Microsoft Exchange RPC Client Access Service Does Not Start
KB ID 0000802 Problem I build a new SBS 2011 environment last week, and I had just put on the new digital certificate, and as no one was using it, I simply rebooted the SBS Server and went for a coffee. From that point forward all the new Outlook 2013 clients give me this error, Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The set of folders cannot be opened. You must connect to Microsoft Exchange with the current...
SBS – No Incoming Mail ‘421 4.3.2 Service not available’
KB ID 0000803 Problem While testing mail flow on a new SBS 2011 Server, outbound mail worked fine, but no mail would flow in. When I attempted to Telnet in from a remote host this was what I saw; 421 4.3.2 Service not available Connection to host lost. Solution Normally I’d expect to see an error like this if the Exchange ‘Receive Connector’ was misconfigured, (if you’re not using SBS 2011 create a new default...
SBS 2011 Missing Netlogon Share (Post Migration)
KB ID 0000809 Problem Whilst performing an upgrade from SBS 2003 to SBS 2011, I went on-site this morning to be told, “The new server does not have a NETLOGON share!”. As a result the clients who had authenticated to the old server had successfully ran their logon scripts. But the clients who had authenticated to the new server had not. Solution 1. On the original (SBS 2003) server > Start > Run > cmd {Enter}...
PowerShell Web Access
KB ID 0001036 Problem One of my goals for this year is to become more proficient with PowerShell. During my studies I came across PowerShell Web access and thought it was so cool, I’d have a play with it. What is PowerShell Web Access? It’s a web service that runs on a Server 2012 IIS web server. It lets you remote connect to that host (via https) and then launch a PowerShell secure connection to any machine in your...
PowerShell – Update All Domain Users Email Address From UPN
KB ID 0001072 Problem Update: Here is an easier Solution Earlier in the year, I had a problem with Certificate Services, every time it tried to issue a ‘user’ certificate it gave me an error because the user did not have an email address specified on their user object in AD. At the time I thought “I wish I know enough PowerShell, to just put an email address in all the users e-mail attribute”. So while...
Microsoft Outlook Working With Shared Calendars
KB ID 0000186 Problem You either want to share your own calendar, or get access to another users calendar. Solution Outlook 2010 – Shared Calendars Topics covered in the video below, Outlook 2010 – How to grant a user rights to your calendar (Delegate Access). Outlook 2010 – How to grant a user Read rights to your calendar (Via Email). Outlook 2010 – How to grant a user rights to your calendar (Direct...
Outlook – The {name} Column is Missing from my Inbox
KB ID 0000198 Problem I don’t know why, but the From column disappeared from the Outlook (2007) Inbox this morning. Should this happen to you, and you need to restore (or add/remove) a column to/from your inbox. Solution 1. Within Outlook > Click View > Current View > Customize Current View. 2. Click Fields > Select From (Or the one you are missing/want). > Add > You can then move it up and down the list. >...
Outlook Autocomplete / Nickname / Nk2 file
KB ID 0000284 Problem Note: Outlook 2010 no longer uses the .nk2 file click here. When you work with Outlook, every time you type or send an email, the email address that you are sending to, gets added to a cache on your computer. This cache lives in a file called the “nickname” file or the NK2 file. Solution To remove and entry from the list Simply select it and press “Delete”, or there’s a utility...
Configure Microsoft Outlook for Gmail
KB ID 0000366 Problem You would like to connect Microsoft Outlook to your Gmail account. Solution 1. If Outlook does not have an account already it will prompt you when it launches, if you are adding an account click Tools >Account settings > Add. 2. If you are in a domain environment it will try and auto configure your account, but you want to set things up manually, select “Manually configure server...
Outlook 2013 and 2010 Stop – Do you want to send this message without a subject?
KB ID 0000371 Problem With Outlook 2010, everytime you send and email withough a subject line you get the following prompt “Do you want to send this message without a subject?” Now there are sensible reasons for this, but a lot of the time I don’t really want to put in a subject, especially if I’m conversing with friends colleagues etc. And I’m really sick and tired of being asked. Solution 1. Open...