We have a small office in Kiev, Ukraine and we are currently using Lotus Notes as our e-mail server.  We want to convert to MS Outlook for our e-mail. We are looking for help here in Kiev with the acquisition of the right version of MS Outlook for our needs and then for help with the installation, conversion and ongoing IT support.

If there is anyone in Kiev who is both qualified and interested in this bit of business, please respond to this query and let me know how to contact you.

Thank you all in advance!

Hi There,

I've got quite an annoying issue when trying to create a cross forest move from a new business we've bought.

I've prepared the mailbox on the new server and when trying to start the move request I get the following issue:

Unable to find 'RTCDC1.rtc.co.uk' computer information in domain controller 'rtcdc1.rtc.co.uk' to perform the suitability check. Verify the fully qualified domain name.+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [New-MoveRequest], RemotePermanentException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 7B2B9C6F,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.NewMoveRequest

I've checked and all mail servers and DCs can ping/communicate with eachother without issue.

These are the verbose logs from the move:

[PS] E:\Exchange\Scripts>New-MoveRequest -RemoteLegacy -TargetDatabase 'Users N to Z' -RemoteGlobalCatalog 'RTCDC1.rtc.co.uk' -RemoteCredential $RemoteCredentials -TargetDeliveryDomain 'rtc.co.uk' -v -Identity bristol.test
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.209 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Active Directory session settings for 'New-MoveRequest' are: View EntireForest: 'False', Default Scope: 'ResourceGroup.co.uk', Configuration Domain Controller: 'thdc1.ResourceGroup.co.uk',Preferred Global Catalog: 'thdc2.ResourceGroup.co.uk', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ thdc2.ResourceGroup.co.uk }'
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.209 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Runspace context: Executing user: ResourceGroup.co.uk/IT/Seb Spiers,Executing user organization: , Current organization: , RBAC-enabled: Enabled.
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.209 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Beginning processing &
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.209 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Instantiating handler with index 0 for cmdlet extension agent "Admin Audit Log Agent".
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.209 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Searching objects "Users N to Z" of type "MailboxDatabase" under the root "$null".
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.241 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Previous operation run on domain controller 'thdc1.ResourceGroup.co.uk'.
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.303 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Current ScopeSet is: { Recipient Read Scope: {{, }}, Recipient WriteScopes: {{, }}, Configuration Read Scope: {{, }}, Configuration Write Scope(s): {{, }, }, Exclusive Recipient Scope(s): {}, Exclusive Configuration Scope(s): {} }
VERBOSE: [10:55:41.303 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Searching objects "bristol.test" of type "ADUser" under the root "$null".
VERBOSE: [10:55:42.161 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Previous operation run on domain controller 'thdc2.ResourceGroup.co.uk'.
VERBOSE: [10:55:42.161 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Processing object "$null".
VERBOSE: [10:55:42.161 GMT] New-MoveRequest : [DEBUG] No RequestJob messages found.
VERBOSE: [10:55:42.161 GMT] New-MoveRequest : [DEBUG] MDB 24ab0ff4-bf00-4493-a353-c74dd18928eb found to belong to Site: ResourceGroup.co.uk/Configuration/Sites/TemeHouse
VERBOSE: [10:55:42.177 GMT] New-MoveRequest : [DEBUG] MRSClient: attempting to connect to 'THMX1.ResourceGroup.co.uk'
VERBOSE: [10:55:43.284 GMT] New-MoveRequest : [DEBUG] MRSClient: connected to 'THMX1.ResourceGroup.co.uk', version 14.2.297.0 caps:07
VERBOSE: [10:55:43.284 GMT] New-MoveRequest : [DEBUG] Loading source mailbox info
VERBOSE: [10:55:48.713 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Unable to find 'RTCDC1.rtc.co.uk' computer information in domain controller 'rtcdc1.rtc.co.uk' to perform the suitability check. Verify the fully qualified domain name.
VERBOSE: [10:55:48.713 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Admin Audit Log: Entered Handler:OnComplete.
Unable to find 'RTCDC1.rtc.co.uk' computer information in domain controller 'rtcdc1.rtc.co.uk' to perform the suitability check. Verify the fully qualified domain name.+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [New-MoveRequest], RemotePermanentException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 7B2B9C6F,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.NewMoveRequest

VERBOSE: [10:55:48.713 GMT] New-MoveRequest : Ending processing &

Can anyone help?

