Exchange 2010 – Blank OWA Page?
KB ID 0000429 Problem When trying to access Outlook Web App (or Outlook Web Access for those used to earlier versions of Exchange), you see a blank white page and nothing else. The certificate and IIS works but no OWA. Solution This is usually due to an exchange pre-requisite that is missing, or one of them is not working. 1. Launch the Exchange Management Shell, (Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 >...
Exchange 2010 Mailbox Move Error “Property expression isn’t valid”
KB ID 0000430 Problem Seen while trying to execute a move mailbox move. Error: Property expression “username” isn’t valid. Valid values are: Strings formed with characters from A to Z (uppercase or lowercase), digits from 0 to 9, !, #, $, %, &, ‘, *, +, -, /, =, ?, ^, _, `, {, |, } or ~. One or more periods may be embedded in an alias, but each period should be preceded and followed by at least one of the...
Exchange Mailbox Move Error – (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS)
KB ID 0000434 Problem When attempting to move a mailbox (usually during a migration), you see the following error. The following error(s) occurred while saving changes Set-Mailbox Failed Error: Active directory operation failed on (username} This error is not retriable. Additional information: Insufficient access rights to perform the operation. Active Directory response: 00002098: SecErr: DSID-013150BB9, problem 4003...
Exchange 2010 – Password Reset via OWA
KB ID 0000437 Problem Note: This also works with Exchange 2007 SP3. If you have a user password that has expired, or you have set the password to be changed at next logon, then this can cause your remote users a problem. Providing they have access to OWA, they can now (Post Exchange 2010 SP1) reset the passwords themselves. Note: It is possible to log in with an OLD PASSWORD when accessing OWA this will happen for approximately 15...
Exchange 2010 Install Error – There was an error while running ‘ldifde.exe’
KB ID 0000442 Problem While trying to install Exchange 2010, the process fails with the following error. Organization Preparation Failed Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); install-ExchangeSchema -LdapFileName ($roleInstallPath + “SetupData”+$RoleSchemaPrefix + “schema0.ldf”) ” was run: “There was an error while running ‘ldifde.exe’ to import the schema...
Exchange: Importing Mail From PST Files (including Bulk Importing)
KB ID 0000443 Problem If you have mail in .PST file format that you would like to import, either exported via ExMerge from an older Exchange server, or Exported via Outlook, or even exported via PowerShell, then the process for importing that mail into Exchange has been the same since Exchange 2010 (SP1). Before SP1 you would have to install a copy of Outlook on the Exchange server and use a PowerShell command that looks like this...
Exchange 2010 – Working with Certificates
KB ID 0000453 Problem Exchange 2010 installs with it’s own (self signed) certificate. To stay free of security errors and warnings, the best bet is to purchase a “publicly signed” digital certificate and use that. The following process uses the Exchange Management console to create a CSR (Certificate Signing Request). Then what to do with the certificate, when it has been sent back to you. Solution Certificate...
Exchange Install Error ‘Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the ‘beremote’
KB ID 0000475 Problem Seen when attempting to install Service Pack 3 on Exchange 2007. On a server that’s also running Symantec Backup Exec. Hub Transport Role Prerequisites Error: Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the ‘beremote’ () process (ID: xxxx) has open files. Close the process and restart Setup. Client Access Role Prerequisites Error: Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the...
Exchange 2010 – Delete / Remove all Disconnected Mailboxes
KB ID 0000470 Problem In older versions of Exchange, we just had to “Purge” disconnected mailboxes, now we don’t have that option. Solution WARNING this will remove ALL disconnected mailboxes, make sure you actually want to do this before proceeding. Launch > Exchange Management Shell. Issue the following commands; $mailboxes = Get-ExchangeServer | Where-Object {$_.IsMailboxServer –eq $true} | ForEach-Object {...
Cannot Access Exchange Management Console
KB ID 0000477 Dtd 02/05/13 Problem Since Exchange 2007, its management tasks have been done via PowerShell, (yes even the GUI Management). Which is fine, however it runs all that PowerShell from a virtual directory that lives in the servers’ IIS webserver. When that fails or there is a problem, Exchange runs quite happily, but you can’t run the management tools. There are a number of reasons for this to fail and a number...