kappel
KEMP LoadMaster vs IIS 8.0 ARR: a note on security
Introduction In my spare time I like to test software/appliances that I work with, for security flaws. Since the heartbleed bug has made news headlines around the world, I take extra measures to secure everything that needs SSL to work. NOTE: Kemp has released a firmware that patches the Hearbleed vulnerability. Please download it and … Continue reading "KEMP LoadMaster vs IIS 8.0 ARR: a note on security"
One for the books
Last week I had the opportunity to sit down for the 70-337 (Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013) exam. Passing this exam will reward you with the MCSE: Communication title. Little is known on how to study for this exam. In this blog post I want to share my experience on … Continue reading "One for the books"
Bad request (HTTP 400 error) in Exchange 2013 OWA/ECP
Introduction I have managed our Exchange 2013 environment for 6 months in 2013. This Highly Available (HA) Microsoft Exchange 2013 setup was designed and installed by Dave Stork. I have installed various cumulative updates on this setup and almost everything went without a hitch. Since then, I moved on. The issue Last week our IT … Continue reading "Bad request (HTTP 400 error) in Exchange 2013 OWA/ECP"
Installing a Sharepoint 2013 HA environment from scratch…Part 3
Introduction This is the last part of the series. I will be showing you how to setup Sharepoint 2013 Enterprise. The only difference is that your databases (configuration, content, user profiles, etc) will be residing in a highly available SQL 2012 Enterprise AlwaysOn group. Part one – Installing Sharepoint 2013 Enterprise Installing Sharepoint 2013 … Continue reading "Installing a Sharepoint 2013 HA environment from scratch…Part 3"
Installing a Sharepoint 2013 HA environment from scratch…Part 2
Introduction In my previous blogpost I had the opportunity to share my thoughts about setting up a Microsoft SQL 2012 Server AlwaysOn Availability group. I will continue with explaining the steps that you need to perform in order to have your first AlwaysOn Availability group up and running in a matter of 45 minutes. It … Continue reading "Installing a Sharepoint 2013 HA environment from scratch…Part 2"
Installing a Sharepoint 2013 HA environment from scratch…Part 1
Introduction The company I work for has implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and Microsoft Lync Server 2013. To complete the Unified Communication Collaboration enviroment, I was asked to setup a Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2013 environment. To quote Jeremy Clarkson from TopGear: How hard can it be? It's not that hard to setup, but you have … Continue reading "Installing a Sharepoint 2013 HA environment from scratch…Part 1"
About me
I'm Sergio, born and raised on the beatiful Island of Curacao (formally the Netherlands Antilles). At the age of 8 I had my first experience with computers. My father sent me to a computer course. My first experience was with Windows 3.11 and with Windows 95. I was hooked to the game "SkiFree". You remember … Continue reading "About me"