Exchange 2016 Preview has been released. For those enthusiasts that would like to test you can download it from the Technet site: Exchange 2016 Please take note, this build is only to be installed in a lab and NOT a production environment. There are a few things required: Prerequisites to be installed. .NET Framework 4.5.2 […]
Scenario: Creating a connector for a site and breaking them out directly to the ISP resulted in the following error: “441 4.4.1 Error encountered while communicating with primary target IP address: “421 4.4.2 Connection dropped due to SocketError.” Attempted failover to alternate host, but that did not succeed. Either there are no alternate hosts, or […]
Scenario: Mailbox migrations from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013. Recently a batch of user migrations were created only to find some of them failing. The error is as follows: “Error: MigrationRecipientNotFoundException: A recipient wasn’t found for “username@domain.org” on the target. Create a recipient of the appropriate type for this migration on the target and try […]
Scenario: Mailbox Migrations: – You are trying to migrate a mailbox from a remote site that has Exchange 2007/2010 to another site that has Exchange 2007/2010 and you run the move from the Exchange 2013 EAC (Exchange Admin Center) or the EMS (Exchange Management Shell) and the moves fail within the first few minutes with […]
Scenario: User A comes to me to advise they cannot expand a certain Distribution List. Checking this on outlook we also encountered the same error: There are some areas to check: Hidden from the GAL Group Scope Check that the Distribution List is not hidden. You can check in AD or Exchange: Okay great, so […]
In Exchange 2013 you can Add/Set Calendar Permissions for a user. Lets step through each command. A colleague tried to run a command and it failed and in this exercise will show you what went wrong. In Exchange 2013 open up the Management Shell. At the prompt run the following command: Get-MailboxFolderPermission <room name>:\Calendar In […]
Exchange 2013 did away with the Public Folder Database and now you have a mailbox with folders. To setup your PF you can follow the following guide: Create a Public Folder Mailbox in Exchange 2013 Accessing Public Folder in Outlook. Once you have created your PF mailbox and folders, if you open up outlook you […]
Yesterday I received an email from Microsoft for being awarded the Exchange MVP – 2015 What an awesome email. Been working towards this for a long time and finally my dream has come true. Thanks to all the guys especially Morgan Webb.