Tag: Exchange 2010

Configuring Client Access Array for Exchange 2010

When you want to use the Client Access Array function from Exchange 2010. You have to options.
1. Use the NLB function in Windows. Check this article that i blogged: Configuring NLB for Exchange 2010 for Cas load balancing.
2. When you have 2 physical load balancers in combination with a DAG cluster.

I haven’t any pre-Created CAS arrays in my hyper-v.local domain. But you would to check of there is any pre-created CAS Arrays. Run the command below. if you didn’t create a CAS Array before, you will get nothing .

Get-ClientAccessArray
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Then you should create new Client Access Array. Run below Cmdlet in Exchange Management Console

New-ClientAccessArray –Name “CasArray1” –Fqdn casarray.hyper-v.local -Site “Default-First-Site-Name”

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Now we have finished creating a CAS array. Then we must associate databases with this CAS Array.
Use below CMDLet to add mailbox database to CAS array. We can attach all mailbox databases at once as shown as shown  below

Get-MailboxDatabase | Set-MailboxDatabase -RPCClientAccessServer “casarray.hyper-v.local”
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Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta is available now. It incorporates a number of feature updates including: archiving and discovery enhancements, a faster Outlook Web App (OWA), upgraded mobility features, and several improvements in the management UI. In short it helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your customers by meeting their demands for greater business mobility.

Microsoft Download Center Link is here and direct downloadable exe file link is available below.

File Name: Exchange2010-SP1-Beta-x64.exe
Version: 14.01.0180.002
Date Published: 6/5/2010
Language: English
Download Size: 532.5 MB

Configuring NLB for Exchange 2010 for CAS Load Balancing

Exchange’s dependence on the Client Access Server (CAS) role has increased dramatically in Exchange 2010.  This is because, in Exchange 2010, on-network Outlook MAPI connectivity now connects to a mailbox through the CAS role via the RPC Client Access Service.  As a result, high availability of the CAS role is crucial since any failure of CAS could affect Outlook client connectivity.  For smaller implementations or those where the limitations of native Windows Network Load Balancing (NLB) are not a major problem

You need two or more Exchange 2010 servers (each with two NICs) with the CAS role installed have been deployed, you are ready to start configuring NLB to provide high availability and load balancing.  First, you must allocate a dedicated private IP address and create an associated A record in DNS for the NLB cluster. 

This IP address and name are what clients will connect to and against which the ClientAccessArray will be created.  In this blog post, I will use 192.168.150.95 and casarray.hyper-v.local
To simplify the management of your NLB cluster members, I recommend that you name each NIC’s network connection so that it is easy to understand what function the NIC serves.  For example, as depicted below, I have named the connections “LAN” (used for communication with clients and servers on the network) and “NLB” (used for internal NLB heartbeat).  This process should be repeated on all NLB cluster members.

IP configuration:
Server 1:
LAN:
IP: 192.168.150.90
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.150.254
DNS: 192.168.150.1

Server 2:
LAN:
IP: 192.168.150.91
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.150.254
DNS: 192.168.150.1
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Configuring NLB – First Member

On each NLB cluster member, NLB must be installed.  With Windows 2008 R2, this can be completed simply by running the command “ServerManagerCmd -i NLB” via a command prompt.  Once NLB has been installed, launch the Network Load Balancing Manager to continue the configuration process.

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To create your new cluster, you can right-click Network Load Balancing Clusters or simply click Cluster, New.  In the New Cluster wizard, enter the name of the first server in the NLB cluster (for example, CHEK10-01) and click Connect.  This will display the available NICs on the server, at which point the NLB NIC should be chosen before clicking Next.

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Since this is the first member of the NLB cluster, you can leave the all of the Host Parameters at their default values, as depicted below.  Please note that the Priority value should be configured as 1 for the first member.

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Next we must configure the IP address and subnet mask of the NLB cluster, which is the IP address for which we created a DNS A record at the very beginning of this process.  In this example, this would be 192.168.150.95 and 255.255.255.0, respectively.

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For the Cluster Parameters, we want to enter the FQDN of the DNS A record we created at the very beginning of this process (casarray.hyper-v.local).  In addition, Unicast should be selected as the desired clustered operation mode.

