Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 Fails ‘Readiness Checks’
KB ID 0000720 Problem When attempting to install Service Pack 2 on an Exchange 2010 Server the ‘Readiness Checks’ fail for the Client Access Role, Client Access Role Prerequisites Failed Error: The ‘IIS 6 WMI Compatibility’ component is required. Install the component via Server Manager. Click here for help…...
Exchange 2010 SP3 – Can I Upgrade to Exchange 2013
KB ID 0000770 Problem At the time of writing (14/02/13), the answer is NO, for full coexistence with Exchange 2013 you need to have Exchange 2013 CU1 (Cumulative Update), which at this time is unreleased (Expected Q1 of 2013 – so we are not far away). Note: CU2 is now released. Solution So What do I get with Exchange 2010 SP3? 1. You can install Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2012, (though you can’t in-place upgrade the...
Mail Routing Issue ‘451 5.7.3 Cannot achieve Exchange Server authentication’
KB ID 0000791 Problem While putting in a New Exchange 2010 server today, I test moved a mailbox to this new site, and could not get mail to flow to the Exchange 2010 server at the clients main site. 451 4.4.0 Primary target IP address responded with: “451 5.7.3 Cannot achieve Exchange Server authentication.” Attempted failover to alternate host , but that did not succeed. Either there are no alternative hosts, or delivery...
Exchange Install Error – ‘Setup needs to contact the Active Directory schema master but this computer is not in the same Active Directory domain as the schema master’
KB ID 0000793 Problem While installing Exchange 2010 one of my client’s satellite sites, this is what I got. Organizational Prerequisites Failed Error: Setup needs to contact the Active Directory schema master but this computer is not in the same Active Directory domain as the schema master {Site-Name}. Error: Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Exchange organization-level objects have...
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...