Exchange / Outlook – Security Alert – “The security certificate was issued by a company you have not chosen to trust”
Nov17

Exchange / Outlook – Security Alert – “The security certificate was issued by a company you have not chosen to trust”

KB ID 0000454 Problem Out of the box Exchange 2007 and 2010 comes with a “Self Signed” digital certificate. That’s OK for getting you up and running but your Outlook clients may start to see the error below. Error: Security Alert Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or changed by others. However, there is a problem with the sites security certificate. The security certificate was issued by a...

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Migration From Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (& 2013)
Nov17

Migration From Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (& 2013)

Part 1 KB ID 0000788 Problem To complete a migration from Exchange 2010 (or 2007) to Exchange 2016/2013, you need to introduce Exchange 2016 into your existing Exchange environment, then migrate your content onto the new server(s), and finally remove Exchange 2010. Solution Assumptions: In this example I’ve got an existing Exchange 2010 environment running on Windows Server 2008 R2. I’m putting in Exchange 2016 onto a new...

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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 >...

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Exchange – Message Tracking
Nov17

Exchange – Message Tracking

KB ID 0000170 Problem Unlike 2000 and 2003 message tracking in Exchange 2007 is enabled by default. (for a 30 day period only – which would seem a sensible figure). Note: To disable message tracking, issue the following poweshell command “Set-TransportServer SERVERNAME –MessageTrackingLogEnabled $false” Solution To use, Note: The logs are in Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerTransportRolesLogsMessageTracking. To...

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Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Upgrade / Transition / Migration
Nov17

Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Upgrade / Transition / Migration

KB ID 0000236  Problem I recently posted an article on Exchange 2003 to 2010 Transition, Only to be asked, “Can you do the same for Exchange 2007 to 2010?”, so here it is 🙂 Before we start, I’m aware “Migration”, “Swing Migration”, and “Transition” have three very different meanings, Depending on which KB, blog or piece of Microsoft documentation you are reading. Be under no...

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