Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 prerequisites The prerequisites that are needed to install Exchange 2016 on computers running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 depends on which Exchange role you want to install. Read the section below that matches the role you want to install. Role: Mailbox server role. Let’s…
Leave a CommentEnable Remote Desktop Using PowerShell Open an elevated Windows PowerShell session and run the following commands. This first one creates the fDenyTSConnections value and sets it to 0 (off). This makes sense, because we don’t want to deny Terminal Services (TS) connections.
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Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -Name fDenyTSConnections -Value 0 |
Set Network Level Authentication for Remote Desktop
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Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\ WinStations\RDP-Tcp'-Name UserAuthentication -Value 1 |
Setting Firewall Rules :…
Leave a CommentExchange 2010 Mail User still Associated with a Move Request Mail User Object in Exchange still showing as if it is listed to a Move Request To verify if we have any Move requests currently in progress or completed we can start by Opening the Exchange Shell. Once the EMS is open type the following…
Leave a CommentExchange 2010 MessageTrackingLog: Error Access Denied Message Tracking in Exchange 2010 Stopped and you received the following Error in EventViewer. “MessageTrackingLogs: Failed to write logs because of the error: Access to the path ‘MSGTRK20170329-8.LOG’ is denied..” Let’s Start by reviewing the Current configuration for Message Tracking.
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Get-TranSportServer |ft Name,MessageTrackingLogEnabled,MessageTrackingLogPath,MessageTrackingLogMaxAge,MessageTrackingLogMaxDirectorySize,<pre> MessageTrackingLogMaxFileSize,MessageTrackingLogSubjectLoggingEnabled |
Now that you have your current configuration lets…
Leave a CommentExchange Deployment Assistant Quick Overview Exchange deployment tool creates a custom step by step checklist to help you deploy Exchange in different types of scenarios. The tool can be found Here. Click on Launch the Deployment Assistant. From the next screen you will have 3 different options to choose from On-Premises ,Hybrid ,Cloud Only. Details…
Leave a CommentDeploy Active Directory Domain using PowerShell Let’s start by Setting the PowerShell Execution Policy to Unrestricted
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Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted |
Next we will rename the server and install Prereq features.
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<strong>#rename the computer</strong> $newname = “LAB-DC-01” Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -force< <strong>#install features</strong> $featureLogPath = “c:\softlib\Shell\poshlog\featurelog.txt” New-Item $featureLogPath -ItemType file -Force $addsTools = “RSAT-AD-Tools” Add-WindowsFeature $addsTools Get-WindowsFeature | Where installed >>$featureLogPath <strong>#restart the computer</strong> Restart-Computer |
After the script has run successfully the sever will restart , once restarted launch the #PowerShell Console again and run the second script. This will install all…
Leave a CommentExchange 2010 OWA : User Account has been Disabled. After a users account has been disabled for some time and re-enabled , they might be faced with the below error in Outlook and OWA. Outlook Error OWA Error To resolved this issue you can open ‘Exchange PowerShell’ and the the following #OneLiner
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Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity 'DataBase01' | Clean-MailboxDatabase |
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Leave a CommentBulk Enable ActiveSync using Exchange PowerShell Lets Start by search for all Mailboxes with ActiveSync Disabled. Open Exchange Powershell and Type the following.
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Get-CASMailbox -Resultsize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.ActiveSyncEnabled -eq $false} |
Now that we have a list of Users with ‘ActiveSyncEnabled’ set to ‘false’ , lets change this and Enable ActiveSync for these Users.
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Get-CASMailbox -Resulsize Unlimited |Set-CASMailbox -ActiveSyncEnabled $True |
Once done all users will have ‘ActiveSyncEnabled’…
Leave a CommentExecution of Scripts is Disabled on this System When you try and run a #PowerShell Script and you are faced with the Error “Execution of Scripts is Disabled” The quick work around for this is to change the current Execution Policy using the following. Lets Change the Execution Policy by running a #OneLiner
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Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted |
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Leave a CommentClean MailboxDatabase Command no longer Valid on #Exchange 2013
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Clean-MailboxDatabase |
Command has been decommissioned for Exchange 2013 and replaced with Update-StoreMailboxState http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj860462(v=exchg.150).aspx Update-StoreMailboxState require the GUID of a mailbox to execute so it usually easier to run in combination with Get-MailboxStatistics like the example below Get-MailboxStatistics -Database MDB02 | ForEach { Update-StoreMailboxState -Database $_.Database -Identity $_.MailboxGuid…
Leave a CommentGet Disconnected Mailboxes Exchange 2013 EAC and #PowerShell By using the EAC (Exchange Admin Console) In the EAC, navigate to Recipients > Mailboxes. Click More , and then click Connect a mailbox. … Click the disabled mailbox that you want to reconnect, and then click Connect. Lets look at doing the same with #PowerShell : …
Leave a CommentHow to Find all User Mailboxes with Auto Email Address Policy Removed. Let’s have a look at what the settings in Exchange Management Console looks like. Let’s start by running a quick one liner to search for all these users.
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Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Where {$_.EmailAddressPolicyEnabled -eq $False} |
Next we can see the results output That was a quick one liner ,but…
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