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Exchange 2013 Health Check Monitors and Journaling
Thu, Dec 6 2012 18:57

Exchange 2013 includes built-in health monitors that monitor the health of system resources. Microsoft calls this new process "Managed Availability". The Exchange 2013 Server Health and Performance topic on TechNet says, "Exchange 2013... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: tip, troubleshooting, PowerShell, Security, Exchange 2013, Journaling

How to Boot Directly into Desktop with Windows Server 2012
Thu, Oct 18 2012 10:33

I love Windows Server 2012, I really do. But who's bright idea was it to boot to the "Modern UI" (aka, Metro) instead of the Windows Desktop? There's really no reason for this, so I wrote a PowerShell script that configures Windows Server... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: tip, troubleshooting, PowerShell, scripts, Windows Server 2012

Exchange 2010 SP2 Roll Up 4 Does Not Install - Error Code 1603
Tue, Aug 21 2012 11:02

Event 1024 MSiInstaller - Error code 1603 I had an interesting problem installing Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 4 (UR4) on servers that have never had issues installing updates before. When I tried to install SP2 UR4 on the Edge Transport or typical... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: tip, troubleshooting, PowerShell, Exchange 2010, SP2

Get to know the Test-Message cmdlet
Thu, Jun 7 2012 14:38

Exchange 2010 includes a little known cmdlet called Test-Message . This cmdlet is used to troubleshoot the impact of Inbox rules on a message and gather detailed information about how rules are processing it. It's also useful for testing the flow... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: troubleshooting, PowerShell, Exchange 2010, Tips

Adjusting Exchange 2010 DAG Failover in High Latency Networks
Tue, Nov 29 2011 20:25

Some Exchange 2010 DAG implementations have DAG members that are separated by high latency WAN networks. In these networks you may find that the increased latency causes unexpected DAG failovers or failures. This is especially likely to happen with a... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: tip, troubleshooting, Microsoft Exchange 2010, clustering, PowerShell

Be careful using Lync Control Panel and Powershell together to manage Voice Routing
Wed, Jan 12 2011 16:44

If you have an environment where you have multiple Lync administrators who manage voice routing, you may come across an issue where voice routes seemingly disappear. This can happen when an administrator using the Lync Control Panel commits changes after... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: tip, troubleshooting, PowerShell, Lync Server

Configuring Out of Office settings using Exchange 2010 SP1
Thu, Sep 16 2010 15:02

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 offers two handy new cmdlets, Get- MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration and Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration , that allow you to manage Out of Office (OOF) messages for remote users. Previously, you used to reset the user's... Read More...

by The EXPTA {blog}

Filed under: tip, troubleshooting, Microsoft Exchange 2010, PowerShell, Outlook