Outlook Error – ‘One or more users cannot be added to the folder access list. Non-local users cannot be given rights on this server’
Nov17

Outlook Error – ‘One or more users cannot be added to the folder access list. Non-local users cannot be given rights on this server’

KB ID 0000560  Problem Outlook will show you this error if you attempt to grant rights to a “distribution group” on an object for example, a public folder, or for calendar permissions. You would think that converting the “Universal Distribution Group” to a “Universal Security Group” would solve this problem, but it does not. Note: You may also see the following error, “an error occurred....

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Exchange 2010 – Delete / Remove all Disconnected Mailboxes
Nov17

Exchange 2010 – Delete / Remove all Disconnected Mailboxes

KB ID 0000470  Problem In older versions of Exchange, we just had to “Purge” disconnected mailboxes, now we don’t have that option. Solution WARNING this will remove ALL disconnected mailboxes, make sure you actually want to do this before proceeding. Launch > Exchange Management Shell. Issue the following commands; $mailboxes = Get-ExchangeServer | Where-Object {$_.IsMailboxServer –eq $true} | ForEach-Object {...

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Cannot Access Exchange Management Console
Nov17

Cannot Access Exchange Management Console

KB ID 0000477 Dtd 02/05/13 Problem Since Exchange 2007, its management tasks have been done via PowerShell, (yes even the GUI Management). Which is fine, however it runs all that PowerShell from a virtual directory that lives in the servers’ IIS webserver. When that fails or there is a problem, Exchange runs quite happily, but you can’t run the management tools. There are a number of reasons for this to fail and a number...

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