The End of Life for Exchange Server 2019 and 2016
What It Means for Your Organization and How to Prepare Understanding End of Life support for Exchange Server 2019 and 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server has been a cornerstone of email and collaboration for businesses of all sizes for decades. However, as technology evolves, so too does the lifecycle of the software we rely on. Both
Exchange SE: The Simplicity of an In-Place Upgrade from Exchange Server 2019
Why Exchange SE Makes Upgrades Easier Than Ever With Exchange Subscription Edition (SE), Microsoft's latest evolution in their Exchange Server line, an in-place upgrade is possible. This is literally just a rebranded, Exchange 2019 CU16. Which is why an in-place upgrade is available. Because it is just another Cumulative Update (CU) installation. Conclusion If you
Exchange Server SE Edition Goes RTM: What Customers Need to Know
Preparing Your Organization for Deployment Success Introduction Microsoft has officially announced the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Exchange Server SE Edition, marking a significant milestone for organizations relying on on-premises email infrastructure. What Does "Release to Manufacturing" Mean? Release to Manufacturing (RTM) is the stage when a product's code is finalized and delivered to manufacturers
Pin virtual guests to specific physical hosts
This is a common discussion, who should be in charge of High Availability (HA), the host virtualization operating system or the application? If you ask an electrician how to fix something, they’ll tell you to rewire it. If you ask a carpenter what is wrong, they will say rebuild it. If you ask a virtualization
Where is OMA?
Some of you may ask, what is OMA? Back in the day, Exchange 2003, mobile devices were starting to make their way into the corporate world. Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) was introduced to help provide a small, thin foot print to mobile devices. You have to also remember that back in 2003, cellular networks were not what they are
Can an Exchange DAG (2010 or higher) run on two different virtual platforms?
Yes, it would be supported. Any supported virtualization product on this list is supported: https://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx From an Exchange perspective, it wouldn’t care what it rides on. You can mix and match all day long, as long as the Exchange versions are consistent. In fact, the Exchange role requirements calculator doesn’t even care about virtualization, the
Exchange Server important dates
Just a reminder, Exchange Server versions have some important dates coming up: Exchange Server 2010 support will end on January 14, 2020 October 14, 2020 is the new date: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/exchange-2010-end-of-support Exchange Server 2013 has now entered extended support and that will end April 11, 2023 Exchange Server 2016 extended support ends October 14, 2025 Exchange
Health Checker .ps1 for Exchange Server
Mark Nivens created this HealthChecker.ps1 file for Exchange servers for your on premises environment. This script checks various configuration items on the Exchange server to make sure they match the recommendations published in the "Exchange 2013 Sizing and Configuration Recommendations" guidance on TechNet. It also reports on Operating System and hardware information. You can run it remotely against a single
Security breach by known bad actor group
Another scary post on Halloween. Scary that is, if you're not following security best practices. This bad actor group exposes a timing issue with O365 safe links. They create a certificate for a site, that looks ligament, and then exploit it as quickly as they can. For example: Securemail.contoso.com. Since the cert is valid and
Will Jetstress be updated for Exchange Server 2019?
Yes. However, the PG chose not to extend Jetstress functionality to cover MCDB (on Flash/SSD storage), therefore, Jetstress will only validate HDD performance for Exchange Server 2019. What is JetStress? The JetStress tool (download) is a Microsoft supported tool that validates database hard drive performance before you install the Exchange Server application on a Windows