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Restoring Exchange Server 2016 Mailboxes and Items Using a Recovery Database
In Exchange Server 2016 a recovery database allows us to mount a copy of a regular mailbox database on an Exchange server for performing a restore of a mailbox or mailbox items. Recovery databases can...
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Troubleshooting Email Delivery with Message Tracking
After you’re sure that SMTP connectivity to the Exchange server is working, and that the Exchange server is accepting the inbound email, you can begin troubleshooting in the transport pipeline. The...
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Recovering a Failed Exchange Server 2016 Server
At some point in your career as a hard-working IT professional you’re likely to encounter a scenario in which an Exchange 2016 server has completely failed. For example, you might have a physical...
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Podcast Episode 8: The Preferred Architecture with Mike Crowley
My guest for this episode is Mike Crowley. Mike is a 6 time Exchange Server MVP, and works as an Executive Consultant for Baseline Technologies in the Washington DC Metro area. This episode of the...
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Will Exchange Server 2016 be the Last On-Premises Version?
At IT/Dev Connections in September I participated in a Q&A panel discussion on the final afternoon. One of the questions from the audience was whether we thought there would be another on-premises...
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Introducton to Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Groups
For Exchange Server 2016 the high availability building block is the database availability group (DAG). Exchange 2016 DAGs are very similar to Exchange 2013 DAGs however there are some new features and...
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Installing an Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group
In this tutorial I will walk you through the installation of an Exchange Server 2016 database availability group. For this example a DAG with two members in the same site is being created, with a third...
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Podcast Episode 9: Running Exchange in the Real World with Phoummala Schmitt
My guest for this episode is Phoummala Schmitt. Phoummala has a broad range of experience that focuses on Microsoft software, VMware, and enterprise storage. She regularly writes for Petri.com, The...
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Managing Database Copies for an Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group
When you first deploy an Exchange Server 2016 database availability group, or any time later when you add a new member to the DAG, there will be some steps required to manage the database copies within...
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Office 365 for Exchange Professionals at Microsoft Cloud Roadshows
This week my fellow MVP and co-author Tony Redmond announced that Microsoft has selected our book Office 365 for Exchange Professionals as part of the Microsoft Cloud Roadshows. I’m pleased to let you...
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Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 V1.15 is Now Available
With the release of Exchange Server 2016 a minor update to my Test-ExchangeServerHealth.ps1 script was necessary to fix a version detection bug with Exchange Server 2016. If you run Exchange Server...
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Reseeding a Failed Database Copy in an Exchange Server 2016 Database...
When you’re operating an Exchange Server 2016 database availability group you’re going to eventually encounter a failed database copy. The most likely cause is a storage hardware issue, but there are...
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Podcast Episode 10: Office Online Server with Bhargav Shukla
My guest for this episode is Bhargav Shukla. Bhargav is a director of technology for strategic alliances at KEMP. Bhargav is also an Exchange Server MVP, and holds dual Microsoft Certified Master...
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Managing Exchange Server Mailbox Quotas
Back in 2010 Microsoft published their Large Mailbox Vision whitepaper for Exchange Server 2010 to explain how customers could leverage improvements in the platform, as well as the declining cost of...
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Exporting and Importing Exchange Server 2016 SSL Certificates
It is a recommended practice when you have multiple Exchange servers providing high availability for client access namespaces that you configure the same SSL certificate on each of those Exchange...
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MX Records for Exchange Hybrid Deployments
A reader emailed to ask: During a Hybrid deployment, where should the MX records point for mail flow? This question is asked quite often during customer projects, and the answer is really “it depends”....
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Office 365 Book Recommendations
If you’re trying to learn about Office 365 and books are your preferred way to learn new skills, then you face a bit of a problem. Office 365 is a rapidly changing service. Most of the books written...
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3 Ways to Plan an Identity Model for Your Office 365 Deployment
When I speak to customers about their Office 365 plans they generally fall into one of two categories: A brand new business starting with Office 365, or a “green field” deployment (this is the...
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Podcast Episode 11: Office 365 Migrations with Steve Goodman
My guest for this episode is Steve Goodman. Steve is the Head of Messaging & Unified Communications at Content and Code, a leading Microsoft Gold Partner in the UK. He’s also a Microsoft MVP, and...
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PowerShell Function to Connect to Exchange On-Premises
Connecting to Exchange on-premises using PowerShell remoting is a simple task, and means that you do not need to go the trouble of installing the Exchange management tools on your computer just to...
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