Exchange 2013 SP1 has now been released to the Microsoft Download Center! The build number for Exchange Server 2013 SP1 is 15.00.0847.032 Update 5-3-2014: If you are using custom transport agents please see Third-party transport agents cannot be loaded correctly in Exchange Server 2013 The script you need…
SkipAsSource Flag Cleared In Windows 2012
For a while now I’ve been using the Netsh SkipAsSource Flag to allow multiple IPs on a server and only the primary IP registers in DNS. The previous series of articles in this series are here: Fine Grained Control When Registering Multiple IP Addresses On a Network Card Fine Grained Control When Registering Multiple IP…
How To Tweak Your TechNet Forum Signature
Since I have been asked a few times about how I pimped tweaked my TechNet Forum signature I thought it would be prudent to write it up here. This was one of the main drivers for creating this blog in the first place – so I could avoid having to write the same email…
Remote Desktop Connection Manager Distorted Display
Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) is a very popular remote administration tool with Microsoft admins. RDCMan allows us to minimise the number of open windows on the local machine, when connecting to multiple remote systems. At the time of writing, the latest version is 2.7 which can be downloaded here. On my Windows 10 1511…
Exchange 2013 CU19 Released
Exchange 2013 CU19 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2013 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2013 and can be used to install a fresh server or to…
Exchange 2007 And 2013 Outlook Anywhere Co-Existence
Since we are still in the early stages of the year, and Exchange 2013 SP1 is now available, we will see lots of migrations to Exchange 2013. Exchange 2013 can be deployed into an existing Exchange organisation where Exchange 2007 SP3 RU10 + and/or Exchange 2010 SP3 exists. Let’s look at an issue that can…
How To Import Windows 2008 R2 VM To Windows 2012 or 8.1 Using Boot To VHD
One of the popular topics lately has revolved around the Hyper-V Did Not Find Virtual Machines To Import error. This issue can arise when we try and import a VM into Windows Server 2012 R2 or 8.1 which was originally exported from Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2. Such exported VMs from 2008 or 2008…
Exchange 2016 CU4 Released
Exchange 2016 CU4 has been released to the Microsoft download centre! Exchange 2016 has a different servicing strategy than Exchange 2007/2010 and utilises Cumulative Updates (CUs) rather than the Rollup Updates (RU/UR) which were used previously. CUs are a complete installation of Exchange 2016 and can be used to install a fresh server or to…
Slow Response To Exchange Virtual Directory Cmdlets
Some folks in the field may have seen this before, but it’s worth bubbling up to make sure everyone is aware of it! I was sitting with one of my esteemed consulting colleagues today and he remarked that it was talking a long time to run one of his Exchange PowerShell scripts. The customer in…
How To Request Certificate Without Using IIS or Exchange
The blog post on how to integrate Office 365 with Windows 2012 R2 AD FS raised an interesting question from a reader (Hi Eric!) on how should he request a certificate for the AD FS instance since there is no longer an IIS dependency. This means that there is no longer an IIS console to…