Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Upgrade / Transition / Migration
KB ID 0000236 Problem I recently posted an article on Exchange 2003 to 2010 Transition, Only to be asked, “Can you do the same for Exchange 2007 to 2010?”, so here it is 🙂 Before we start, I’m aware “Migration”, “Swing Migration”, and “Transition” have three very different meanings, Depending on which KB, blog or piece of Microsoft documentation you are reading. Be under no...
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...
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...
Exchange 2010 – Error in IIS Manager When Editing Authentication
KB ID 0000340 Problem Whist in IIS Manager and attempting to edit the authentication for the Exchange directory you see the following error, Error reads, There was an error while performing this operation. Details Filename: ?C:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerV14ClientAccessowaweb.config. Line number: 30 Error: Configuration section not allowed to be set below application. Solution 1. Navigate to C:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange...
Exchange 2007 / 2010 Search for and Delete Emails Containing “yoursearchtext”
KB ID 0000343 Problem You have a nasty email that contains a virus or some offensive content and you want to delete ALL instances of it. Solution 1. Log on as the domain administrator > Open the Exchange Command Shell. 2. First grant the correct rights to the administrator account. This gives the Administrator FULL rights to ALL mailbox’s Get-mailbox -Database “Mailbox Database”| add-mailboxpermission -user...