Mailbox Move ‘StalledDueToMailboxLock’
KB ID 0001581 Problem I was doing a migration from Exchange 2007 (on prem) to Exchange 2013 (on prem), this week. I had a number of mailboxes that were ‘StalledDueToMailboxLock’. Solution Nice easy fix, on the Source and Destination Exchange severs, restart the ‘Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication Service’. Wont this break my Mailboxes! No, it will interrupt the migration process, (which is already stalled)....
Exchange 2007 / 2010 Update Rollups Wont Apply
KB ID 0001454 Problem I had to do an SBS 2011, (Exchange 2010) to Exchange 2016 migration last week. The Exchange 2010 installation had not been updated for a long time, anyway common sense dictates that you should always upgrade the old Exchange server to the newest version first. But every time I did, the install launched, started, stopped, then rolled back the changes, and failed. Setup wizard for Update Rollup {version} for...
Ubuntu – Evolution Error MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED
KB ID 0000375 Problem Seen when trying to connect the Evolution mail client to a Microsoft Exchange server (via evolution-mapi). As soon as you hit authenticate you will see the following error. Authentication failed. MapiLogonProvider:MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED Solution In my case it was a very quick fix, instead of using the DNS/Netbios name of the Exchange server put in the servers IP address. If all else fails, and you cannot rectify...
Changing a Username and Email Address
(Windows & Exchange) KB ID 0000698 Problem This was asked on Experts Exchange this morning, and so I thought I’d get it documented. There are loads of reasons why you might want to change a username, display name, and email address. It can be spelt wrong, a user has got married/divorced and changed their surname, or they have simply changed their name. There are also some clients who don’t create a new user when a...
Error Exchange – “Email Address Policy”
KB ID 0000038 Dtd 10/06/09 Problem Error, “Unable to edit the specified E-mail address policy. E-mail address policies created with legacy versions of Exchange must be upgraded using the ‘Set-EmailAddressPolicy’ task, with the Exchange 2007 Recipient Filter specified.”: Caused because the policy in use was created on Exchange 2000/2003 Solution 1. Logon to the Exchange server. 2. Start > All Programs >...