Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Intra-Organization migration

Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration path Step Step Title Details (migration from Exchange 2003) Step 1 Certificate Acquire new commercial certificate for external client coexistence with CAS 2010 (legacy.contoso.ca namespace required for former CAS2007 for silent redirect). It will neet at minimum 3 SAN values : - mail.contoso.ca (primary OWA/EAS/OA URL) - autodiscover.contoso.ca - … Continue reading Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Intra-Organization migration →

Active Directory Schema upgrade procedure – with back-out plan

The aim of the procedure in this post is to avoid you to dig around the technet to rebuild it. It’s written for Exchange 2010 SP1 here, but can easily be adapted for any product schema updates by replacing the Exchange 2010 SP1 values and links ! AD Schema upgrade procedure with verifications (can be adapted … Continue reading Active Directory Schema upgrade procedure – with back-out plan →

Exchange Server–Use ExTRA to take traces for search issues

To diagnose a problem more indepth, we will use the Exchange Troubleshooting Analyzer (from the Toolbox on the Exchange Management Console) :- Select a task- Click on trace control- Click on set manual trace log- On components to trace, choose Store.- On trace tags, choose: tagQueryCi , tagQueryCiDump, and tagSearch- Click on start tracing- Then … Continue reading Exchange Server–Use ExTRA to take traces for search issues →

Exchange Server 2010 SP1–The replacer of PFDAVAdmin : ExFolders

To manage your public folders permissions, including the system folders if you still use them with Outlook 2003 clients, you no longer use PFDAVAdmin, but use ExFolders in replacement.Some of the many new features that deserve to be underlined are : This can be run from an Exchange 2010 server only Can connect to Exchange … Continue reading Exchange Server 2010 SP1–The replacer of PFDAVAdmin : ExFolders →

More everyday procedures to come later on …

- How-To procedure - Exchange Server 2010 SP1 - Operations - Exclude PDC Emulator from Exchange servers- How-To procedure - Use the Shell to create a transport rule for messages that have a blank subject- How-To Use ADTD to export Exchange, AD information- How-to procedure - Exchange Server 2010 SP1 - Configuring - What to … Continue reading More everyday procedures to come later on … →

Exchange 2003–2007 and 2010 – Troubleshooting steps for client connection or latency issues on the Server side – nothing complicated at all, just follow the process !

Users experiencing issues connecting or using Exchange messaging service via Outlook or OWA ? Here is how to sort this out on most of the cases : · First thing to look at is the Application Log, then the System Log,. · Second thing to look at are the performance counters to check if … Continue reading Exchange 2003–2007 and 2010 – Troubleshooting steps for client connection or latency issues on the Server side – nothing complicated at all, just follow the process ! →

Exchange 2010 – Everyday How-To procedures – Enabling Calendar Repair Assistant

Having trouble with “disappearing” meetings in calendars ? Sometimes for meeting organizers, sometimes for attendees ? - First check the file-level ANTI-VIRUS EXCLUSIONS ON THE CLIENT ! (OST and OAB files on the Outlook workstation) - Second, check the file-level Anti-virus exclusions on the Server itself (EDB, LOG, TMP, CHK, Binaries, etc…) - Third, … Continue reading Exchange 2010 – Everyday How-To procedures – Enabling Calendar Repair Assistant →

Exchange 2010 – Everyday How-To Procedures – Repair a corrupted mailbox online

Remember the good old ISINTEG ? Now in Exchange 2010 SP1 we can do the same without dismounting a database ! Again, put this procedure on your Wiki intranet or in your favorite folders, just in case… Download this procedure here => Repair a corrupted mailbox

Exchange 2010 – Everyday How-To procedures – Updating members of a DAG

I will now publish a series of procedures to help you, Exchange administrators, to remove the fear you may have about the best version of Exchange ever ! Here is the first one, download it, put it on your intranet Wiki site, use it every time you update or patch your Exchange MAilbox servers … Continue reading Exchange 2010 – Everyday How-To procedures – Updating members of a DAG →

Exchange Server 2010–Move Mailbox Request : why the move requests stay in the “Move Request” list after the move ?

When you move a mailbox, in my example between an Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2003 – yes in this order, it’s a back-move, just to show it is possible to do so – after the move is complete, the Move Request stays in the “Move Request” queue, with a “Completed” status. But … Continue reading Exchange Server 2010–Move Mailbox Request : why the move requests stay in the “Move Request” list after the move ? →