This is how to move the Exchange Catalog files to a different drive : Open the exchange management shell and execute the following command Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity databasename -IndexEnabled $false Stop the Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer service You can move your old files to the new directory, inRead More →
Customers are asking me for advice for new Exchange installations and migrations. Until Microsoft releases a rollup (Exchange 2007) or new servicepack (Exchange 2010) it’s not possible to do co-existence migration from 2007/2010 to 2013. My advice is to wait or migrate to 2010. The only solution now is toRead More →
While moving some mailboxes I got the following error : Active Directory operation failed on servername.domainname.local. This error is not retriable. Additional information: Insufficient access rights to perform the operation. Active directory response: 00002098: SecErr: DSID-03150BB9, problem 4003 (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS), data 0 The user has insufficient access rights. Exchange Management ShellRead More →
Today I was testing Outlook with a new Exchange server config and I received the following error : I knew I correctly imported the new SSL certifcate because I tested OWA before Outlook and that was working fine. The solution was simple. You must specify in Exchange which Exchange services Read More →
Today I installed a Exchange 2010 CAS cluster using (Windows) NLB. After some final preparation I followed Microsoft best practices for creating a CAS cluster. (Microsoft recommends creating a CAS cluster also when you’re only using one CAS cluster). This is how you can do that : New-ClientAccessArray -Name <NameOfArray>Read More →
When migrating to a new (version of) Exchange this is how you can synchronize the Public Folders : Start the exchange management shell and execute the following code : C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts> .\AddReplicaToPFRecursive.ps1 -Server "Exchange 2007 PF server name" -TopPublicFolder "\" -ServerToAdd "Exchange 2010 PF Server Name" You should beRead More →
A customer of mine ran into a problem while migrating from Exchange 2007 to 2010. They didn’t receive any internal email. Here are the properties of the default receive connector : That’s the problem. Make sure you enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Exchange server authentication. When you enable ExchangeRead More →
This is how you request and install (+bind) a SSL certificate for example Citrix Webinterface. Before you start you must now the external DNS name of your webinterface. In this case I use portal.company.nl Test to make sure the webserver is responding and the firewall is configured. You notice aRead More →
Yesterday I ran into a little problem while working with Office 2013 in a Fusion box on my Mac. The screen turned black while running any of the Office 2013 applications. There are 2 solutions : Solution 1 : Disable 3D acceleration in Fusion Solution 2 : Disable hardware accelerationRead More →
Yesterday I ran into a problem while sending an email with my iPhone which was a bit too large (>300 mb… ) I kept trying to send the mail in the meanwhile slowing down my phone. I took some time figuring out how to solve this. The solution was simple,Read More →