Exchange Error during/post upgrade from Exchange 2003 ‘ Mailbox manager settings cannot be managed by the current version of Exchange Management Console’
Nov17

Exchange Error during/post upgrade from Exchange 2003 ‘ Mailbox manager settings cannot be managed by the current version of Exchange Management Console’

KB ID 0000547  Problem I’ve already covered migration from 2003 here, I got an email today {Thanks Ashley :)} to say that when they tried to migrate the address policies from 2003 to 2010 using this command: Get-EmailAddressPolicy | where {$_.RecipientFilterType –eq “Legacy”} | Set-EmailAddressPolicy –IncludedRecipients AllRecipients They got the following error; Error on Exchange 2010 Set-EmailAddressPolicy : The recipient...

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Exchange 2010 / 2007 Enable or Disable Tarpitting
Nov17

Exchange 2010 / 2007 Enable or Disable Tarpitting

KB ID 0000549  Problem With Exchange 2003 tarpitting was turned on post SP2 with a registry hack, with newer versions of Exchange it is enabled by default. What is Tarpitting? This is a method to stop a mail sender sending you multiple mail requests, it was designed to stop miscreant from carrying out either a :- Directory Harvest Attack : Attempting to find out legitimate emails on your email server by randomly sending emails to...

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How to Create a Distribution Group in Exchange 2010 / 2007
Nov17

How to Create a Distribution Group in Exchange 2010 / 2007

KB ID 0000561  Problem A distribution group is an active directory group, that has a shared email address. A security group can also have an email address, but unlike a distribution group a security group can be granted permissions to objects e.g. public folders, calendars etc. A distribution group is used for sending mail to groups of people, like the engineering group or the sales group for example. Solution 1. On the Exchange...

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Exchange ActiveSync Not Working for Some Users “Post Migration”
Nov17

Exchange ActiveSync Not Working for Some Users “Post Migration”

KB ID 0000695 Problem Error seen on some users on both Exchange 2007 and 2010, (post migration) form earlier versions of Exchange. When it fails you will also see this error. Event ID 1053 MSExchange ActiveSync Exchange ActiveSync doesn’t have sufficient permissions to create the “CN={User Name},OU=<OU Name>,DC={Domain Name},DC=com” container under Active Directory user “Active Directory operation failed...

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Exchange – Delete and Recreate the PowerShell Virtual Directory
Nov17

Exchange – Delete and Recreate the PowerShell Virtual Directory

KB ID 0000700  Problem One of the big drawbacks of Exchange management being built on PowerShell, and it talking to the PowerShell virtual director is, when IIS has a problem, you can’t manage your Exchange via the command shell, or the Exchange Management Console. While trying to fix a problem last week I wanted to remove and recreate the PowerShell virtual directory, and I found the PowerShell command, but no working examples...

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Event ID 9335 and 9331 Offline Address Book Update Errors
Nov17

Event ID 9335 and 9331 Offline Address Book Update Errors

KB ID 0000849 Problem Seen on an Exchange 2010 server, this server had previously been upgraded from Exchange 2007, and that was upgraded from Exchange 2003. Event ID 9335 Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeSA Event ID: 9335 Task Category: (13) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: ServerName Description: OABGen encountered error 80004005 while cleaning the offline address list public folders under...

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Exchange – Enable ‘Out Of Office’ For Another User
Nov17

Exchange – Enable ‘Out Of Office’ For Another User

KB ID 0000843 Problem Got in the office to find a colleague was going to be on long term sick this morning, the boss asked, “Can we turn on his out of office?”. I could have simply changed the users password and logged into OWA and done it, but executing some PowerShell would be more elegant. Note: You must be in one of the following groups to carry out this procedure, Organizational Management, Recipient Management, or...

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Message Size Limits on Exchange 2003

KB ID 0000030  Problem Typical Error Message, ———————————————————————————— Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Emailing: name.md domain first name last name Sent: 05/10/2005 09:29 The following recipient(s) could not be reached:...

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Upgrade Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 (On Different Hardware)
Nov17

Upgrade Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 (On Different Hardware)

KB ID 0000259  Problem Your Exchange 2003 will be on a new server, if you simply want to do an in place upgrade of Exchange 2000 to 2003 then see this. Before you start 1. The new server must be a domain member – can be a domain controller but this is NOT recommended – at the very least try not to put it on a Global Catalogue Server, unless this is unavoidable (i.e. you only have one server). 2. Minimum requirements CPU...

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Public Folder Migration Exchange 2003 to 2010
Nov17

Public Folder Migration Exchange 2003 to 2010

KB ID 0000426  Problem I’ve already written at length about migrating from Exchange 2003 to 2010, I was doing a migration this week and migrating the public folders was proving to be a pain. If you have multiple public folders within public folders then setting up replication can be a nightmare, as the replication settings don’t get passed down to the child object. Normally you could use PFDAdmin and this would do it for...

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