Exchange 2010
Exchange 2010: Mapi session exceeded the maximum of 250 objects of type "objtMessage"
In Exchange 2010, you might come across the following error message logged consistently in the event log for a mailbox: Mapi session exceeded the maximum of 250 objects of type "objtMessage" The best option will be to investigate outlook add-ins or AV or something...
Exchange 2016: Check forwarders set on mailbox
As an Exchange Admin, you probably receive requests to set forwarding on a mailbox. This could be for many reasons, but somewhere down the line, you get a request to provide all forwarders for a domain or for a mailbox. To view the forwarders, you need to launch the...
Exchange 2010/2013: The Internal Transport Certificate Cannot be Removed
In Exchange 2010 or 2013, you might have issued a renewal of your SSL certificate. In the Exchange Management Console (EMC) or the Exchange Admin Center (EAC), you assign the new services to the SSL certificate and now you want to remove the old SSL certificate,...
Exchange 2010 – View what commands are run when in the EMC
As an Exchange Admin, you may be wondering what commands are run when you click on different areas in the Exchange Management Console, this can be Accepted Domains or Mailboxes under the Recipient Configuration section in the EMC. It is actually very easy to find out...
Exchange 2010 – Search-Mailbox error
In Exchange, when running a the search-mailbox command and you have a large user base, you might encounter the following error: Sending data to a remote command failed with the following error message: The total data received from the remote client exceeded allowed...
Exchange (All Versions) – Bulk update Accepted Domains
In Exchange, you might have a number of accepted domains and manually editing the information can be a daunting task. The PowerShell script below updates the Name value with the new name. If you use a 3rd party provider like Ensim, they generally add a bracket () with...
Kernel Migrator for Exchange
Many attempts have been there to simplify the Exchange migration process. That is why many Exchange migration solutions are there in the market. Analyzing and testing an Exchange migration solution is as tricky as performing an Exchange migration. However, it is...
Exchange 2016 – Mailbox: Inbox Rules
In any Exchange Environment, your users will create Inbox Rules on there mailboxes. For them it is like a filing system, Email X goes here and Email Y goes there. In my previous post we looked at the Rules Quota on a mailbox. If you would like to see what rules have...
Exchange 2010 – Out of office not sending emails – Part 2
In Exchange 2010 or another other version like 2013 or 2016, you probably came across the fact that when a user sets up there out of office, all looks fine. You receive the mailtip in outlook, you can check the event logs on the CAS server and it will show as...
Exchange – My top most used PowerShell commands
As an Exchange Admin, you might have your saved list of commands you use on a daily or weekly basis. I would like to share my Top 10 list of commands used in Exchange, as some of the environments worked on are massive, these might not be your Top 10 but you can add...