If you are in the planning stages for a migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016, then you have probably seen this TechNet article. At first, it may seem daunting. So many scripts. So many PowerShell commands. If you are not comfortable with PowerShell it may seem a bit overwhelming. Plus, it is vastly different than any previous migration process. Why […]
A common problem in Active Directory is identifying the source of account lockouts. If a password is modified and a user account gets locked, it can be a frustrating process to get the AD account re-enabled. You can try the following steps to track the locked out accounts and also find the source of AD […]
If you are migrating from SBS 2008 with Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 or you are migrating from SBS 2011 with Exchange Server 2010 to Exchange Server 2016 the actual migration of the Mailboxes from the old server to the new server cause a tremendous amount of log files created if circular logging is disabled on the […]
Recently one AskVG reader “Jack Kitchen” contacted me regarding following problem: I am running Windows 7 SP1. I have this nagging problem in Device Manager, under Portable Devices. I have 6 items listed: “WPD FileSystem Volume Driver“. In their properties this message is displayed: “This device cannot start. (Code 10)“. I have searched and not […]
In this blog, I will review the configuration needed in order to activate Kerberos authentication with Exchange 2019 servers. General Kerberos authentication for Exchange’s is not configured by default when using a commonly shared namespace for more than one Exchange server. The reason is that the shared namespace URL, for example, mail.contoso.com is not “attached” to a […]
The scenarios in this topic describe the deployment solutions for address book policies (ABPs) in three of the most common organization types where multiple entities (companies, government agencies, school classrooms, etc.) share a common Exchange environment. In all scenarios, a recipient filter divides recipients into separate virtual organizations, which then defines the ABPs that are […]
Verification schedule Daily Testing tool Windows PowerShell Permissions required When run locally using the Lync Server Management Shell, users must be members of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins security group. When run using a remote instance of Windows PowerShell, users must be assigned an RBAC role that has permission to run the Test-CsRegistration cmdlet. To see a list […]
Is there a way to disable saving of conversations via group policy? I would like to disable these settings without having to each client. Save IM Conversations in my email Conversation History folder Save call logs in my email Conversation History folder These are both checked by default Setting the policy in Lync […]