The world is always changing and the password expiring value is one that recently was updated. Microsoft has updated the stance around expiring passwords: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2019/05/23/security-baseline-final-for-windows-10-v1903-and-windows-server-v1903/ The short answer is, only the expiring portion of the password policy is being discussed. You way want to still expire passwords, but with technologies like Windows Hello, the world…
This Connect-ExchangeServer function runs the PowerShell code to log into an Exchange server on premises using remote PowerShell. Using the -Computer parameter (required), tells the function which Exchange server to connect to. Using the -Prefix parameter (optional), allows a modification to the noun of the imported cmdlets, so that you can have multiple connections in…
Here are some handy short links that help Exchange Server engineers keep up with what’s happening within the Exchange world. As always, it’s best to have some kind of RSS feed notification, using tools such as: Microsoft Flow or IFTTT.com. The Exchange Team blog, you Had Me at EHLO: aka.ms/ehlo Exchange Server build numbers and…
The Get-DotNETVersion function presents the current .NET version on a machine. This is part of the MO_Module PowerShell code that helps administrators in their daily tasks. From an Exchange Server perspective, .NET support is very sensitive to which version of Exchange and which .NET is allowed to be used. This value also changes based on…
What? Why are we talking about buying a car? I was at lunch the other day with some engineers and we got to talking about new cars. I’d mentioned how I had not done a lot of due diligence in the past and planned to make that change next time. Since I have to rent…
I’d like to introduce you to my MO_Module. It’s a PowerShell module, combining several daily administrative tasks into simple Verb-Noun Functions for engineers to perform their jobs easier. I was developing/maintaining several different PS modules, which became more work, so I thought I’d just combine everything into one single place. Since my primary technologies are…
Just a reminder, the Exchange Server 2019 role requirement calculator is now only available in the current Cumulative Update download. To obtain the CU downloads, you must have access to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center. The main reason the role requirement calculator ships in the CU’s, is that the Exchange Product Group now owns…
It worked out this time: 3rd month, 3rd week, on a Tuesday for the Exchange Server product updates. Not a lot of changes, but a couple of items of interest, the first one, the Exchange Product Group (PG) continues to tighten Active Directory security, which I absolutely love. They have added a few deny values,…
Just a reminder, the Exchange Product Group (PG) is (usually) following the current cadence of releasing Exchange Cumulative Updates (CU) every third month (March, June, September, December) and the third week of that month. This allows a predictable rhythm for customers to plan when to upgrade their Exchange servers. With this planning, customers should download…
This is just a philosophical discussion around the common answer of ‘it depends’, or ‘it’s a choice’. ‘Which way should the toilet paper roll go in your house?’ This is very analogous to all of the ongoing debates in history: Coke vs. Pepsi, VHS vs. Beta, BlueRay vs. HDDVD, Visual Studio Code vs. ISE, and…