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 […]
clear-clusternode on EXCH01 worked and now the server can join. Finally. Yay!! Hopefully this may help someone else.
In an Exchange Server organization, the address book that users see in Outlook is basically just a flat, alphabetical list of names. There’s no easy way to look at the address book and work out the structure of the organization, or to tell who the most senior people are within a group. It’s easy to […]
I recently had a customer where the OWA Redirect in Exchange Online (Exchange Hybrid configuration) did not work. The reason was, that the TargetOWAURL was not set Get-OrganizationRelationship Get-OrganizationRelationship -Identity “O365 to On-Prem*” | fl I have a SharedMailbox OnPrem where my User has FullAccess In Exchange Online i go […]
What is the best way to balance mailbox databases in Exchange Server? There are a couple of ways to balance Exchange mailbox databases. In this article, you will learn how to use the PowerShell script that comes with Exchange Server to rebalance mailbox databases. The organization got two Exchange Servers, and four mailbox databases with […]
You should always disable external access to Exchange Control Panel (ECP). You don’t want a brute force attack on ECP in Exchange Server. It’s a big security risk. The best approach and my advice are to block it on the firewall. The firewall is the first point that will block external access. If it’s not […]