Exchange 2019 / 2016 Manage Remotely via PowerShell
KB ID 0001465 Problem Since Exchange 2013 we have been able to manage Exchange remotely through the Exchange Admin Center, but what if you want to use the Exchange Management Shell remotely? Install Exchange Management Tools This is not just the Management Shell, this will also install the Toolbox and additional help. There are few prerequisites, but to install from a normal PowerShell prompt; Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online...
Lync 2010 – ‘The address book is preparing to synchronize. Search results might not be current’
KB ID 0000529 Problem Saw this on a brand new installation on my test bench, I left it overnight and the problem still did not resolve. Solution 1. On the Lync 2010 Server launch the “Lync Server Management Shell” and execute the following command: Update-CsAddressBook 2. Go and have a cup of coffee, then come back and check in the event logs, you should see, Event 21005 (Sync has Started), 21010 (Sync has completed),...
Exchange 2013 – ‘The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request’
KB ID 0000855 Problem After building a new Exchange 2013 Server on my test network and changing the Certificate over, I ran a few updates and rebooted. Post reboot I was greeted with this, VERBOSE: Connecting to PNL-EX2013.petenetlive.net. New-PSSession : [pnl-ex2013.petenetlive.net] Processing data from remote server pnl-ex2013.petenetlive.net failed with the following error message: The WinRM Shell client cannot process the request....
Exchange 2010 – Delete / Remove all Disconnected Mailboxes
KB ID 0000470 Problem In older versions of Exchange, we just had to “Purge” disconnected mailboxes, now we don’t have that option. Solution WARNING this will remove ALL disconnected mailboxes, make sure you actually want to do this before proceeding. Launch > Exchange Management Shell. Issue the following commands; $mailboxes = Get-ExchangeServer | Where-Object {$_.IsMailboxServer –eq $true} | ForEach-Object {...