In a few weeks, I’ll be travelling to Novotel Leuven in my neighboring country Belgium for the E-Communications & Collaboration Day 2017, a full-day (May 3rd 2017) of expert presentations and content about Office 365, Exchange, Skype for Business and related technologies. During this day, I will be presenting “Securing Exchange Online”: In this session, … Continue reading "I'll be speaking at E-Communications & Collaboration Day 2017 (BE-COM.eu) on May 3rd 2017"
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Can I place my Exchange hybrid management server in Azure and use Azure Domain Services?
As some might know (although I and others have to repeat this regularly…), if you enable directory synchronization from your on-premises Active Directory (AD) and you migrate all you Exchange mailboxes to Exchange Online you still require an Exchange server to manage mail(box) objects. It is the only supported solution, even though some use third … Continue reading "Can I place my Exchange hybrid management server in Azure and use Azure Domain Services?"
Practical PowerShell Exchange Server 2016 aka Writing a book
Some of you may have wondered why I was somewhat quiet. The reason was that during the last year (and a half?) I was writing a book with MVP Damian Scoles. That book is now available as an PDF and Apple iBook! The physical paperback is now also available in our shop and includes a … Continue reading "Practical PowerShell Exchange Server 2016 aka Writing a book"
Exchange Server 2007 (almost) EOL!
Just a quick reminder that Exchange Server 2007 will have no support after April 11th 2017. Although every install will continue without any issue after this date, it is a risk continuing the use of this product. Security fixes won't come available, but also little things like timezone/daylight savings changes aren't updated which could have … Continue reading "Exchange Server 2007 (almost) EOL!"
I'll be speaking at GWAVACon 2015 and the UC Day
I'm happy to report that I will be speaking in two upcoming events: the two day event GWAVACon 2015 in Berlin (Germany) on the 22nd and 23rd of September and the one-day Unified Communications Day event in Birmingham (UK) on the 28th September. On GWAVACon my sessions will be the English versions of: What’s new in Exchange 2016 Exchange Architecture … Continue reading "I'll be speaking at GWAVACon 2015 and the UC Day"
Test it yourselves: Exchange Server 2016 Preview is now available!
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!"
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"
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"
Checking security protocols and ciphers on your Exchange servers
Microsoft states that Exchange 2010 and 2013 are secure out of the box. With this they mean that every traffic coming in and out of Exchange is one way or another encrypted with security protocols. Whether this is web traffic or specific for SMTP. Even IMAP and POP are enabled with mandatory encryption (although the … Continue reading "Checking security protocols and ciphers on your Exchange servers"
Tool Tip: RBAC Manager R2 for Exchange
This week I had a session at a customer to customize the default RBAC roles, for instance removing the mobile device remote wipe feature from Recipient Management. Customizing RBAC roles is in most cases not something that is a frequent task, so it can take a while to familiarize and re-familiarize with the concept and … Continue reading "Tool Tip: RBAC Manager R2 for Exchange"