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Can Exchange Web Services be Accessed by Bypassing Multi-Factor Authentication?
This week an information security company published their findings that Exchange Server and Exchange Online (Office 365) do not enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) for Exchange Web Services. For...
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Don’t Deploy Exchange Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 For Now Due to...
Since the release of Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 3 (CU3), which added support for installing Exchange 2016 onto Windows Server 2016 servers, there’s been a series of reports in support...
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Exchange Server Role Based Access Control in Action: Using Management Roles
Exchange Server uses a permissions model called Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage the delegation of permissions for Exchange administrative tasks. RBAC was first introduced in Exchange 2010...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Installing the First Exchange 2016 Mailbox...
At this point in the series on migrating to Exchange Server 2016 we’re ready to install the first Exchange 2016 Mailbox server into the Not Real University organization. To prepare for the...
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Remove Internal Exchange Server Names and IP Addresses from Message Headers
When you send an email message, the recipient can view the headers of the message and see all of the “hops” that the message went through on its journey from one mailbox to another. The header info is...
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Fixing Autodiscover Root Domain Lookup Issues for Mobile Devices
There’s a fairly common issue that occurs with mobile devices connecting to Exchange Server or Exchange Online for mailbox access. Before we go further though, I just want to point out two other...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Configuring Client Access Services
In the last part of this Exchange 2016 migration series we looked at installing the first Exchange 2016 Mailbox server into the Not Real University organization. Now it’s time to configure the client...
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PowerShell Script to Import Mail Contacts from a CSV File to Exchange
Import-MailContactsFromCSV.ps1 is a PowerShell script to automate the creation of Exchange mail contacts using a CSV file for input. The current version of the script supports a CSV file containing the...
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Walk-Through of Building a New PowerShell Script
PowerShell is one of the most important skills for a Microsoft IT professional today. I won’t bang on about it too much here. I wrote my own personal story of how I started learning PowerShell here....
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing & Deploying Exchange 2016 (70-345)...
The next course in my series with Pluralsight for the Exchange 2016 certification exam (70-345) is now available. This course covers the “Plan, deploy and manage Exchange infrastructure, recipients,...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Configuring Mailbox Databases
At this stage of the Exchange 2016 migration the Mailbox server has been installed, and the client access services have been configured. To continue with the configuration of the server, in this...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Preparing for Coexistence
The Exchange 2016 migration for Not Real University is getting to the stage where they can start cutting over client access and transport services to the Exchange 2016 Mailbox server. This stage is...
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What’s Wrong with Auto-Replies for Inactive Email Addresses?
When a user departs an organization, the Exchange admins are often requested to do something with the departed user’s email address to deal with any emails that continue to be sent to the former staff...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Client Access Namespace Cutover
The Exchange 2016 migration for Not Real University is at the stage where they are ready to cut over their client access namespaces to point to Exchange 2016. The cutover itself is just a DNS change...
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December 2016 Updates Released For All Versions of Exchange Server
Microsoft has released new updates for all supported versions of Exchange Server, announcing: Cumulative Update 4 for Exchange Server 2016 (download | UM language packs) Cumulative Update 15 for...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Mail Flow Cutover
The mail flow cutover during an Exchange 2016 migration usually needs to be considered for three scenarios: Inbound internet mail flow Outbound internet mail flow Internal application relay For some...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Migrating Mailboxes
The Exchange 2016 migration project for Not Real University has reached the stage where they can begin their mailbox migration. When planning a mailbox migration it’s useful to review how much data...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Public Folder Migration
For an Exchange 2016 migration, the public folder migration options depend on which version of Exchange you’re migrating from: If you are migrating modern public folders from Exchange 2013 to Exchange...
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Exchange Server 2016 Migration – Removing Legacy Servers
When all of the services and data have been migrated to Exchange Server 2016, you can begin to decommission the legacy Exchange servers from your environment. Exchange servers must be correctly removed...
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2016 Year in Review, and What’s Happening to Exchange Server Pro in 2017
As 2016 draws to an end it’s time to look back and reflect on another year, and also look forward to the future. It’s been another busy year for me here at Exchange Server Pro. Each year I like to pull...
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