Migrating Mailboxes From On-Premises to Office 365
Apr03

Migrating Mailboxes From On-Premises to Office 365

KB ID 0001419 Problem This post continues from Part-One where we connected both our domain, and on-premises Exchange server to Office 365. Now we will add our public domain, and migrate our mailboxes. Step 3 Adding Domains to Office 365 Before proceeding you will need administrative access to your public DNS records so you can create new records. Log into Office 365 > Admin Console. Add a domain. Enter your public domain name >...

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Exchange AutoDiscover Errors – Creating an AutoDiscover SRV Record
Jul12

Exchange AutoDiscover Errors – Creating an AutoDiscover SRV Record

KB ID 0001184 Problem Ages ago I wrote the following article; Outlook Error “The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site.” You used to see this error a lot if your internal, and external domain names were different, and the ‘public’ domain name was on the certificate, in those cases I’d also setup split DNS like so; Windows – Setting Up Split DNS But you can simply create a...

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Error When Trying to Set Out of Office ‘Your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later’
Nov17

Error When Trying to Set Out of Office ‘Your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later’

KB ID 0000897  Problem When attempting to set my Out of Office automatic replies within Outlook, I was greeted with this. Your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later. If I logged into Outlook Web Access, (Options > Set Automatic Replies) I could set it up and it worked fine. It’s never really bothered me, but my colleagues were complaining about it, and when...

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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...

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