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Exchange 2013 Hybrid Configuration Wizard Fails to Connect When Updating
Recently I ran into a problem preparing for the April 15th TLS Cert Update from Microsoft. We would get to a point in the Hybrid Configuration Wizard and it would fail to connect in a spectacular fashion: You can see … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013, O365, Powershell
Tagged Certificates, Exchange 2013, Hybrid Configuration Wizard, O365, Troubleshooting
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Exchange 2013 Powershell Script: Check CAS Health v2
Back when we were first putting in Exchange 2013 I wanted a way to check the Client Access Server roles as we were deploying servers to make sure that they were coming up okay. Thankfully, the Exchange 2013 team was smart … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013, Monitoring, Powershell
Tagged Exchange 2013, Monitoring, Powershell
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Exchange 2013 Powershell Script: Get DAG-wide Mailbox Statistics
While preparing for our On-prem -> O365 migration of a subset of our users, we ran across the need to gather mailbox statistics so that we could create the migration batches based on metrics. It’s pretty simple for us to … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013, Management, Powershell
Tagged Exchange 2013, Planning, Powershell, Sizing
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DPM 2012 R2 Search Recovery Point Action Failing to Produce Results
Recently I’ve had to switch from Backup Exec 2014 to Microsofts System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 to handle our Exchange 2013 CU5 backups due the Backup Exec 2014 not supporting the Exchange 2013 SP1 + Server 2012 R2 … Continue reading
Exchange 2013 SP1 Fun: Identity Management Systems Are…Good?
Long time no blog, I know. I’ve got a dozen or so posts racked up from when I thought I was going to transition the blog over to Office 365 and my SharePoint installation there, but the setup just isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Exchange 2013, Installation
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Exchange 2013 Sizing Guidance Available (Finally!)
I expected this to be released about 2 months ago, but it turns out they were biding their time for IronMan 3 to drop so we’d all be a bit too distracted to notice that they’ve put together a great … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2013
Tagged Deployment, Exchange 2013, Exchange Team Blog, Planning, scaling, Sizing
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#IAMMEC Session Report: Virtualization in the New Exchange
Supported Hypervisors HyperV 3rd Party Hypervisors Host-based Clustering All roles Exchange Roles All roles Storage Block level iSCSI, FC, pass-through, etc. Same requirements as Ex2010 Support for SMB3 file shares for specific limited scenario Guest on 2012 with guest VHD’s … Continue reading
Posted in Deployment, Exchange 2013, Virtualization
Tagged #IAMMEC, Deployment, Exchange 2013, High Availability, Planning, Site Resiliency
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#IAMMEC Session Report: Exchange 2007/2010 to 2013 Migration
Preparation Prepare “Exchange Deployment Assistant” – available on TechNet Verify Prerequisites Install Exchange SP and/or updates across the ORG Exchange 2007 will be a RU, therefore it cannot verify in AD that all servers are at the same level UPDATES … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange, Exchange 2013, Migration
Tagged #IAMMEC, Deployment, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Planning
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#IAMMEC Session Report: Ex2013 Planning and Deploying High Availability
Lagged Copies Dealt with automatically by the system but the tradeoff is that it can be automatically played forward in case it’s needed SafetyNet is what was Transport Dumpster, now it’s Transport Dumpster on Steroids Lagged Copy is 7 days, … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster Recovery, Exchange, Exchange 2013
Tagged #IAMMEC, DAG, Exchange 2013, High Availability, Lagged Copies, scaling
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Finicky Server Administrator Musings 