Exchange 2007 & 2010 – Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere
KB ID 0000519 Problem What used to be a fiddly job, is now very simple to do, setting up Outlook Anywhere (formally known at RPC over HTTP) takes about 10 minutes. What is Outlook Anywhere? This is a system that lets you connect Microsoft Outlook to to your Exchange server over the web, this means you can connect to to your email, calendaring and tasks etc, without the need for a VPN connection. Solution Outlook Anywhere with...
Exchange 2007 CCR to Exchange 2010 HA Migration with (HA Proxy)
KB ID 0000525 Problem Today, I am pleased to say we have the work of guest poster Hesan Javed, who runs through an Exchange 2007 CCR to Exchange 2010 HA Migration. Solution Steps Required. Exchange 2007 HUBCAS Upgrade to SP3 Exchange 2007 Mailbox Upgrade to SP3 Installing Exchange 2010 SP1 HUBCAS after Upgrading Exchange 2007 to SP3 Uninstalling Exchange 2007 from the Passive node in the Cluster Installing Exchange 2010 SP1 Mailbox...
ESEUTIL error – “Unable to find the callback library jcb.dll”
KB ID 0000530 Problem Seen when trying to execute an eseutil command on an Exchange database: Error: Callback DLL not found Unable to find the callback library jcb.dll (or one of its dependencies). Copy in the file and hit OK to retry or hit Cancel to abort. Solution 1. Download this zip file, and extract the jcb.dll to the “bin” directory on your Exchange server, then click OK to continue and eseutil will complete....
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...
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...
Exchange 2010 Install Error – ‘Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on this server’
KB ID 0000577 Problem I had a nice clean install on a greenfield site today, Exchange 2010 Standard c/w SP1 on Server 2008 R2, so I was not happy when this happened! Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); if ($RoleStartTransportService) { start-SetupService -ServiceName MSExchangeTransport } ” was run: “Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on...
Exchange 2010 – No Exchange servers are available in any Active Directory sites
KB ID 0000658 Problem Seen when trying to connect to the Exchange 2010 Management Console. Initialization failed. The following error occurred while searching for the on-premises Exchange server: No Exchange servers are available in any Active Directory sites. You can’t connect to remote Powershell on a computer that only has the Management Tools role installed. It was running the command ‘Discover-ExchangeServer -UseWIA...
Exchange – “This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group” Error
KB ID 0000603 Problem Seen On Exchange 2010 (SP1), when trying to add a user to a distribution group. Add-DistributionGroupMember Failed Error: You don’t have sufficient permissions. This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group. Solution 1. There a few reasons for this error, I’m assuming that there is no user set as the manager for this group? (Properties > Group Information > Managed By). In my...
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...
Exchange – Redirect OWA (HTTP to HTTPS)
KB ID 0000697 Problem Out of the box, Exchange (quite rightly) secures Outlook Web Access so that you have to access it via https. The problem is some of your users are used to accessing websites via http, (or simply typing a URL in their browser, without typing any prefix, so it defaults to http). If you try and access OWA via http://server.domain.com/owa.. There are a number of ways to get round this, the simplest is to redirect...