Creating or migrating the CMS of a SQL 2014 Always on Availability Group for Skype for Business 2015 I think one you get done with your deployment, you get to sit back and Enjoy the Honey of your Efforts. But If you are Migrating a SQL Always On Availability Group, See Below for some […]
I found it hard to follow and understand this article https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/high-availability/database-availability-groups/metacachedatabase-setup?view=exchserver-2019 and could not find actual step-by-step information on configuring Exchange Server MCDB anywhere. So, I created my own. The process of setting up MCDB can be broken down into five basic steps: Set the correct values for the DAG you want to enable for MCDB. Update […]
eDiscovery and in-Place/Litigation Holds are the premium Exchange Server features that allow administrators or discovery managers to search user mailboxes for various items and – if nessesary – put those mailboxes on holds for litigation or some other purposes. In this article I’d like to show how you – an administrator – can designate a […]
You may receive the following error when trying to remove an In-Place eDiscovery & Hold search item: Error Can’t remove mailbox search ‘Test In-Place Hold’ because there is still at least one mailbox on In-Place Hold. In order to delete the In-Place eDiscovery Hold you need to clear the check box to “Place content […]
I noticed that replication with the Edge Transport server was not working anymore, indicated by the red cross in the Lync Control Panel. Updating the servers with the latest hotfixes for Windows and Lync 2013 didn’t work, rebooting the servers didn’t work, replication just didn’t take place. The same results were visible in the Lync […]
I ran across an interesting issue I wanted to share. I had a customer that recently had a migration performed. Previously he was running SBS (Small Business Server) 2011 and is now running Windows Server Essentials 2016. After demoting and removing the SBS 2011 server, he started receiving the following error on every boot. The […]
If you have a .PFX certificate container you can extract the certificate and key with openssl. Extract the certificate: openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out cert.pem Extract the key: openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -nocerts -out key.pem