Exchange Bulk Export / Import Mail Contacts
KB ID 0001349 Problem I had to do this today and realised, it’s been so long since I did it last, I’d forgotten how to do it. Before we go forward, please be clear, I’m talking about MAIL CONTACTS, these are Active Directory Objects that have an Email address, but DO NOT have a mailbox in your Exchange Organisation, and DO NOT have an Active Directory User. I point this out because you can have MAIL USERS that have...
Exchange – Slow Mailbox Migration?
KB ID 0001327 Problem I had a problem recently during an Exchange 2007 to 2013 migration, (client can’t support 2016 yet!) Where the mailbox migrations were taking ages. Solution 1. Disable Microsoft Replication Service Throttling On the ‘Target’ server > Open ‘regedit’ > Navigate to; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\MSExchange ResourceHealth Locate the MRS REG_DWORD Value and...
Mailbox Move Error ‘Active Directory property ’homeMDB‘ is not writeable’
KB ID 0001326 Problem I was migrating some mailboxes form Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 today, when once again this happened; Error: MigrationPermanentException: Active Directory property ’homeMDB’ is not writeable on recipient ’petenetlive.com/Migration/Users/Pete.Long’. –> Active Directory property ’homeMDB‘ is not writeable on recipient Solution I can’t believe there’s no fix for this yet! This is being caused...
Exchange 2013 / 2016 / 2019 Default Receive Connector Settings
Default Receive Connectors KB ID 0001314 Problem Out of the box, Exchange 2016 (&2013) has five receive connectors. Three for the frontend transport service and two for the mailbox transport service. Front End Transport Service: Does not alter, inspect, or queue mail. It is the first port of call for ALL mail coming into (and out of) the Exchange organisation. This service creates THREE receive connectors All are bound to 0.0.0.0...
How To Install Exchange 2016 (Greenfield Site) – Part 3
KB ID 0001303 Problem In Part-One we covered Exchange Pre-Install Tasks, in Part-Two we installed Exchange 2016, but it still won’t be working properly, so we need to carry out a few Post-Install Tasks. Solution Install Exchange 2016 Product Key Log into Exchange Admin Center > Servers > Servers > Select the Server > Enter Product Key. Manually enter your product key > Save. Heed the warning > OK. Open an...