Exchange 2010 – Blank OWA Page?
Nov17

Exchange 2010 – Blank OWA Page?

KB ID 0000429 Problem When trying to access Outlook Web App (or Outlook Web Access for those used to earlier versions of Exchange), you see a blank white page and nothing else. The certificate and IIS works but no OWA. Solution This is usually due to an exchange pre-requisite that is missing, or one of them is not working. 1. Launch the Exchange Management Shell, (Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 >...

Read More
Exchange: Importing Mail From PST Files (including Bulk Importing)
Nov17

Exchange: Importing Mail From PST Files (including Bulk Importing)

KB ID 0000443 Problem If you have mail in .PST file format that you would like to import, either exported via ExMerge from an older Exchange server, or Exported via Outlook, or even exported via PowerShell, then the process for importing that mail into Exchange has been the same since Exchange 2010 (SP1). Before SP1 you would have to install a copy of Outlook on the Exchange server and use a PowerShell command that looks like this...

Read More
Exchange 2010 – Delete / Remove all Disconnected Mailboxes
Nov17

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 {...

Read More
Cannot Access Exchange Management Console
Nov17

Cannot Access Exchange Management Console

KB ID 0000477 Dtd 02/05/13 Problem Since Exchange 2007, its management tasks have been done via PowerShell, (yes even the GUI Management). Which is fine, however it runs all that PowerShell from a virtual directory that lives in the servers’ IIS webserver. When that fails or there is a problem, Exchange runs quite happily, but you can’t run the management tools. There are a number of reasons for this to fail and a number...

Read More

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...

Read More