Exchange – New User(s) Not Showing Up On Global Address List
Nov17

Exchange – New User(s) Not Showing Up On Global Address List

KB ID 0000775  Problem If you create a new user, give them a mailbox, and they seemingly fail to appear then don’t panic! Firstly and fore mostly: If you do anything in Exchange: Apply the “cup of coffee rule”, never make a change then go and prove that change works straight away! check it later. However most of us work in the real world and you have a user who needs to use this mailbox yesterday! Bear in mind, the process...

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Exchange 2013 – ‘Internet Explorer has stopped working’

KB ID 0000776 Problem When using the Exchange Admin Center with Exchange 2013, on a Server Running Internet Explorer Version 10, you see the following error (particularly when working on the recipients > mailboxes tab! Problem Details Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: IEXPLORE.EXE Application Version: 10.0.9200.16384 Application Timestamp: 50107ee0 Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll Fault Module Version:...

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Exchange Mailbox Move Error”Property expression isn’t valid”
Nov17

Exchange Mailbox Move Error”Property expression isn’t valid”

KB ID 0000238  Problem Seen when attempting to move a mailbox. Error: Property expression “username” isn’t valid. Valid values are: Strings that include ‘@’ where ‘@’ cannot be the last character During the move. When the move process has finished. Note: If your error says “Property expression “username” isn’t valid. Valid values are: Strings formed with characters from...

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Exchange 2007 / 2010 change the SMTP Banner
Nov17

Exchange 2007 / 2010 change the SMTP Banner

KB ID 0000327 Problem If you want to shield the outside world from seeing what mail platform you are running, or even if you just want to deter the casual script kiddy who is trying to remote fingerprint a massive range of IP addresses. Changing the SMTP response banner is quite simple to do. Out of the box we know we are running a Microsoft mail platform Solution 1. Open Exchange System Manager and find the name of your...

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Is Exchange 2010 Supported on VMware?
Nov17

Is Exchange 2010 Supported on VMware?

KB ID 0000333  Problem At time of writing (30/09/10) it seems I cant get a definitive answer! My colleague tried to log a third line support call with Microsoft this week, as soon as they found out that Exchange 2010 was running in a VMware environment, they (literally) hung up on him. Solution Well Microsoft’s own documentation says it IS Reference: Fair enough Exchange 2010 is supported on a “Third party Hypervisor ONLY...

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