I was excited to see that Exchange 2010 has a 'Default Sharing Policy' but dismayed to find out that it only applies to Federated Domains.

Our organization does not federate with other domains - however, we want to set a corporate default calendar policy to apply to all mailboxes.  We want everyone to have 'Reviewer' rights to everyone's calendar.  There are exceptions: 6 execs at the top of the food chain where we don't want anyone but their admins to have 'Reviwer' rights.

What is the best way to accomplish this? I appreciate your help on this one.

Thanks

My manager would like to know how many emails are sent and received by each of his employees per month.  We are running Exchange 2010 SP1.  Any help on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.  Ideally I would be able to enter in a time frame and pull stats for that time frame.

Thanks, 
Jesse 

Hello All,

I've done my research regarding the migration from Win2k3 to Win2k10 but I just had a general question about installing Exch2k10 in my environment, and not initially moving any mailboxes.  Could I install it, and NOT disrupt the mail flow currently in place? 

I understand if I move mailboxes, those users would have to use OWA on the new server as opposed to the old, but I just wanted to confirm that just simply installing the Exch2k10 server in my environment, applying updates and SPs and NOT moving any mailboxes or public folders, that things will not be disrupted in our environment.  Thanks much.

Hi All, i have a question about the E-mail receive delay in Exchange 2010 Server.

Currently, we have 1 Exchange 2010 Server and 2 Exchange 2003 Server. CAS in Exchange 2010 and plan to migrate all the 2003 user to 2010. Therefore, we choose 1 spare account for testing the performance.

We found that the e-mail receiving in the spare account has a delay around 5-30mins. But the send out is working fine. Therefore, we enable the Message Tracking on Exchange 2010 Server. And we found that e-mail is received in Exchange 2010 Server but it just delay to deliver to the spare account mailbox.

Please advise on how to solve this problem. Thank you very much.

Hi

I want to remove Exchange 2010 completely.  I see this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee332361.aspx but does not spefically mention anything about active directory.  Will uninstalling exchagne this way completely remove all exchange active directory objects?  Does it matter if we are setup with a Parent-Child domain?  Hoping that uninstall removes objects from both Parent-Child domains.

Reason for complete removal is so we can do a fresh install of Exchange 2013 and from research it looks like they cannot coexist for another few months until a patch is released.  And we want to use 2013 now.

Thanks

Lead Pusher

Microsoft's default for Deleted Item Retention is 14 days.  I would like to change it to 90 for all users.  How can this be done without going to each mailbox and manually doing it? 

I am currently having a strange problem with Exchange 2010 SP1 and syncing a HTC Hero. I want to do a fresh sync but am unable to remove the device partnership and get the following error within EMC:

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Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Elapsed time: 00:00:00


Gaynor Rowe\Android-EAS/0.1
Failed

Error:
The ActiveSyncDevice citsys.local/Complete IT/Gaynor Rowe/ExchangeActiveSyncDevices/htchero§HTCAnd409eaf49 cannot be found.
Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.140).aspx?v=14.1.218.11&t=exchgf1&e=ms.exch.err.Ex0FBD0C

Exchange Management Shell command attempted:
Remove-ActiveSyncDevice -Identity 'citsys.local/Complete IT/Gaynor Rowe/ExchangeActiveSyncDevices/htchero§HTCAnd409eaf49'

Elapsed Time: 00:00:00

--------------------------------------------

I have also tried running the command directly in EMS but get this error:

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[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Remove-ActiveSyncDevice -Identity 'citsys.local/Complete IT/Gaynor Rowe/ExchangeActiveSyncDevic
es/htchero§HTCAnd409eaf49'
The ActiveSyncDevice citsys.local/Complete IT/Gaynor Rowe/ExchangeActiveSyncDevices/htchero§HTCAnd409eaf49 cannot be fo
und.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Remove-ActiveSyncDevice], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 9C005682,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Tasks.RemoveMobileDevice

--------------------------------------------

I have managed to find a thread (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/9662f4a8-8af2-4540-8a31-c7534f059761), and have tried this solution but am still getting the same error.

