We’ve been doing a number of migrations from SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 over to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials + Exchange 2013., or other variations. So far all the clients have needed to migrate their public folders which is a long and complicated process that really is a pain. Recently we’ve had the need to migrate a client that has no Public Folders in their Exchange … [Read more...]
Synchronization with your WP failed – could also be iPad, or Windows Mail
I saw this message over the course of this week coming into my mailbox. No one else in the company was affected just me. I saw it on an Exchange 2007 server that was running on SBS 2008. It also came back in a number of other formats including Synchronization with your WP failed for 3 items Synchronization with your iPad failed for 3 items Synchronization … [Read more...]
Useful Powershell commands for Exchange
Here’s a few useful commands I regularly use in Powershell for Exchange management. How can I list all users mailboxes on a given server? Get-Mailbox –servername SERVER1 How can I list a users mailbox size? Get-MailboxStatistics –identity “Wayne Small – SBSfaq.com” | select TotalItemSize How can I list all users mailbox size on a given server? This is a … [Read more...]
How can I tell what Exchange Version I have?
I stumbled across this gem last week and thought I’d share it with you. Using the tables listed here you can figure out what version of Exchange Server you are running. You can use the Get-ExchangeServer powershell command to find the Exchange 2010 and 2007 versions, but you will need to use the GUI in Exchange 2003. … [Read more...]
Microsoft pushes Office 365 to everyone
I was writing this blog post over the weekend and downloading Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 and could not help but notice, that Microsoft is now pushing Office 365 to you even when you go to patch your Exchange server. They really are desperate to get you to move to the cloud even if it’s not the right thing for your business. See the … [Read more...]