March 31, 2017 Dave Stork Active Directory, Azure, Exchange, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016, Management, Office 365 10 comments

Can I place my Exchange hybrid management server in Azure and use Azure Domain Services?

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 party tooling or ADSIedit. Luckily this managing Exchange server doesn’t require the same amount of resources compared to Exchange serves hosting actual production mailboxes. In

July 13, 2015 Dave Stork Exchange, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Office 365 2 comments

Cheat Sheet: Setting Exchange Mailbox User Permissions via PowerShell

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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 Behalf. However, sometimes an admin has to set Send on Behalf permissions on a Shared Mailbox or disable AutoMapping, those options are not available via

March 12, 2015 Dave Stork Exchange 2013, High Availability, Load Balancing, Management One comment

Using your browser to check Exchange 2013 protocol health

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes you're not at work and you suspect there is something wrong with your Exchange 2013 servers and you can't access your environment remotely for whatever reason. Well, in some cases you can check this with just a browser. For each Exchange protocol, there is an URL you can use to check the health. The format would be: https://<External FQDN>/<protocol>/healthcheck.htm If the specific protocol is working correctly, the Exchange server will respond with: 200 OK SERVER.CONTOSO.LOCAL The server.contoso.local would be the

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 minutes 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 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 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 minutes I'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

January 20, 2015 Dave Stork ActiveSync, Events, Exchange, Exchange 2013, OWA, Question of the day, Windows Phone / Mobile Devices Leave a comment

No, Windows Phone ActiveSync is not on par with OWA for Devices

Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently I came across this Twitter exchange: @WayneHRiddle You don't need it for WP. Native app handles all of that functionality. — Ben Rudolph (@BenThePCGuy) January 17, 2015 I've heard this argument before, that the Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) implementation in Windows Phone doesn't require an OWA for Devices app (or MOWA as is the official acronym) like iOS has (for iPad and iPhone) and what is currently in preview for Android. Although the Windows Phone 8 ActiveSync implementation doesn't have the

January 14, 2015 Dave Stork Exchange 2013, Issue, Lync, Management, Question of the day, Update Leave a comment

Do not update your Office Web Apps Server with automatic updates

Reading Time: 2 minutes Although it is not exactly required to deploy with Exchange Server 2013, Office Web Apps Server (OWAS or also referred to as WAC server) provides a more user friendly experience instead of the standard Web Preview. For Lync Server 2013 it's a requirement if you want to be able to present PowerPoint files in a conference. And well, for SharePoint Server it's just a given. So, it's not an uncommon server to encounter when you work with these products. However

December 9, 2014 Dave Stork Exchange, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Update Leave a comment

Exchange 2013 CU7, Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8 and Exchange 2007 SP3 RU15 are out!

Reading Time: 2 minutes Update 12 december 2014: The fixed Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8 with v2 is now available. Same location as the plagued v1. Update 10 december 2014: Exchange Server 2010 SP3 RU8 has been pulled due to connectivity issues with Outlook. There is currently not ETA on the fix. Customers are advised to not install this RU8 or remove RU8 if they already installed it. The initial Exchange Team blog post has been amended with this new info. As of now no other

August 26, 2014 Dave Stork Exchange 2013, Issue, Update Leave a comment

Mail enabled Public Folders on Exchange 2013 CU6 require action for internet mail to be received

Reading Time: < 1 minute So, CU6 is out. It’s easy to overlook the change mentioned within the Exchange 2013 Release Notes. And you might have missed the Exchange Team blog post about all Public Folder changes with CU6. And it might not be relevant for your situation. But I know certain customers rely on mail enabled Public Folders that are able to receive internet mail and are now on Exchange 2013. Sometimes it’s not practical to change those Public Folders to a Shared Mailbox.

August 26, 2014 Dave Stork Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Update Leave a comment

Released: Exchange 2013 CU6, Exchange 2010 SP3 RU7 and Exchange 2007 SP3 RU14

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today Microsoft released the 6th update to Exchange Server 2013, aptly named Cumulative Update 6 (CU6), the seventh update to Exchange Server 2010 SP3; Rollup Update 7 (RU7) and the 14th update to Exchange Server 2007 SP3 named Rollup Update 14 (RU14). They mostly contain smaller security fixes and/or bug fixes or DST (Daylight Saving Time) updates. Having said that, the most eagerly awaited and important fixes in Exchange Server 2013 CU6 include: Hybrid Configuration Wizard fix for Exchange 2013

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