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I lieve the Port Rules how they are and end with Finish
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Let the NLB cluster converge with its first member and you should eventually see the cluster report success.

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Now you can proceed with adding your second cluster member.

Configuring NLB – Second/Subsequent Member

After the configuration of the NLB cluster itself and the first NLB cluster member has been completed, you are ready to add additional members.  Provided that NLB has been installed, you can simply right-click on your NLB cluster in the Network Load Balancing Manager and click Add Host To Cluster.

Enter the name of the second NLB cluster member, for example CHEK10-02, and click Connect.  Be sure to choose the NLB LAN NIC and click Next.

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On the Host Parameters screen, ensure that the Priority is set to 2 (or as appropriate, depending on how many cluster members you have) and click Next.

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Confirm that your port rules are accurate and, if they are, click Finish to add your second NLB cluster member.

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Let the NLB cluster converge with the new member and, eventually, it should report success.

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At this point, you have an NLB cluster with two members!

Next configure CASARRAY.

Exchange 2010 Hiding a Distribution Group from the Exchange Address List

Some times you want to hide a Distribution Group from de Global Address List (GAL).
In Exchange 2010 this is a simple thing
1. Open the properties from the Distribution Group.

2. Go to the Tab Advanced
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3. Set V by Hide group from Exchange address list

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Exchange 2010 Build Numbers

If you open de Exchange Management Shell and you run the following powershell command:
Get-ExchangeServer | fl name,edition,admindisplayversion you get the Build Number from your Exchange 2007 Servers

Exchange Server 2010

Product name

Build number

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 RTM

14.0.639.21

Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010

14.0.682.1

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010

14.0.689.0

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010

14.0.694.0

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010

14.0.702.1

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 

Product name

Build number

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1

14.1.218.15
   
   
   
   

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is coming

Exchange Team announced that SP1 for Exchange 2010 is coming with a lot new features

I highlighted the things with I like from the coming update. It’s a whole list but i thing with this update is Exchange 2010 SP1 the best version ever!!! 😀

A list of al new things in Exchange 2010 SP1:

Archiving:
– Personal Archive to a different mailbox database from their primary mailbox 😀
– You can import historical e-mail data from .PST files, directly into Exchange
– delegate access to a user’s Personal Archive
– SP1 updates the Exchange Management Console with new tools to create Retention Policy Tags
– support access to a user’s Personal Archive with Outlook 2007 Coming with A update

Outlook Web App
– Delete, mark as read, and categorize operations running asynchronously, these actions feel instantaneous to the user
– Attaching a very large file, will not block the rest of the OWA experience
– Sharing calendars to anonymous viewers via the web if you enable this.
– OWA themes back
– Reading pane can be placed on the bottom or the right side

Mobile:
– Support for send-as
– Support for notifying the user if their device has been placed on block or quarantine by their admin
– Full implementation of conversation view
– To sync only unique parts of messages.
– Setting up mobile device to access mail via POP/IMAP/SMTP, information is available in OWA.

New Management UI
– Create/configure Retention Tags + Retention Policies in EMC
– Configure Transport Rules in ECP
– Configure Journal Rules in ECP
– Configure MailTips in ECP
– Provision and configure the Personal Archive in ECP
– Configure Litigation Hold in ECP & EMC
– Configure Allow/Block/Quarantine mobile device policies in ECP
– RBAC role management in ECP
– Configure Database Availability Group (DAG) IP Addresses and Alternate Witness Server in EMC
– Recursive public folder settings management (including permissions) in EMC

Read the whole article at HERE.

