Migrate Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (& 2013)
Nov17

Migrate Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (& 2013)

Part 3 Migrating Certificates and Decommissioning Exchange 2010 KB ID 0000816 Problem Continued from Migration From Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 Part 2 Solution Exchange 2013/2016 Migration Step 8 Migrating Certificates from 2010 to 2016 Only consider doing this if you have a purchased (i.e. NOT using a self signed) certificate on your Exchange 2010 server. Bear in mind if you have the internal FQDN of your Exchange 2010 server as a...

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Exchange 2013 – ‘The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request’
Nov17

Exchange 2013 – ‘The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request’

KB ID 0000855 Problem After building a new Exchange 2013 Server on my test network and changing the Certificate over, I ran a few updates and rebooted. Post reboot I was greeted with this, VERBOSE: Connecting to PNL-EX2013.petenetlive.net. New-PSSession : [pnl-ex2013.petenetlive.net] Processing data from remote server pnl-ex2013.petenetlive.net failed with the following error message: The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request....

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Exchange – Change OWA Login to Username Only
Nov17

Exchange – Change OWA Login to Username Only

KB ID 0000861  Problem The procedure for changing the user login process from domainnameusername to just username, is a little different with Exchange 2013. Solution 1. Connect to the Exchange admin center > Servers > Virtual Directories > Select OWA > Edit. 2. Authentication > Select ‘User name only’ > Browse and select the domain > Save. 3. At the warning click OK > Windows Key+R > cmd {enter}...

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Exchange – Setup previously failed while performing the action ‘Uninstall’
Nov17

Exchange – Setup previously failed while performing the action ‘Uninstall’

KB ID 0000877 Problem After I managed to break my test Exchange 2013 Server the other week, I built a new one and migrated all the data into it. But while trying to decommission the old Exchange box, the process failed and I was stuck with this error. Setup previously failed while performing the action “Uninstall”. You can’t resume setup by performing the action “Install”. So now I couldn’t...

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Exchange – Event ID 25006
Nov17

Exchange – Event ID 25006

KB ID 0000910  Problem Freshly installed Exchange 2013 Server (was migrated from Exchange 2007) and it threw out this error. Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeTransport Event ID: 25006 Task Category: Configuration Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: PNL-Exchange.petenetlive.net Description: The path to the Queue Quota component log has not been set. Queue Quota component log will not be written. Solution 1. A...

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Exchange 2019, 2016, 2013 – Allowing a Host/IP to Relay Mail
Nov17

Exchange 2019, 2016, 2013 – Allowing a Host/IP to Relay Mail

KB ID 0000891  Problem There a a few more hoops to jump through to allow a host to relay though Exchange 2013. For earlier versions of Exchange see the links below. Allow Relay from an IP With Office 365 (Exchange Online) Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2010 Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2007 Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2003 Allow Relay from an IP with Exchange 2000 Solution How to create a ‘Relay’...

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Exchange – NDR – Undeliverable – Backscatter
Nov17

Exchange – NDR – Undeliverable – Backscatter

KB ID 0000047  Problem If you look on your Exchange “Queue Viewer” you may see A LOT of “Undeliverable” Massages that are NDR’s (Non Delivery reports) that your server is sending, this happens because the server receives a message for something like this-address-is-not-real@your-domain.com and it sends an NDR Back. Solution You can simply turn off NDR’s In the Exchange Management Console >...

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Event ID 12014

KB ID 0000174  Problem Event ID 12014 Microsoft Exchange could not find a certificate that contains the domain name {name.domain.com} in the personal store on the local computer. Therefore, it is unable to support the STARTTLS SMTP verb for the connector SendConnector with a FQDN parameter of {name.domain.com}. If the connector’s FQDN is not specified, the computer’s FQDN is used. Verify the connector configuration and the...

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Your Out of Office Settings cannot be displayed
Nov17

Your Out of Office Settings cannot be displayed

KB ID 0000197 Dtd 04/03/10 Problem Seen on Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 talking to Exchange 2007 (Note this fixes Outlook 2007 but NOT 2010.) When opening the “Out Of Office Assistant.” Your Out of Office Settings cannot be displayed, because the Server is currently unavailable. Try Again Later Other Symtoms 1. You see hash marks in the Scheduling Assistant. 2. You see “Object reference not set to an instance of an...

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Exchange – Export Distribution Groups AND Members to a file
Nov17

Exchange – Export Distribution Groups AND Members to a file

KB ID 0000209  Problem Yes you can use the Powershell commands, Get-DistributionGroupMember –identity “group name” | ft name, primarysmtpaddress But you have to do that for every group and I’ve tried Piping the Get-DistributionGroup in there but it does not seem to want to work 🙁 Solution 1. Download this script and extract it to the root of the Exchange servers C: drive. 2. On the Exchange server > Click > Start > All...

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