Error When Trying to Set Out of Office ‘Your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later’
KB ID 0000897 Problem When attempting to set my Out of Office automatic replies within Outlook, I was greeted with this. Your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later. If I logged into Outlook Web Access, (Options > Set Automatic Replies) I could set it up and it worked fine. It’s never really bothered me, but my colleagues were complaining about it, and when...
Exchange 2019/16/13 – Where is the Queue Viewer?
KB ID 0000722 Problem Now that Microsoft have changed all the GUI management I struggled to locate the queue viewer. As it turns out it is NOT part of the Exchange admin center (https://localhost/ecp). Solution 1. Launch the Exchange Toolbox application. 2. And looking a little like its Exchange 2010 predecessor, you should see the queue viewer. 3. Which operates the same as it always has. Related Articles, References, Credits, or...
Exchange 2016 (&2013) – How To Move a Mailbox Database
KB ID 0000725 Problem I like to keep Exchange databases in their own volume, so one of the first things I do is move them. Warning: Moving a mail database will make it unavailable while it is being moved, warn your users, or plan in some down time. Solution 1. First see where the database is now. From within the Exchange admin center (https://localhost/ecp) > Servers > Databases > Select the database to be moved. Note: Take...
Exchange – Error ‘A matching connector cannot be found to route the external recipient’
KB ID 0000723 Problem You will see this error in one of two scenarios, firstly it’s a new Exchange Installation and you have yet to create a send connector, or your send connector(s) do not cover the DNS name of the recipient the message giving you the error was destined for. Identity: DC2012Unreachable412316860424 Subject: inter domain Internet Message ID: <afea4f1a2aa14c2788d872070ae6a5dd@DC2012.PNL.com> From...
Outlook Web App 2013 – Offline Mode
KB ID 0000727 Problem A great new feature of OWA 2013 is the ability to run in ‘Offline mode’. This runs in the same manner as Microsoft Outlook’s ‘Cached Mode’ which has been built into full Outlook since version 2003. There are a few caveats before you can get it to work; Requirements for OWA Offline Mode 1. A compatible browser (Internet Explorer 10, Chrome 18, or Safari 5.1). source 2. You...
Deploying Exchange 2013
Part Two – Prerequisites for Windows Server 2008 R2 KB ID 0000717 Problem Originally I was just going to write a ‘Prerequisite for Exchange 2013’ article, but the needs of Windows Server 2008 R2 are so much greater than those of Windows Server 2012, I split them up. With that in mind, Id suggest you use Window s server 2012 rather than 2008 R2. (It will be supported for longer). But if you are determined read on....
Deploying Exchange 2013
Part One – Prerequisites for Windows Server 2012 KB ID 0000716 Problem Originally I was just going to write a ‘Prerequisite for Exchange 2013’ article, but the needs of Windows Server 2008 R2 are so much greater, I split them up. Solution Planning ‘Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted’ If you are going to deploy Exchange 2013 within your organisation, then you either already have Exchange (or...
Exchange 2013 – ‘Internet Explorer has stopped working’
KB ID 0000776 Problem When using the Exchange Admin Center with Exchange 2013, on a Server Running Internet Explorer Version 10, you see the following error (particularly when working on the recipients > mailboxes tab! Problem Details Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: IEXPLORE.EXE Application Version: 10.0.9200.16384 Application Timestamp: 50107ee0 Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll Fault Module Version:...
Exchange PST Import Error – ‘Couldn’t connect to the target mailbox’
KB ID 0000801 Problem I was trying to import some PST files into SBS 2011, and got the following error; Couldn’t connect to the target mailbox Solution Before you proceed, make sure the user you are logged in as, and are attempting to perform the New-MainboxImportRequest command has been granted the rights to carry out mailbox imports, read the following article; Exchange 2010 (Post SP1) Bulk Importing Mail From pst Files Note:...
Migrate Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (& 2013)
Part 3 Migrating Certificates and Decommissioning Exchange 2010 KB ID 0000816 Problem Continued from Migration From Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 2 Solution Exchange 2013/2016 Migration Step 8 Migrating Certificates from 2010 to 2016 Only consider doing this if you have a purchased (i.e. NOT using a self signed) certificate on your Exchange 2010 server. Bear in mind if you have the internal FQDN of your Exchange 2010 server as a...