In Exchange 2016, you do not have all the roles like in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013. You only have 2 roles, the Mailbox Role and the Edge Transport role. You might be wondering how mail flows within Exchange 2016. Let’s take a look: The Mailbox server role has three transport services called the transport pipeline, take […]
In this tutorial, we will be looking at installing Exchange 2016 CU7 on Windows Server 2016. Take note that you can install Exchange 2016 CU3 and up on Windows Server 2016. Prior versions of Exchange 2016 can be installed on Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. We will cover the following steps: **Take Note, you […]
Many organizations make use of a WildCard Certificate in their Exchange Environment. This makes sense when you have quite a number of SAN names to use. In Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2013, if you try and update the X.509 Certificate Name when using a WildCard Certificate, whether it is in the EAC or ECP, you […]
In your Exchange environment, you might have had users saying they are unable to see another users calendar. In this scenario, the error that was coming up was “No Connection” when you opened up another Shared Calendar. Here are some troubleshooting steps to go through, one of them might help you as each environment is […]
If you are installing a new Exchange 2010 Server or want to update the existing servers’ Autodiscover and EWS URLs, then follow the commands below. EWS (Exchange WEB Services) To check what the URL is currently, run the following command from the Exchange Management Shell (EMS): Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory |fl identity,internalurl,externalurl This is the output of running […]
Many times the question has been asked, can I not add my Exchange 2010 Server to my Exchange 2013 DAG or my Exchange 2013 Server to my Exchange 2016 DAG. Well, the answer is No you cannot. Let me explain why. Firstly, your Exchange 2010 Servers are probably running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise […]
In Exchange, be it Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016, you might have come across back pressure alerts or where Exchange just won’t function. These include: Disk space Memory These in turn log different event logs, you might see the following Event ID’s logged in the application log: 15004 15006 If we take a […]
Many a time, you run into an issue with a end user’s outlook. It won’t start or you cannot see some rules. Personally, I have used this tool many times where users have corrupt Inbox Rules which you cannot see in Outlook and have to use the tool to remove them. You have a very […]
This is an interesting topic. Some believe that it is best to disable IPv6 on an Exchange 2013 Server where others do not agree. The problem comes in where the tick box on the Network card is just removed and this then sends the Server into a spiral where services don’t want to stop or […]
In Exchange, whether it is Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016, there is always some sort of confusion when it comes to deleting or disabling a user mailbox. While one will leave the account in tact and disconnect the mailbox, the other one will remove the account and mailbox. Here is an explanation of […]