Can't seem to find anything else on this. Ran the following PS command if it's any help.

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[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics -Mailbox Gaynor.Rowe


RunspaceId                    : c20aad37-9d89-4f05-bbb9-a38369c9b825
FirstSyncTime                 : 29/07/2010 16:13:43
LastPolicyUpdateTime          : 24/09/2010 23:50:27
LastSyncAttemptTime           : 14/10/2010 09:54:25
LastSuccessSync               : 14/10/2010 09:54:25
DeviceType                    : htchero
DeviceID                      : HTCAnd409eaf49
DeviceUserAgent               : Android-EAS/0.1
DeviceWipeSentTime            :
DeviceWipeRequestTime         :
DeviceWipeAckTime             :
LastPingHeartbeat             : 840
RecoveryPassword              : ********
DeviceModel                   : htchero
DeviceImei                    :
DeviceFriendlyName            :
DeviceOS                      :
DeviceOSLanguage              :
DevicePhoneNumber             :
MailboxLogReport              :
DeviceEnableOutboundSMS       : False
DeviceMobileOperator          :
Identity                      : citsys.local/Complete IT/Gaynor Rowe/ExchangeActiveSyncDevices/htchero§HTCAnd409eaf49
Guid                          : d44b02ef-0a45-4d88-bfd5-cb592155ddf5
IsRemoteWipeSupported         : True
Status                        : DeviceOk
StatusNote                    :
DeviceAccessState             : Allowed
DeviceAccessStateReason       : Global
DeviceAccessControlRule       :
DevicePolicyApplied           : Default
DevicePolicyApplicationStatus : AppliedInFull
LastDeviceWipeRequestor       :
DeviceActiveSyncVersion       : 12.1
NumberOfFoldersSynced         : 4
SyncStateUpgradeTime          :

--------------------------------------------

Hi,

We are planning to configure static ports for RPC and Address book service as x and y respectively.

Is it required that we open these ports on the firewall for Outlook anywhere clients?

I had referred the below link but i did not get a clear picture whether we require these ports for outlook anywhere clients or not?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/864.configure-static-rpc-ports-on-an-exchange-2010-client-access-server-en-us.aspx?PageIndex=2

Hi all,

After added 1000 users in Active dir by "AD Manager tool", I cannot create new mailbox because exchange 2k10 don't have "New Mailbox" option. Besides, exchange has some problems in its structure.

Please see the pictures as follow:

Please help me solve it , I'm not experienced in Exchange server.

Thanks,

cuocdoi

I've had a few reports of users saying that some reoccouring meetings were mysteriously dropping off of their calendars.  So I decided to output the calendar logs to get a better understanding of the situation.

I'm able to pull the calendardiagnosticlogs from exchange with no problem.

The problem is how to read them.

I can use MFCMapi to open them, but what method should I be using to make sense of the data so I can understand a sequence of events.

If anyone has a link that will help explain how to do this, it would be appreciated.

Bobby Pendino

Hello,

I've recently been researching methods to provide federated authentication to users of a multi-tenanted Exchange & Lync environment. Currently I am tackling the first challenge which is OWA. I have used the following guides:

http://allmsft.blogspot.com/2012/02/owa-sp2-and-adfs.html

http://www.theidentityguy.com/articles/2010/10/15/access-owa-with-adfs.html

Combined with some other various guides on general ADFS configuration in order to successively configure OWA to allow for ADFS 2.0 to authenticate using the "Claims To Windows Token Service" integration with the OWA site in order to authenticate.

This seems promising, from my novice perspective I am assuming that enabling federation with another domain would simply be a matter of adding the other domain's ADFS 2.0 Proxy as a claims provider trust on the ADFS server in which Exchange exists and then having a mailbox in the exchange domain which has the UPN that gets passed through from the proxy server.

