Exchange links
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
MO_Module introduction
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
Exchange Server June 2019 updates
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,
Exchange Server: Third Month, Third Week
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
Does Exchange Server 2016 or 2013 allow the use of the Windows Server 2016 cluster CLOUD WITNESS feature?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/deploy-cloud-witness No, neither version supports the cloud witness option. However, Exchange Server does fully support an Exchange File Share Witness server in Azure. If you choose this option, you’ll need a writable Domain Controller and a Windows Server to host up the File Share Witness directory. The reason for a Windows Server for the FSW,
EXO Manageability Survey
The Exchange online engineering team would like your feedback on the user interface within O365: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR49eFzv9DqVGqZMZy6mK_45UQVUzS1JGSU9YSU9OMTQxT1VNT0U2Wk5JSy4u
Exchange Hybrid Duplicate Mailboxes
Some customers have seen where they can end up with a duplicate mailbox within their hybrid environment. This can cause problems when a user, either on premises or in the cloud, has two mailboxes, one on premises and another one in Exchange Online (EXO). The good news is, there is now a work around. A
EXO is safe
With the recent security updates released for all versions of Exchange: Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 1 (KB4471391), VLSC Download Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 12 (KB4471392), Download, UM Lang Packs Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 22 (KB4345836), Download, UM Lang Packs Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 26 (KB4487052), Download, also available on Microsoft Update The question comes
Exchange Server 2019 shorter lifecycle
If you haven’t looked lately, and I know most of us don’t, but of possible interest to many is the Exchange Sever 2019 version only has a 7-year lifecycle. The stated end date of extended support is the same as the 2016 version. Product released Lifecycle start date Mainstream support end date Extended support end
Exchange server quarter updates posted early
While the Exchange product group does try and release every 3rd month (March, June, September, December) and 3rd week of that month for quarterly updates, with the chatter about a possible security vulnerability, the Exchange PG is releasing these security fixes for all currently supported Exchange versions as noted on the eHelo blog page. There