Exchange – Display Mailbox’s by size
KB ID 0000469 Problem Yesterday a client asked me how he could find out, which of his users were the “worst offenders” for mailbox size. Normally a simple Get-MailboxStatistics command would be fine, and we would sort the results in descending order. Solution On one of the Exchange servers, launch the Exchange Management Shell. Issue the following command: Note: That’s all one command, replace the name PNL-MAIL-2019...
Exchange – Setup previously failed while performing the action ‘Uninstall’
KB ID 0000877 Problem After I managed to break my test Exchange 2013 Server the other week, I built a new one and migrated all the data into it. But while trying to decommission the old Exchange box, the process failed and I was stuck with this error. Setup previously failed while performing the action “Uninstall”. You can’t resume setup by performing the action “Install”. So now I couldn’t...
Installing Exchange 2010 on Server 2012
KB ID 0000785 Problem With the release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3, Exchange 2010 is now supported on Windows Server 2012, but as there (at time of writing) is no media with SP3 slipstreamed into it, installing the product on Windows Server 2012 is a little problematic. If you got here because you have tried and have got an error, follow the procedure below and you should have the product installed and running without any further...