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...
Event ID 3154 ‘Active Manager Failed To Mount Database’
KB ID 0000867 Problem Seen on an Exchange server, in my case I got one for the mailbox database, immediately followed by one for the public folder database. Active Manager failed to mount database MailStore 01 on server {Server-name}. Error: An Active Manager operation failed with a transient error. Please retry the operation. Error: Database action failed with transient error. Error: A transient error occurred during a database...
Exchange – Emails go Straight to ‘Drafts’
KB ID 0000898 Problem It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen this, but I got this problem this morning at one of our sister companies. When attempting to send and email, via Outlook (or Outlook Web Access), the email does not get sent and instead drops straight into the users drafts folder. Solution 1.Locate the EdgeTransport.exe.config file (By default it will be in c:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerBin but your...
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...
Exchange 2003 to 2010 Transition “Swing Migration”
KB ID 0000234 Problem Before we start, I’m aware “Migration”, “Swing Migration”, and “Transition” have three very different meanings, depending on which KB, blog or piece of Microsoft documentation you are reading. Be under no illusions the terminology used in the title and the tags on this page, are to catch the web searches of those who have an Exchange 2003 Server and want to move all their...
ActiveSync Error Support Code: 0x85010014
KB ID 0000367 Problem This error is so common, every time I fix it I berate myself for not documenting it for the site. It’s easier to do it, than to write it down, so see the video below. Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA
Transferring Certificates to Exchange 2010
KB ID 0000264 Problem As a rule most of my clients use self signed certificates, (even though you can buy certs cheap as chips these days). If you have paid for a certificate I can see why you would want to transfer it to the new Exchange box, though if your using self signed certificates, it’s a simpler task to create a new one. But I was asked, and what you guys ask for, I will work out how to do 🙂 Solution Export Certificate...
Mail Error “Corrupt Content Alert”
KB ID 0000370 Problem Seen when receiving mail though an Exchange server running McAfee Groupshield version 7 Solution 1. On the server in question launch the Groupshield Management console > Select On-Access > Master Policy. 2. Select “Corrupt Content”. 3. Edit. 4. Change the drop down to “Allow Through” > Save. 5. Finally make sure you click “Apply”. Note: I’ve seen posts...
Cisco ASA – Only Allow Mail Servers SMTP Outbound
KB ID 0000172 Problem It’s not unusual for nasty Virus’s and Malware once they have infected a machine, to set up outbound communications on the mail protocol SMTP (TCP Port 25), which can lead to your public address being blacklisted. So it’s considered good practice to stop all your clients getting mail access outbound through your firewall, while still allowing your mail server. Note: On Cisco firewall’s,...
Exchange – Outlook Web Access ‘Your request could not be completed..’
KB ID 0001093 Problem Whilst doing an Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration last week, I moved a test mailbox to the new Exchange 2010 server. But when I attempted to open the mailbox in OWA I got this; “Your request couldn’t be completed because no server with the correct security settings was found to handle the request. If the problem continues, contact your helpdesk.” Solution At first I assume this was some...