This is an interesting one. I was asked about this when I was with a client recently and why they had been told not to assign a licence to a user that is being migrated to O365 in a Hybrid environment. First of all you have to remember that the primary difference is the integration […]
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Exchange 2016 DAG: Can’t add a database copy – “Seeding operation failed”
I ran into an issue when attempting to add a database copy for any mailbox databases in a new DAG. When I attempted it I kept receiving the following error every time, regardless of the source or destination server. The seeding operation failed. Error: An error occurred while performing the seed operation. Error: An error […]
garethjones294 | | Exchange |
Exchange 2013 / 2016 – Adding a server to the DAG fails with The Fully qualified domain name for node could not be found
Whilst setting up my Exchange 2016 lab environment I came across this error: Go to Active Directory Users and Computers. Turn on View > Advanced Features. Find your DAG computer name in your AD structure and Right Click > Properties You can see the DNS name is missing from my DAG computer account. Go to […]
garethjones294 | | Exchange |
Remove Domain requirement form OWA Login (Exchange 2013 / 2016)
One of the things I hate with Exchange (Since 2007) is the domain label when logging into OWA. Most users don’t even know their Username and Password so when presented with Domain\user name this just adds to the confusion. You have 2 options for this. You can change it to the users UPN by using […]
garethjones294 | | Exchange |
Security and compliance for Exchange Online
Email has become a reliable and ubiquitous communication medium for information workers in organizations of all sizes. Messaging stores and mailboxes have become repositories of valuable data. It’s important for organizations to formulate messaging policies that dictate the fair use of their messaging systems, provide user guidelines for how to act on the policies, and […]
garethjones294 | | Exchange, Office 365 |
Exchange Hybrid Product Key Distribution NOW FREE!
It used to be the case where if you ran an on-premises Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2003 environment and you wanted to connect your organization to Office 365 then you were allowed a ‘free’ license of Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2013 for use in a hybrid deployment. This has now been extended regardless […]
garethjones294 | | Exchange, Office 365 |
How to Configure Exchange 2010 SP1 Federation
Exchange federation allows different Exchange organizations to share free/busy information with each other. It does this without having to configure a one- or two-way trust between the organizations. Jeff from “The EXPTA” has published a very nice article about how to configure Exchange 2010 SP1 Federation. Continue @ source.
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Finding Users who have Send-As or Full Access Permissions to Mailboxes
Pat Richard posted a couple of nice one-liners to determine users who have Send-As or Full Access permissions to mailboxes. The following one-liner lists all mailboxes where another user has Send-Aspermissions, and who that user is: Get-Mailbox -Resultsize Unlimited | Get-ADPermission | ? {($_.ExtendedRights -like “*send-as*”) -and -not ($_.User -like “nt authorityself”)} | ft Identity, User […]
garethjones294 | | Exchange |
Fix: “You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console”
If you are getting the following error, “You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console” when you are trying to close Exchange Management Console (EMC) you have to install some hotfix for IE9, that Microsoft just released. In order to install the fix, a released version of IE9 needs to be […]
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