February 27, 2015 Dave Stork Exchange, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Management, Question of the day One comment

Tool Tip: RBAC Manager R2 for Exchange

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis 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 all cmdlets. But if your organization does not fit in the default roles, you will have to dig into it. However, I came across a

February 24, 2015 Dave Stork ActiveSync, Exchange, Office 365, Outlook, OWA, Windows Phone / Mobile Devices One comment

A quick look at the Sunrise Calendar app

Reading Time: 5 minutesNow that Microsoft has purchased the Sunrise Calendar app, it's probably a good idea to take a closer look to that app and see what we are or will be dealing with before everyone panics (again). The Acompli Outlook app for iOS and Android (from now on referenced as just the Outlook app) has received praise regarding it's functionality and usability, but also a lot of criticism on security and compliancy. A major issue is the temporary caching of data and

February 19, 2015 Dave Stork Exchange 2013, Issue, Lync, Office 365, OWA 3 comments

Issues with Unified Contact Store in combination with Lync on-premises and Exchange Online

Reading Time: 2 minutesI've encountered an issue that popped up while I was testing a move from Exchange On-premises to Exchange Online (EXO) while Lync Server 2013 remained on-premises due to Enterprise Voice. Outlook Web Access (OWA) from Exchange Online can be integrated with on-premises Lync, this way OWA users can see presence and have limited IM functionality just like what's possible if both products are on-premises. For this to work you'll need Lync Edge servers because OWA EXO will act as an

February 13, 2015 Dave Stork Active Directory, Exchange, Issue, Support, Update Leave a comment

Some things to do after leaving Windows Server 2003 (from an Exchange perspective)

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday the Exchange Team blog posted an article about upgrading the Domain Functional (DFL) level of your Active Directory environment away from Windows Server 2003 and the fact that raising the level might have some impact on your Exchange servers (and other applications). It is possible that they might not be able to authenticate. If you do run into issues after raising the DFL, the solution is either restarting the Kerberos Key Distribution Center service on all DC's or restarting all DC's