I've done this much and I am able to authenticate on the ADFS 2.0 proxy page of the user domain, however I am getting a failure which I think is coming from the WIF part of the OWA integration:

I am updating an IT environment which is currently a SBS2003/Exchange2003 single server environment. We are going to switch to new server hardware and want to go to Windows Server 2012/Exchange2010 as our software environment.

There are less than 10 users. The system is used for Exchange and a SQL-based MASS90 accounting app. Users do store some data in Server based User folders, but there is no Sharepoint or Web Server activity.

Rather than try some sort of migration I am willing and probably think it is best to do a clean install and some sort of PST approach to existing mail.

Are there any white papers or articles which would help me do this?

I will be installing both the server and Exchange software.

Tom

Tom Fleischmann

I am in the process of planning an Exchange 2007 to 2010 co-existence transition and am seeking some clarification on some aspects that relate to the magical and mysterious Autodiscover service

Let me first state that I have done a tremendous amount of reading of various questions posed around Autodiscover in Exchange 2007/2010, on these forums and various other articles/blogs/posts. Despite that, the are certain aspects that still remain unclear.

Some details about current setup:

- Exchange 2007 (all roles on one server)
- CAS internal FQDN: http://cas07.mycompany.local
- OWA url: https://owa.mycompany.com
- ServiceBindingInformation field in SCP for Exchange 2007 CAS: https://owa.mycompany.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
- Names on SSL Cert: owa.company,com
- Names on legacy SSL cert: legacy.company.com
Note that we do not currently have http://autodiscover.mycompany.com on our SSL cert as have not had need for it. Oulookk Anywhere settings hard-coded into all computers by GPO.

As I understand it, when current Outlook 2010 clients open, they look at the value of the SCP for their CAS (https://owa.mycompany.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml). Through this, they receive they use the OAB and the Free/Busy services.

After installing Exchange 2010, the CAS server SCP will of course be the default:https://cas2010.mycompany.local/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml

After entering into the co-existence phase, the Exchange 2007 CAS public URL will be legacy.company.com and the Exchange 2010 CAS public url owa.company.com. I will just be exporting the SSL cert with owa.mycompany.com from the current CAS server to the new one, not buying a new cert.

Following this change, I'm unsure what happens when Outlook clients open and look at the SCP for their CAS, My understanding is that they will continue to usehttps://owa.mycompany.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml. As a result of the change, this is now pointing to the CAS 2010 server, although their mailbox is still on the MBX 2007 server. So what happens? Does the CAS 2010 recognise that their mailbox is on MBX 2007 and redirects to the CAS 2007? 

I presume will also have to change the value of the CAS 2010 SCP  ServiceBindingInformation fromhttps://cas2010.mycompany.local/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml to match the value on the CAS 2007 SCP(https://owa.mycompany.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml)?? The former is not named on the SSL cert??

Hoping for some expert assistance here to help my complete the picture.

cheers,

GB

hi

activesync was enabled for all and used some scripts to enable it for a special group

but the problem is :

when the support team creates a new user, its activesync is enabled by default

and they use emc not ems (do not want to tell them create users by scripts and cmdlets)

so how can i make activesync disabled for every new user created (we will enable if we like but the default after creation should be disabled)

thanks

Hi,

I request your advice for DB size growing issue 

i have over 5500 users (migrated from 2003 server) in a single 2010 SP2 DB. My SAN volume  where DB is located having 454 GB total space and the DB has grown to 414 GB now and since yesterday i started moving mailboxes to another DB ( 110 GB SSD HDD) as we do not have lack of SAN volumes. But still i see the database is growing quickly even though i have moved 16 GB of mailboxes to another DB mentioned before. During the past 24 hrs the DB has grown by 5 GB and i am afraid that i will run out of space soon. When i did a periodic  check today  for available white space it shows maximum 110 MB and the database keep growing. As you can see the report below the database is growing , the second DB is where i am moving mailboxes. I have enabled back ground maintenance for both DB and enabled circular logging to truncate the logs