I was working on a client site recently and could not figure out why their OWA was not working on one of their Exchange 2010 servers. Furthermore I found that the Exchange Management Shell (powershell for Exchange) would not work as it could not connect to the Exchange server itself. During my investigation, I found a cool utility that allowed me to look at the … [Read more...]
How can I install Exchange 2010 SP2 onto SBS 2011 Standard
Microsoft a few months back now, released Exchange 2010 SP2 and it can of course be applied to SBS 2011 Standard servers. You first need to obtain the download here and save it to your server. Make sure you have logged onto your server using your Network Administrator or Domain Admin account first. I always do a quick backup of the server before I continue – that way I … [Read more...]
How to create an anonymous relay on Exchange 2010 or SBS 2011 Standard
I’ve had to do this a few times now for applications that require anonymous relay in order to send email. Whenever I do this I limit the scope of the anonymous relay to the application server in question. Below I’ve given the PowerShell commands that can be used on SBS 2011 Standard or Exchange 2010 to correctly create an anonymous relay for any traffic coming from … [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...]
Object Not Found when moving mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
Recently when doing an SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 Standard migration, I had an error of “Object not found” in the Local Move Request screen as you can see below. I did some digging and found that the permissions on the SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003 mailbox store had been changed for some third party application. Too fix it do the following, Open Exchange System Manager on … [Read more...]