Installing Exchange 2007 On Windows Server 2008
(Greenfield site – No existing Exchange) KB ID 0000268 Problem Assumptions You have an x64 Bit server (x32 is not supported for production). You have an x64 Bit copy of Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2. Solution Pre site visit To save time onsite it may be worth (If remote connection is available) downloading the relevant install media and service packs beforehand. Pre requisites 1. .net 2.0 – pre installed in Server 2008 and...
Exchange 2007 – Install the x32 Bit Management Tools
KB ID 0000285 Problem As you may already be aware Exchange 2007 on a x32 bit machine is NOT supported in a production environment, however there is one exception, x32 bit Exchange 2007 IS supported for management only. Note: There is NO x32 bit support, (or media) for Exchange 2010 (and newer). Solution You can install these tools on XP, 2003, Vista or Windows 7. For this Example I’ll use XP Pre-Requisites 1. Install IIS: Start...
Exchange – Export all your Email Addresses
KB ID 0000277 Problem If you want to get all your Email addresses in one place – either for a report or just for your own records then you can use powershell to export then to csv file. Solution 1. On your Exchange server, Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 > Exchange Management Shell. 2. Issue the following command, get-mailboxserver | get-mailbox | export-cdv Email_Addresses.csv 3. Once executed...
Exchange 2007 / 2010 (Pre SP1)- Export Mailbox’s to PST files
KB ID 0000286 Problem WARNING: This only covers early Exchange 2010 deployments. The procedure changes in Exchange 2010, after you install Service Pack 1. If your Exchange deployment is Exchange 2010, (or newer). Use the New-MailboxExportRequest command instead. In the days of Exchange 2000/2003 we used to use EXMerge to do this, but with Exchange 2007 (After Service Pack 1) we have the Export-Mailbox PowerShell command. Solution As...
Exchange 2010 – “You Don’t have sufficient permissions to view this data”orHow to Add an Exchange 2010 Administrator
KB ID 0000315 Problem When using the Exchange Management Console (EMC). You see the following error. Solution As with most errors, it’s self explanatory you need to grant permissions to the logged on user, In Exchange 2007 we could do that in the EMC, with 2010 we cannot. Exchange 2010 uses Role Based Access Control (RBAC). So we need to add the rights in Active Directory. 1. On a domain controller Start > run > dsa.msc...
Exchange 2007 / 2010 change the SMTP Banner
KB ID 0000327 Problem If you want to shield the outside world from seeing what mail platform you are running, or even if you just want to deter the casual script kiddy who is trying to remote fingerprint a massive range of IP addresses. Changing the SMTP response banner is quite simple to do. Out of the box we know we are running a Microsoft mail platform Solution 1. Open Exchange System Manager and find the name of your...
Is Exchange 2010 Supported on VMware?
KB ID 0000333 Problem At time of writing (30/09/10) it seems I cant get a definitive answer! My colleague tried to log a third line support call with Microsoft this week, as soon as they found out that Exchange 2010 was running in a VMware environment, they (literally) hung up on him. Solution Well Microsoft’s own documentation says it IS Reference: Fair enough Exchange 2010 is supported on a “Third party Hypervisor ONLY...
Exchange 2010 – Error in IIS Manager When Editing Authentication
KB ID 0000340 Problem Whist in IIS Manager and attempting to edit the authentication for the Exchange directory you see the following error, Error reads, There was an error while performing this operation. Details Filename: ?C:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerV14ClientAccessowaweb.config. Line number: 30 Error: Configuration section not allowed to be set below application. Solution 1. Navigate to C:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange...
Exchange 2007 / 2010 Search for and Delete Emails Containing “yoursearchtext”
KB ID 0000343 Problem You have a nasty email that contains a virus or some offensive content and you want to delete ALL instances of it. Solution 1. Log on as the domain administrator > Open the Exchange Command Shell. 2. First grant the correct rights to the administrator account. This gives the Administrator FULL rights to ALL mailbox’s Get-mailbox -Database “Mailbox Database”| add-mailboxpermission -user...
Exchange – Unable to Mount Stores (log file missing)
KB ID 0000348 Problem Exchange fails to mount a database and complains, with an error like the one below when you try and mount it manually. Error: Mailed to mount database ‘ database name’ Error: Exchange is unable to mount the database that you specified. Specified database {your server name}{path to database}{database name}; Error code: MapiExeptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=1032) You may...