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Exchange
– High Availability in Exchange 2007
– Message Hygiene in Exchange Server 200731
– Using Exchange 2007 for Resource Booking
– Controlling Email Messages using Exchange’s Transport Rules
– Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Clustering
– Top Tips for Exchange Admins
– Exchange Database Technologies
– Message Classifications in Exchange 2007
– Deploying Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008
– Exchange Server Log File Replay
– Configuring Exchange Server 2007 to Support Information Rights Management
– Reporting on Mobile Device Activity Using Exchange 2007 ActiveSync Logs
– Online Exchange Backups
– Optimizing Exchange Server 2007
– Exchange: Recovery Storage Groups
– Exchange E-mail Addresses and the Outlook Address Cache
– Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007
– Goodbye Exchange ExMerge, Hello Export-Mailbox
– Determining MS Exchange Disk Performance
– Upgrading to Exchange Server 2007: Part 2
– Message Tracking in Exchange 2007
– Third Party High Availability and Disaster Recovery Tools for Microsoft Exchange Server
– Exchange Server 2010 – The First Public Beta Version
– Emulating the Exchange 2003 RUS for Out-of-Band Mailbox Provisioning in Exchange 2007
– Using Exchange 2007 Transport Rules to Protect the First Entry in the Address Book
– Cluster Continuous Replication Network Design
– Building an Exchange Server 2007 environment
– An Introduction to Messaging Records Management
– Installing Hyper-V and Beyond
– Restricting Outlook Client Versions in Exchange 2007
– Using Twitter and PowerShell to Find Technical Information and Join a Community
– Update: Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate
– Exchange backups on Windows Server 2008
– Moving to Office Communications Server 2007 R2
– Monitoring and Scheduling Exchange 2007 Database Online Maintenance
– Exchange 2010 High Availability
– Implementing Cluster Replication – Part 1
– The Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows Server 2008 R2
– Using Group Policy to Restrict the use of PST Files
– Introduction to Exchange Server 2010
– The Ego and the System Administrator
– Implementing Windows Server 2008 File System Quotas
– Implementing Cluster Continuous Replication, Part 2
– Active Directory Management with PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 R2
– Upgrade Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
– Customizing the Outlook Address Book

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– A SysAdmin’s Guide to Change Management
– A SysAdmin’s Guide to Users
– Change Management – What It Is and Why You Need It
– Manage Stress Before it Kills You
– Hiring System Administrators
– Increase Your Value as a Professional in the Technical Industry
– The Art of Dealing with People

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– Virtual Exchange Servers
– Virtualizing Exchange: points for discussion
– Build Your Own Virtualized Test Lab
– A Beginner’s Guide to Virtualizing Exchange Server – Part 1
– A Beginner’s Guide to Virtualizing Exchange Server – Part 2
– Windows Server Virtualisation: Hyper-V, an Introduction
– Increasing the Availability of Virtualized Applications and Services
– Microsoft Hyper-V Networking and Configuration – Part 1

Unified Messaging
– An Introduction to Unified Messaging
– Moving to Office Communications Server 2007 R2

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– Managing Exchange 2007 Mailbox Quotas with Windows PowerShell
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Rollup 2 voor Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft heeft rollup 2 voor Exchange 2010 vrijgegeven.
Hier onder een overzicht wat er allemaal gefixt is:

977633 Certain third-party IMAP4 clients cannot connect to Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes through an Exchange Server 2010 CAS server

979431 The POP3 service crashes when a user connects to a mailbox through the POP3 protocol and the user is migrated from an Exchange Server 2003 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server

979480 Users cannot receive new messages if they access mailboxes that are moved to another Exchange Server 2010 RU1 server by using IMAP4 clients

979563 Exchange Server 2010 Push Notifications does not work

979566 A 0x85010014 error is generated when linked mailbox users try to synchronize their mailboxes with mobile devices in a CAS-CAS proxying scenario in Exchange Server 2010

980261 This fix introduces the supports for Exchange Server 2010 page patching when a "-1022" disk I/O error is generated

980262 Event ID 2156 is logged on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2010

Downloaden van Rollup 2 voor Exchange 2010 doe je HIER.

Exchange 2010 Custom SMTP e-mail address

Hier onder een lijst met variabelen om een aangepaste email adres policy te maken

Variabel Uitleg
% g Gegeven naam (voornaam)
% i Midden initiële
% s Naam (achternaam)
% d Weergavenaam
% m Exchange alias
%xs Gebruikt de eerste x letters van de achternaam. Bijvoorbeeld, als x = 2, zijn de eerste twee letters van de achternaam gebruikt.
%xg

Gebruikt de eerste x letters van de voornaam. Bijvoorbeeld, als x = 2, zijn de eerste twee letters van de voornaam gebruikt.
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