Tag: Exchange 2010

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3

The Exchange team is announcing today the availability of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

  • 2960652 Organizer name and meeting status field can be changed by EAS clients in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

  • 2957762 “A folder with same name already exists” error when you rename an Outlook folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

  • 2952799 Event ID 2084 occurs and Exchange server loses connection to the domain controllers in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

  • 2934091 Event ID 1000 and 7031 when users cannot connect to mailboxes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

  • 2932402 Cannot move a mailbox after you install Exchange Server 2010 SP3 RU3 (KB2891587)

  • 2931842 EWS cannot identify the attachment in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

  • 2928703 Retention policy is applied unexpectedly to a folder when Outlook rule moves a copy in Exchange Server 2010

  • 2927265 Get-Message cmdlet does not respect the defined write scope in Exchange Server 2010

  • 2925273 Folder views are not updated when you arrange by categories in Outlook after you apply Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 3 or Update Rollup 4

  • 2924592 Exchange RPC Client Access service freezes when you open an attached file in Outlook Online mode in Exchange Server 2010

  • 2923865 Cannot connect to Exchange Server 2010 when the RPC Client Access service crashes

Exchange Powershell Scripts that Every Exchange Admin need to have

The Following Powershell scripts that every Exchange Admin must have Glimlach

Test-ExchangeServerHealth
Get-DagHealth
PelNet.ps1
ADinfo.ps1
Get-VirDirInfo.ps1
CertificateReport.ps1
Get-EASdevicereport.ps1
Get-MailboxReport.ps1
Get-DailyBackupAlerts.ps1
Install-Exchange2013.ps1

Exchange 2013 RMS Shared Identity user FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 not found

Today I was re-installing Exchange 2013 into an Active Directory forest The schema was already extended with the Exchange 2013 schema extensions.

When installing Exchange 2013, installation of the Mailbox Transport role failed with the following error:

Error:
The following error was generated when “$error.Clear();
if ( ($server -eq $null) -and ($RoleIsDatacenter -ne $true) )
{
Update-RmsSharedIdentity -ServerName $RoleNetBIOSName
}
” was run: “RMS Shared Identity user FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 not found.”.

FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 is a Exchange 2013 built in arbitration user account which must exist in every Exchange 2013 environment. The GUID never changes, it is always “4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042”.

The setup failed because someone deleted this user account from Active Directory!

How can we get it back?

You have two ways to get this mailbox back. If you have a computer on your network with the Exchange 2010 management tools installed, you can create the user account using powershell with the following command:

New-Mailbox -Arbitration -Name FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 -UserPrincipalName FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042@default_accepted_domain

For more information on this see Microsoft KB978776

What happens if you do not have exchange management shell installed on any computers? Well there is another way to get this account back. This account is originally created when you prepare the domain/schema. If you run setup.com /PrepareAD on your domain it will re-create this account for you. See below:

Exchange Server Active Directory Supportability Matrix

Operating system environment

Exchange 2013 SP1

Exchange 2013 CU2 and CU3

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU5 or later

Exchange 2010 SP2

Exchange 2007 SP3 RU13 or later

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Active Directory servers

X

X

X

X

X

Windows Server 2012 Active Directory servers

X

X

X

X

X

Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory servers

X

X

X

  

X

Domain and forest functional level

Exchange 2013 SP1

Exchange 2013 CU2 and CU3

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU5 or later

Exchange 2010 SP2

Exchange 2007 SP3 RU13 or later

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 domain functional level

X

X

X

X

X

Windows Server 2012 domain functional level

X

X

X

X

X

Windows Server 2012 R2 domain functional level

X

  

X

    

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 forest functional level

X

X

X

X

X

Windows Server 2012 forest functional level

X

X

X

X

X

Windows Server 2012 R2 forest functional level

X

  

X

    

Exchange 2010 SP3 UR5 & Exchange 2007 SP3 UR13

Are available for download.

