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...
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...
Connecting Evolution Mail Client to Exchange 2010 (and Exchange 2007)
KB ID 0000378 Problem Out of the box Evolution can only connect to Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003, this is because it uses OWA to connect, when Exchange 2007 was released, the way OWA was presented changed a great deal. So if you try and connect to a newer version of Exchange it will error. (Before you email in, I know in 2010, its now called Web App not OWA). But there’s nothing to stop you connecting to Exchange 2007 and...
Update Global Address List Error “WARNING: The recipient “xxxxxMicrosoft Exchange System Objects/xxxxx” is invalid and couldn’t be updated
KB ID 0000516 Problem Seen when manually trying to update the Global Address List, with the following powershell command: Update-GlobalAddressList -identity ‘Default Global Address List’ Error: WARNING: The recipient “{your domain name}/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/{A Public Folder Name}” is invalid and couldn’t be updated. or Error: WARNING: The recipient “{your domain name}/Microsoft...