Microsoft this week have released an update for the SBS 2011 Migration tool that ships on the SBS 2011 DVDs. This tool takes into account more then a dozen additional checks that need to be done prior to a migration to ensure that the smooth migration form SBS 2003 or SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 Standard. It’s quick and easy to get the update, when you run the Migration … [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...]
Exchange 2010 Migration Tip – Moving Mailboxes
In previous versions of Exchange, the move mailbox process was a pretty “dumb” process. You selected the mailboxes you wanted moved and then moved them either immediately or at a later time you selected. You had to leave the console running for the process to run. Exchange 2010 / SBS 2011 Standard changes all that now. With the moving of mailboxes, when you … [Read more...]
Exchange 2010 – RBAC Errors
In a mixed Exchange 2007 and 2010 environment, when trying to access a the Role Based Authentication in Exchange 2010, you might get the error below. I found that this was due to the mailbox for my admin user being still located on an Exchange 2007 server. I used the move mailbox wizard to move it over to the Exchange 2010 server and everything worked fine. … [Read more...]
Honey, Does my Exchange Database look big in this?
“… nothing a defrag wouldn’t fix…” Yes – maybe the title and the joke are not as good as it sounds, but the topic is a serious one. Weight loss for your Exchange Database. When was the last time you put your Exchange Database on a diet? When did you last run a defrag of it and get it to lose a few GB of space? Recently I was doing a migration for a client … [Read more...]