Many times I’ve ran into the following error : (Error : unsufficient access rights to perform the operation) while moving Lync users of moving mailboxes in Exchange. This is due to the following : Include inheritable permissions MUST BE ENABLED. (Also for other tasks) When this is one or aRead More →
Moving mailboxes from one database/server to another is fairly easy. I prefer to use the shell interface but you can also use the GUI. The following commands are handy : New-MoveRequest -Identity <mailbox> –TargetDatabase <targetdatabase> (This commands moves one specified mailbox to another database) You can also use to moveRead More →
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 →
Today someone asked me how he could see what was the host Hyper-V server while running a virtual machine. This is how you can do that : When Hyper-V Integration Services is installed, the following registry key contains all the information you need : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters You couldRead 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 ran into this error while publishing a website using ISA Server 2006. The solution was simple. While publishing the website make sure make sure that the name at the to field is the same as the name as the external DNS name. When your ISA Server doesn’t useRead 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 →