Exchange 2010 SP3 UR5: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42001

Exchange 2007 SP3 UR13: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41995

Kemp LoadMaster v7.0-6 Firmware Released

LoadMaster v7.0-6 is available now. Here is a highlighted feature list over v7.0-4:
New Features and Feature Enhancements:

  • Quickstart Wizard – Exchange 2010- The QuickStart Wizard provides a simplified method of configuring LoadMaster to work within an Exchange 2010 environment
  • RESTful API v.2.0 – The RESTful API provides a REST-like interface designed to allow remote applications access to the LoadMaster in a simple and consistent manner.
  • Cisco UCS B Series Support – The LoadMaster for Cisco UCS supports the B Series Blade Servers.
  • Call Home – Phase 1 – The Call Home licensing model will be released for selected VLM evaluations. 
  • After installing or replacing a certificate, there is now an option to return to the Virtual Service page
  • Quality of Service functionality is now configurable within Virtual Services
  • The image sets for the ESP login screens now support a number of different languages
  • The character limit within the Message of the Day has been increased
  • When applying a temporary license, feedback is now provided if a temporary license has already been applied
  • The traceroute and netstat utilities are available debug options
  • Bulk disabling of Real Servers is possible
  • L7 Transparency is available for selection within a SubVS when the parent Virtual Service uses SSL Acceleration with re-encryption enabled.


Issues Resolved:

    • Issues configuring eth0 on a 64 bit LoadMaster have been resolved
    • Removed restriction on creating a VLAN with an identifier of 1
    • Issue with deleting VSs in a state of Security Down is resolved
    • Issue with HA time out values resolved
    • Issue with Health Checks on ESP enabled Virtual Services have been resolved
    • To conserve CPU, gathering statistics is restricted to the items displayed on the Home page, unless specified in the Collect All WUI option
    • Issue with Port Following is resolved
    • ACLs now working as expected when Virtual Services are set to additional ports
    • Initial maximum cache size on LoadMaster for UCS is now within the valid range
    • Within the LoadMaster console, an inappropriate call of Quick Help has been resolved
    • Can now configure shared interfaces in the HA setup process before rebooting
    • A failed adaptive health check disables the Real Server
    • SNORT 2.9 rules imports correctly

    Known Issues:

      • A page is not delivered when using compression and http content-length is 0 bytes
      • Issues may occur with SNMP traffic when the Drop at Drain Time End option is enabled

      LoadMaster version v7.0-6 supports the following hardware:

      • LM-2000
      • LM-2200
      • LM-2500
      • LM-2600
      • LM-3500
      • LM-3600
      • LM-5300
      • LM-5500
      • LM-Exchange
      • LM-R320
      • LMOS-UCS-B
      • VLM-100
      • VLM-1000
      • VLM-Exchange

      Learn more about LoadMaster 7.0:

      Full Release Notes
      Full Documentation

      Exchange 2010 SP3 Rollup 2 en Exchange 2010 SP2 rollup 7

      The Exchange 2010 SP2 RU7 update contains the changes for MS13-061.  For more details, see the MS13-061 security bulletin.

      The Exchange 2010 SP3 RU2 update contains fixes for a number of customer-reported and internally found issues, as well as, the changes for MS13-061. For more details, including a list of fixes included in this update, see KB 2866475 and the MS13-061 security bulletin. I would like to specifically call out the following fixes which are included in this release:

          • 2837926 Error message when you try to activate a passive copy of an Exchange Server 2010 SP3 database: “File check failed”

          • 2851419 Slow performance in some databases after Exchange Server 2010 is running continuously for at least 23 days

          • 2855083 Public Folder contents are not replicated successfully from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010

          • 2859596 Event ID 4999 when you use a disclaimer transport rule in an environment that has Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3 installed

          • 2860037 iOS devices cannot synchronize mailboxes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

          • 2861118 W3wp.exe process for the MSExchangeSyncAppPool application pool crashes in an Exchange Server 2010 SP2 or SP3 environment

          • 2863473 Users cannot access Outlook mailboxes that connect to a Client Access server array in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

      Z-Hire Active Directory User Creation Tool

      I want you to inform about a great tool.

      Z-Hire automates the IT user account creation process for Exchange mailbox, and Active Directory and Lync accounts. With just a click of the button, your Exchange mailbox, and Active directory user, Lync account and SalesForce User account will be created simultaneousy. Z-Hire serves as the platform for new hire accounts by allowing auto-creation of major IT accounts with the option for custom scripts. Z-hire will decrease your account deployment time by 600%, without the need for complicated and expensive identity management solutions. This tool makes creating Active Directory users a breeze. Some of the features include:

