Exchange 2013 – ‘The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request’
Nov17

Exchange 2013 – ‘The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request’

KB ID 0000855 Problem After building a new Exchange 2013 Server on my test network and changing the Certificate over, I ran a few updates and rebooted. Post reboot I was greeted with this, VERBOSE: Connecting to PNL-EX2013.petenetlive.net. New-PSSession : [pnl-ex2013.petenetlive.net] Processing data from remote server pnl-ex2013.petenetlive.net failed with the following error message: The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request....

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Exchange – Change OWA Login to Username Only
Nov17

Exchange – Change OWA Login to Username Only

KB ID 0000861  Problem The procedure for changing the user login process from domainnameusername to just username, is a little different with Exchange 2013. Solution 1. Connect to the Exchange admin center > Servers > Virtual Directories > Select OWA > Edit. 2. Authentication > Select ‘User name only’ > Browse and select the domain > Save. 3. At the warning click OK > Windows Key+R > cmd {enter}...

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To use Outlook Web App, Browser Settings Must Allow Scripts To Run
Nov17

To use Outlook Web App, Browser Settings Must Allow Scripts To Run

KB ID 0000862  Problem Seen (usually on a server) when trying to connect to either Outlook Web App, or The Exchange Admin Center. To use Microsoft Outlook Web App, browser settings must allow scripts to run. For information about how to allow scripts, consult the Help for your browser. If your browser doesn’t support scripts, you can download Microsoft Internet Explorer for access to Outlook Web App. Solution You have two...

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Exchange – Setup previously failed while performing the action ‘Uninstall’
Nov17

Exchange – Setup previously failed while performing the action ‘Uninstall’

KB ID 0000877 Problem After I managed to break my test Exchange 2013 Server the other week, I built a new one and migrated all the data into it. But while trying to decommission the old Exchange box, the process failed and I was stuck with this error. Setup previously failed while performing the action “Uninstall”. You can’t resume setup by performing the action “Install”. So now I couldn’t...

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Exchange – Event ID 25006
Nov17

Exchange – Event ID 25006

KB ID 0000910  Problem Freshly installed Exchange 2013 Server (was migrated from Exchange 2007) and it threw out this error. Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeTransport Event ID: 25006 Task Category: Configuration Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: PNL-Exchange.petenetlive.net Description: The path to the Queue Quota component log has not been set. Queue Quota component log will not be written. Solution 1. A...

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Exchange – NDR – Undeliverable – Backscatter
Nov17

Exchange – NDR – Undeliverable – Backscatter

KB ID 0000047  Problem If you look on your Exchange “Queue Viewer” you may see A LOT of “Undeliverable” Massages that are NDR’s (Non Delivery reports) that your server is sending, this happens because the server receives a message for something like this-address-is-not-real@your-domain.com and it sends an NDR Back. Solution You can simply turn off NDR’s In the Exchange Management Console >...

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Exchange 2010 / 2007 Alternate-port SMTP
Nov17

Exchange 2010 / 2007 Alternate-port SMTP

KB ID 0000089 Problem I’ve used the no-ip service for years, and untill recently the Exchange box I ran gave me no problems, well it still does not, but now my wife has her Email on it as well, and because of reverse DNS Lookups, she cannot Email her friends at Hotmail etc. Instructions at the site (at the time of writing) are for Exchange 2003, which as you aware is a different beast altogether, so to make it work…....

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Exchange – Message Tracking
Nov17

Exchange – Message Tracking

KB ID 0000170 Problem Unlike 2000 and 2003 message tracking in Exchange 2007 is enabled by default. (for a 30 day period only – which would seem a sensible figure). Note: To disable message tracking, issue the following poweshell command “Set-TransportServer SERVERNAME –MessageTrackingLogEnabled $false” Solution To use, Note: The logs are in Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerTransportRolesLogsMessageTracking. To...

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Event ID 12014

KB ID 0000174  Problem Event ID 12014 Microsoft Exchange could not find a certificate that contains the domain name {name.domain.com} in the personal store on the local computer. Therefore, it is unable to support the STARTTLS SMTP verb for the connector SendConnector with a FQDN parameter of {name.domain.com}. If the connector’s FQDN is not specified, the computer’s FQDN is used. Verify the connector configuration and the...

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Your Out of Office Settings cannot be displayed
Nov17

Your Out of Office Settings cannot be displayed

KB ID 0000197 Dtd 04/03/10 Problem Seen on Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 talking to Exchange 2007 (Note this fixes Outlook 2007 but NOT 2010.) When opening the “Out Of Office Assistant.” Your Out of Office Settings cannot be displayed, because the Server is currently unavailable. Try Again Later Other Symtoms 1. You see hash marks in the Scheduling Assistant. 2. You see “Object reference not set to an instance of an...

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