Exchange 2019
Exchange 2019:- Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus commands missing.
Today I started up my lab and first thing that I check is the Database availability group (DAG), but when I tried to run the command, it wouldn't pipe to complete it and I was presented with this error: In the Exchange Management Shell, I then ran the command below to...
Exchange 2019:- Upgrade to CU3 using the command line.
As with my previous blog post where we upgraded to CU2, in this example we will run the same command from an elevated command prompt to update to CU3. As we are upgrading from CU2, we do not need to run the PrepareAD command, if you want to read more about CU3, head...
Exchange 2019:- Update to .NET Framework 4.8
If you want to upgrade from .NET Framework 4.7.2 to .NET Framework 4.8, you can if you are running CU2 for Exchange 2019 or higher. You can look at the Microsoft Support Matrix to see what is supported but here is a snippet from the Microsoft Site: Download the...
Exchange 2019:- Convert distribution group to Shared Mailbox
There comes a time where you need to remove a distribution group but keep its email address but to avoid any kind of bounces, you need to ensure you have the X500 address ready to add to the mailbox or shared mailbox. Let's launch the Exchange Management Shell (EMS)...
Exchange 2019:- Upgrade to CU2 using the command line.
Exchange 2019 Upgrade to CU2 is pretty straight forward and in this example we will upgrade using the command line. Before you run the setup, I generally like to do a reboot of the server as the setup will generally fail saying there is a pending reboot. In some...
Exchange 2016/2019 Coexistence HTTP 500 Error on ECP
Ever reboot your servers and when you login, all looks good on the surface but when you try and do stuff well it doesn't actually work? In this scenario exactly that. Running coexistence with Exchange 2016 and 2019 and after a reboot, all seemed good. Exchange...
Installing Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 into the same environment
Head over to my page on Experts Exchange to view the article in detail: https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/33593/Installing-Exchange-2016-and-Exchange-2019-into-the-same-environment.html
Windows Server 2016:- Installing the Exchange 2019 Management Tools Error
If you are an Admin that likes to test things like me then you tend to find small things. For example, in this exercise I was trying to install the Exchange 2019 Management tools on a Windows 2016 Server and while the error is straight forward, if you click the link...
Exchange 2019 CU1:- Readiness Checks fail
As an Exchange Admin, you are aware that Exchange relies on DNS. In your environment, ensure that your PTR records are updating correctly or you might end up with false positives as shown below: As you can see, the first 2 errors that stand out are that the Active...
Exchange 2019 – Changing AD Server Settings
In Exchange, you may have a set of domain controllers that you want Exchange to use or you want to view the entire forest information, you can do so by changing a few settings. Firstly, to view what is currently set or used by Exchange and it should be all DC's and...