      – Environment Auto discovery (AD/Exchange/Lync/SalesForce)
      – Support for Active Directory user, Exchange, Lync 2010 and SalesForce user accounts
      – Template based deployment (allows consistency for all user accounts)
      – Active Directory user creation with major attributes
      – Active Directory group selection
      – Active Directory user duplicate SamAccountName detection – Lync 2010 / 2013 user account creation supporting all policies
      – SalesForce user account creation supporting all attributes
      – Faster performance (compared to previous version)

      Supported Environments / IT systems
      – Active Directory (all versions)
      – Exchange 2007 (all versions)
      – Exchange 2010 / 2013 (all versions)
      – Lync 2010 / 2013 (both Standard and Enterprise versions)
      – Office 365 Cloud
      – SalesForce Cloud

      Screenshot #1 – Active Directory
      Screenshot #2 – Active Directory
      Screenshot #3 – Active Directory
      Screenshot #4 – Exchange
      Screenshot #5 – Lync
      Screenshot #6 – Supported Systems

      SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
      – .NET 3.5 and .NET 4.0
      – Domain Joined

      COMPATIBLE OS
      – Windows 7 X64
      – Windows Server 2008 X64
      – Windows Server 2008 R2 X64
      – Windows Server 2012

      Please download administration guide:1
      http://www.zohno.com/docs/Z-Hire_V4_Administration_Guide.pdf

      Download: Z-Hire

      How to Improve Move Request Performance in Exchange 2010

      This article provides step-by-step procedure about How to Improve Move Request Performance in Exchange 2010.

      The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication Service is responsible for Mailbox Move requests.
      MSExchangeMailboxReplication.exe.config is Mailbox move request configuration file located in the following location: <Exchange Installation Path>\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin

      How to Improve Move Request Performance in Exchange 2010:
      1. Go to Exchange Mailbox Server
      2. Navigate to the <Exchange Installation Path>\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin folder
      3. Make a backup copy of MSExchangeMailboxReplication.exe.config before making any changes in it.
      4. Open the Original MSExchangeMailboxReplication.exe.config file in notepad.
      image
      5.Modify the following values to increase the performance
      MaxActiveMovesPerSourceMDB = “50″
      MaxActiveMovesPerTargetMDB = “50″
      MaxActiveMovesPerSourceServer = “200″
      MaxActiveMovesPerTargetServer = “200″
      MaxTotalMovesPerMRS = “300″
      6. Save the file and Close it
      7. Go to Services console
      8. Restart the Microsoft Mailbox Replication Service

      Windows 2008 (R2) Network tuning to Increase Move mailbox Speed:
      1. Go to Start –> Command prompt –> Right Click –> Click Run as administrator
      2. Execute the following command: netsh int tcp show global
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      3. Disable TCP Chimney Offload and Receive Side Scaling on the network adapters
      netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled
      netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled
      4. Run the following command and make sure Chimney Offload State & Receive-Side Scaling State is disabled.
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      5. Restart the Server.

      Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 1

      Today the long-awaited Cumulative Update 1 for Exchange Server 2013 was released by the Exchange Team (KB2816900). This update raises Exchange 2013 version number to 15.0.620.29.

      This is the Exchange 2013 product level required for co-existence with previous versions of Exchange, being Exchange Server 2010 SP3 or Exchange Server 2007 SP3 Rollup 10.

      The Exchange Team provided a description of the major changes in CU1. You will find the announcement here; Here are some of the major changes in CU1:

      • Includes Address Book Policy Routing Agent (info);
      • Allows group memberships to be managed by groups (again, as it was possible in Exchange 2007 but not in Exchange 2010);
      • Access to Public Folders you have added as favorites via your favorites menu either in Outlook or Outlook Web App (still no regular Public Folder tree access though);
      • EAC has been enhanced and now includes Unified Messaging management and migration options;
      • Many probes, monitors, and responders have been updated and improved over the RTM release;
      • Get-HealthReport cmdlet has been streamlined and its performance has been optimized;
      • Supports the Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack for SCOM 2007 R2 and SCOM 2012 (due at a later date);
      • High Availability changes

      Note that CU1 includes a schema change. Like Service Packs for earlier versions of Exchange, the Cumulative Update is indeed cumulative (hence the size of 1.3 GB) and you can install it directly, i.e. no need to install RTM first. Also, once installed you can’t uninstall CU1 or any of the installed roles. The order of upgrading servers doesn’t matter, unlike with earlier Exchange versions.

      Important:

      Beware Full OAB Downloads After Installing 1st Exchange 2013 Server in Existing 07/10 Environment

      You can download Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 1 here.

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